344 LABIAT (Skan). [Stachys. 
hairs which are adpressed above ; petiole }—1 in. long, hairy as the 
branches ; spike up to 8 in. long; bracts leaf-like, especially the 
lower, shortly petiolate to subsessile, longer (often much longer) 
than the calyx; whorls several, usually 6-flowered, up to 2} in. 
apart; calyx campanulate-funnel-shaped, 34-4 lin. long, densely 
covered with slender whitish hairs which are often about #? lin. 
long ; teeth narrowly triangular or deltoid, 14-24 lin. long, acumi- 
nate-spinescent ; corolla-tube 3-34 lin. long, dilated upwards ; 
upper lip elliptic or suborbicular, 2-3 lin. long, shortly pubescent 
outside ; lower lip 3}—5 lin. long; median lobe 24-3 lin. long and 
broad ; lateral lobes very short and broad. S. xthiopica, Benth. in 
E. Meyer, Comm. 239 partly, not of Linn. 
Sourn Arrica : without locality, Forster ! 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield and on a hill near Hoetjes 
Bay, Saldhana Bay, 100-200 ft., Bolus, 12809! 
CrentTraL Recion: Richmond Div. ; near Stylkloof, 3000-4000 ft., Drége ! 
Gerrard, 406 (unlocalised), has a different pubescence, and its leaves are not or 
scarcely cordate at the base. It is probably a distinct species, but the specimen is 
insufficient for description. 
6. 8. albiflora (N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1901, 131); stem 
herbaceous, erect, apparently tall, branched above, rather stout, 
pilose, glandular-puberulous ; internodes up to 34 in. long; leaves 
broadly ovate, 24-3} in. long, 2-2} in. broad, acute, deeply cordate 
at the base, regularly crenate-dentate, softly pubescent both sides, 
rather thin; petiole ?-1? in. long; bracts ovate, longer than the 
calyx ; whorls 6-flowered, several, rather distant; pedicels } lin. 
long ; calyx campanulate, 2} lin. long, shortly and densely pubes- 
cent ; teeth spreading, narrowly deltoid, 1-1} lin. long, spinescent- 
acuminate ; corolla white, sparingly pubescent outside ; tube funnel- 
shaped, about 3 lin. long; upper lip obovate-oblong, compressed- 
galeate, 3} lin. long ; lower lip 44 lin. long. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; Drakensberg Range, 6000-7000 ft., Evans, 395! 
7. 8. Kuntzei (Guerke in Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. iii. ii, 262); a 
herb 8-12 in. high; stem ascending, rather thick, pubescent ; 
branches rather densely pilose; lower leaves petiolate, the upper 
subsessile, broadly ovate, up to 1? in. long and 14 in. broad, obtuse- 
rounded to subacute, cordate at the base, regularly and densely 
crenate, everywhere subtomentose, thick, more or less rugose ; 
inflorescence up to 5 in. long; bracts ovate, apiculate, not or 
scarcely exceeding the calyx; whorls 6-flowered, the lower distant, 
the upper somewhat crowded ; pedicels }—1 lin. long ; calyx tubular, 
2$—3 lin. long, densely pilose-pubescent ; tube 14—2 lin. long ; teeth 
lanceolate with a broad base, }~1 lin. long, rigidly subspinescent- 
acuminate, enlarged when mature ; corolla white, puberulous out- 
side ; tube cylindric, exserted, 3—4 lin. long ; upper lip oblong, 2 lin. 
long, emarginate, somewhat tomentose outside; lower lip 24 lin. long, 
spreading ; median lobe obovate ; lateral lobes obliquely rounded, 
smaller. S. petrogenes, Brig. in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 2” sér. iii, 1085. 
