Stenogyne.| LABIATAE, 359 
8. S. sessilis, Benth. in DC. Prod. XI, 555. — « Ascending, the branches 
glabrous or hairy at the nodes, Leaves sessile, coriaceous, rugose, glabrous, 
cordate, obtuse or rounded, crenate. Whorls few and one-sided, approxi- 
mate at the — of the branches in the axils of smaller but not bractei- 
form leaves. tlets minute. Calyx 6“, subsessile, glabrous, irregularly 
5-toothed or pees, the teeth broad and rounded. Corolla twice as 
long as the calyx, broad, incurved, villous.» Descr. according to Benth. 
eee by Menzies, probably on the S. W. slope of Mauna Loa, Hawaii (herb. 
— k.). 
8 var. — Subherbaceous, decumbent, 2—3 ft. long, the branches acutely 
angular, glabrous, hispid at the nodes. Leaves sessile, subcoriaceous, 
vate- 
cordate, 2—2!/2’ >< 11/2—1/,/, erenate, acute. Whorls of 4 or 6 flowers in 
the axils of the upper smaller leaves; pedicels 2—3". Calyx 6—8", glab- 
ie green, prominently nerved, bilabiate, the teeth or lobes acuminate, 
variable length. Corolla reddish, hispid, twice as long as the calyx, 
ah lips of nearly equal ength. 
Lanai! on the highest ri 
~ var. — Habit as in 8. Stems virgate, hairy at the nodes only. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, 11/2—21/2/ X 3/4—1!/2', sessile, acute, undulating at the 
margins and broadly crenate-denticulate, cordate at the base, glabrous, 
chartaceous, not rugose, with the nerves little salient below, gradually 
abana in size without shortening distance. Whorls 2-, but not rarely 
ven 6-flowered, the filiform pedicels 4—9”. Calyx campanulate, 
a “Milebiate to the middle, the upper lip subentire or shortly 3- den- 
tie the acute lobes of the lower lip somewhat longer. Corolla purplish - 
red, 12—14”, curved, hispidulous at the lobes only, the two lips of nearly 
equal length with obtuse lobes. Annulus broken into 4 tufts. Filaments 
a ane 
ui! ridges nae Waiehu and Wailuku, also Makawao (M. & B. 406); and perhaps 
Sete Loa, Haw 
9. S. cord sie, “ nth. l. c. — Habit as in no. 8, the slender branches 
pubescent at the angles and nodes. Leaves small, ovate-cordate er 
obtuse, 14“ X 10”, or suborbicular, crenate, chartaceous, pale, giabrate or 
nearly so, the lower ones on short petioles of about 1”, the u 
Whorls 2—6-flowered, the pedicels 1—1'}2". Calyx 5—6", oubbilablate, 
the teeth or ese acute or omen i obtuse, triangular or lanceolate. 
rulous, as long as the upper lip. Achenes triquetrous, 21/2—3". — Gray, l.c. 
Maui! top of Eeka, trailing; Hawaii, Wai a (Nelson and U. § e annulus, 
Which Gray fo a a missing, is certainly present, per nee ane broken up, in my specimens 
stems are mostly virgate and, when dividing, the branches start at 
