342 LABIATA (Skan). | Stachys. 
1. §. Thunbergii (Benth. Lab. 540); stem herbaceous, erect, 
stout, usually simple, up to 5 ft. high, somewhat prickly, chiefly on 
the angles; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, the larger 2—2} in. 
long, }-14 in. broad, acute or somewhat obtuse, deeply cordate at 
’ the base, crenate, sparingly hispid or almost glabrous, rather thick 
and leathery, often rugose; petiole 2-7 lin. long; lower bracts 
similar to the upper leaves, the upper much reduced ; whorls 
usually several, commonly 4- or 6-flowered, distant; pedicels 
3-1} lin. long ; calyx tubular-campanulate, 5-7 lin. long, puberu- 
lous; teeth broadly to narrowly lanceolate-triangular, 1}-3 lin. 
long, acuminate, somewhat spinescent; corolla red or purple, 
shortly adpressed-pubescent ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, curved, 
8-10 lin. long ; upper lip obovate-elliptic, 34-4 lin. long ; lower lip 
41-5 lin. long. DC. Prodr. xii. 467; Bolus & Wolley-Dod in 
Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. 310, S. hispida, Brig. in Engl. & 
Prantl, Planzenfam. iv. 3a, 263. Galeopsis hispida, Thunb. Prodr. 
96, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 446. 
Sour# Arrica: without locality, Villett! 
Coast Recion: Cape Div. ; Devils Mountain, Zhunberg! Carmichael! Pappe ! 
Prior! Wolley-Dod. Bolus in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 367 ! 
near Constantia, Thunberg! Caledon Div. ; Genadendal, Prior! Mossel Bay 
Div. ; Attaquas Kloof, Thunberg! George Div. ; George, Prior! Montagu Pass, 
Penther, 1761 (ex Guerke). Knysna Div. ; Diep River, Bolus, 2485! hetween 
Cloetes Kraal and Paarde Kraal, Burchell, 5153 ! 
Also a specimen labelled ‘‘ Beaufort,” from Lehmann’s Herbarium. 
2. 8. tubulosa (MacOwan in Kew Bulletin, 1893, 13); stem 
herbaceous, weak, ascending, sparingly branched, 1 ft. high or 
more, softly pilose ; internodes often 2-3 in. long; leaves broadly 
ovate, 1}-2 in. long, 1-1? in. broad, acute or subacute, deeply 
cordate at the base, crenate, sparingly pilose, thin ; petiole slender, 
3-1} in. long, or the upper shorter; lower bracts leaf-like, the 
upper much reduced ; whorls few, 4—6-flowered, distant ; calyx 
almost sessile, campannlate, very thin, 34 lin. long, sparingly 
pilose outside ; teeth lanceolate-triangular, about 14 lin. long, 
acuminate, corolla pale purple, shortly pubescent ; tube narrowly 
tubular, scarcely enlarged upwards, 7-9 lin. long ; upper lip elliptic, 
34 lin. long ; lower lip 22 lin. long, subequally 3-lobed, pencilled 
with dark purple veins ; lobes ovate, scarcely 1 lin. long. 
S. dolichodeira, Brig. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 sér. iii. 1081. 
EasTERN REGION: Griqualand East ; in woods on Mount Malowe near the 
River Umzimvubu, and on the Zuurberg Range, 4000-4500 ft., Tyson, 2153! 
2549! andin MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1297 | Zuurberg Range, Wood, 
1895! Schlechter, 6605! Natal, Mrs. K. Saunders! Sanderson, 608 ! 
3. 8. grandifolia (E. Meyer, Comm. 239); stem herbaceous, 
ascending, 15 in. high or more, 3—1} lin. in diam., sparingly 
branched or simple, pilose ; leaves ovate, the larger 14-2} in. long 
and 1-1} in. broad, subacute to rounded, rather deeply and openly 
