356 LABIATE (Skan). : [ Stachys. 
Tyson, 1118, from near Kokstad, Griqualand East, appears to be a depauperate 
form of S. sessilis. The plant is smaller and less hairy, and the spikes shorter, 
with smaller flowers. : 
30. S. simplex (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1897, 221) ; a perennial 
herb 8-16 in. high; stems ascending, simple, everywhere densely 
villous; leaves in pairs rather close together at the base of the 
stem, with the uppermost pairs smaller and distant, oblong or 
lanceolate-oblong, 1}—2 in. long, 4—8 lin. broad, obtuse, rounded at 
the base, regularly serrate-crenate, rather thick, villous on both 
sides, especially on the underside; petiole 24-4 lin. long; in- 
florescence slender, 4-6 in. long; rhachis densely villous ; bracts 
narrowly lanceolate, about as long as the calyx; whorls 4- or 6- 
flowered, many, the lower distant, the upper closer together ; 
pedicels about 4 lin. long; calyx campanulate, 23-34 lin. long, 
densely villous; tube 13-2 lin. long; teeth linear-triangular, 
1-24 lin. long, equal, subspinescent-acuminate ; corolla white, villous 
on the outside of the lips; tube funnel-shaped, 3-34 lin. long; 
upper lip suborbicular, 14-1? lin. long, emarginate or entire ; lower 
lip 24-3 lin. long; median lobe obovate or suborbicular, up to 
14 lin. long and 2 lin. broad; lateral lobes obliquely rounded, 
smaller. S. chrysotrichos, Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 316. 8. 
pascuicola, Brig. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2” sér. iii. 1086. 
KataHari Recion: Transvaal ; Elandsberg Range, 7600 ft., Schlechter, 3844! 
Lydenburg District, between Middelburg and the Crocodile River, Wilms, 1137 ! 
Saddleback Mountain, near Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., Galpin, 1006! Carolina 
District, Outspan, one mile north of Robinson’s, Burtt-Davy, 2974! 
31. 8. obtusifolia (MacOwan in Kew Bulletin, 1893, 13, excl. 
Tyson, 2561); stem herbaceous, erect, 8-12 in. high, few-branched, 
scarcely 1 lin. in diam. at the base, pilose-villous, sometimes 
glandular-pilose ; lower leaves shortly petiolate, the upper subsessile ; 
blade elliptic or sometimes ovate-elliptic, 9-18 (usually 12—15) lin. 
long and 8-10 lin. broad, broadly rounded, usually slightly cordate 
at the base, crenate, softly pilose-villous on both sides; petiole 1-4 
lin. long ; bracts sessile, ovate, the lower longer than, the upper as 
long as, the calyx ; whorls 3—6-flowered, several, distant, in a spike 
up to 5 in. long ; calyx campanulate, 23-34 lin. long, densely pilose, 
often glandular-pilose ; teeth ovate-lanceolate or deltoid-lanceolate, 
1-1} lin. long, acuminate; corolla yellowish-brown when dry, 
glandular-pubescent ; tube 3-33 lin. long; upper lip obovate- 
elliptic, 1-24 lin. long, entire ; lower lip 34~4 lin. long. 
Var. A, angustifolia (Skan); stem weaker ; leaves all shortly petiolate ; blade 
oblong or sometimes lanceolate-oblong, 12-18 lin. long, 4~-7 lin, broad, narrower 
at the apex than in the type ; petiole 14-34 lin. long. 
Var. y, Flanaganii (Skan); stem weaker ; leaves all subsessile, not exceeding 
9 lin, long and 5 lin. broad ; corolla blackish when dry. 
Coast Reeion: Var. y: Stutterheim Div. ; Kabousie River, Flanagan, 496! 
KartaHart Recon: Var. 8: Orange River Colony; on, the mountains at 
Besters Vlei, near Witzies Hoek, 6200 ft., Bolus, 8240! 
