1697 



* STACHYS inflata. 

 Bladdery Stachys. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMT<!OSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 239.) 



STACHYS. Supra, vol. \5,fol. 1289. 



§. VIII. Ambleia. Suffrutices, fruticesve, tomentosi, rarius glabrati, 

 nee pilosi. Verticillastri 2-6 rarius sub lO-Jlori. Bractece parvcBv. -pauccB. 

 Calyces tomentosi v. lanati dentibus mollibus muticis. Bentham Labiat. gen. 

 et sp. p. 558. 



S. injlata ; suflfruticosa, ramis albo-tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus oblongis 

 obtusis integerrlmis subrugosis subtus albo-tomentosis, verticillastris subsex- 

 floris distantibus, bracteis linearibus brevibus, calycis sessilis inflato-campa- 

 nulati albo-tomentosi dentibus ovatis obtusiusculis muticis, coroUis calyce 

 dimidio longioribus. Bentham I. c. p. 562. 



Caulis suffruticosuSy incanits, lanatus, subteres. Folia ovata brevipetio- 

 lata, integerrima, rugosa, supra cinerea, infra albolanata ; superiora minora, 

 subscssilia. Spica elongata, nudiuscula ; verticillastris distantibus subsex- 

 fioris : foliis duobus parvis fioralibus suffultis. Calyces cinerei, tomentosi, 

 campanulati, inflati, bracteolis parvis subulatis ; dentibus brevibus mollibus, 

 erectis. Corolla pallide violacea, transparens ; labio superiore lineari, sub- 

 emarginato, apice inflexo, inferipre dilatato, iindulato, trilobo ; fauce pubes- 

 cente ; tubo annulo julorum in medio. Staminum filamenta pilosiuscula, 

 inferiorum post anthesin ad latera corollce reflexa. 



This plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society ; but the label having been accidentally lost, it is 

 uncertain of what country it is a native. Mr. Bentham con- 

 jectures that it has come from the North of Africa, which is 

 rendered the more probable by its having been growing near 

 some plants obtained from Egyptian seeds presented to the 

 Society by Mr. Greenough. 



It is apparently hardy; but in consequence of the mildness 

 of the last two winters it is not safe to speak confidently upon 



* See fol. 1226. 



