Stachys. | LABIATA (Skan). 345 
Katanarr Recion: Orange River Colony, Cooper, 835! : 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Van Reenens Pass, Kuntze! near Van Reenen, in 
rocky places, 5800 ft., Schlechter, 6969 ! : 
8. S. Rehmannii (Skan); a perennial herb with a long under- 
ground creeping rootstock ; stem erect, shortly branched, moderately 
. thick, 9-12 in. high, densely and shortly villous ; internodes 4—9 lin. 
long ; leaves suborbicular-ovate, }—1 in. long and broad, rounded, 
cordate at the base, regularly and densely crenate, thick, bullate 
especially beneath, densely and shortly villous ; petiole thick, 
1-3 lin. long; inflorescence 14-2} in. long; lower bracts similar to 
the upper leaves, the upper spathulate and shorter than the calyx ; 
whorls often 2-flowered, many, distinct or somewhat crowded ; 
pedicels about ? lin. long ; calyx tubular-campanulate, about 3} lin. 
long, densely and shortly villous ; teeth lanceolate-triangular, | lin. 
long, acuminate ; corolla pubescent outside ; tube rather narrow, 
almost cylindric, 3} lin. long ; upper lip suborbicular, 14 lin. long ; 
lower lip 2} lin. long; median lobe suborbicular, about 1 lin. long 
and 4} lin. broad; lateral lobes smaller, rounded. 
Katanart Recron : Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 6178 ! 
9. S. malacophylla (Skan in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 421); stem 
herbaceous, decumbent, simple or sparingly branched, slender, 
9-15 in. long or more, }—} lin. in diam., greyish-velvety-pilose ; 
internodes }-2} in. long; leaves broadly ovate, 5-7 lin. long 
and broad, rounded, broadly cordate at the base, densely or very 
densely greyish-velvety-pilose, crenulate ; auricles rounded ; petiole 
2-7 lin. long; lower bracts similar to the leaves but smaller ; 
upper much reduced ; whorls 2-6-flowered, several, distant, in 
a spike 24-5 in. long; pedicels about 3 lin. long; calyx cam- 
panulate, about 3 lin. long, densely velvety-pilose ; teeth deltoid- 
lanceolate, about 1} lin. long, acuminate, somewhat spinescent ; 
corolla mauve, or with a white tube and mauve or mauve-spotted 
lips, pubescent outside ; tube 4 lin. long; upper lip elliptic, 2 lin. 
long, entire, concave; lower lip 31-33 lin. long; median lobe 
suborbicular, 1} lin. long, 2-2} lin. broad ; lateral lobes short and 
broad, rounded. 
Coast Reaion: Queenstown Div. ; Queenstown, 4000 ft., Galpin, 1955! 
Hangklip Mountain, 6300-6500 ft., Galpin, 5891! 
10. S. sessilifolia (E. Meyer, Comm. 239) ; a herb everywhere 
softly white-villous; stem decumbent or ascending, branched, 
slender, up to 2} ft. long; lower leaves very shortly petiolate, the 
upper sessile, narrowly ovate or deltoid-ovate, 6-11 (usually 8) lin. 
long, 4—5 lin. broad, obtuse, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 
crenate ; bracts similar to the leaves, longer than the calyx; whorls 
2-6-flowered, rather crowded at the ends of the branches ; pedicels 
about 4 lin. long; calyx campanulate, 4-5 lin. long, densely villous ; 
tube 14-1} lin. long; teeth narrowly linear-triangular, 2} lin. long; 
