Stachys.'] Gil. labiate (baker). 467 



pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long, densely hairy ; teeth lanceolate, 

 half as long as the tube. Corolla white, | in. long ; tube cylindrical, 

 twice as long as the lips ; upper lip round, shorter than the lower. 

 Stamens not exserted. 



Kower Guinea. Angola : Huilln, in dry bushy pastures between LopoUo .-md 

 Catembii, Welwitsch, 5509 ! in swampy woods between Ohai and Catemba, Welwitsch ^ 

 5510! 



4. S. nemorivaga. Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 192. A tnll 

 branched herb, with long internodes and branches clothed with spread- 

 ing hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, lJ-3 in. long, obtuse, 

 rounded or truncate at the base, inciso-crenate, green and pilose on 

 both surfaces. Whorls 6-flowered ; pedicels short. Calyx in flower 

 \ in., finally J in. long; tube long, pilose; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 

 \ the length of the tube. Corolla J in. longer than the calyx ; tube 

 exserted ; lower lip longer than the upper, slightly 3-lobed. Stamens 

 not exserted. 



Aower Guinea. Angola : Malange, MechoWy 287. 

 Allied to S. eethiopica, Linn. 



5. S. andongensis, ffiem in Cat. Afr. PI. Wdw. i. 874. A peren- 

 nial herb, with branched pubescent stems 4 ft. long. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, ovate-oblong, 2-4 J in. long, acuminate, minutely toothed, 

 broadly rounded at the base, membranous, dark green and nearly 

 glabrous above, pale and pubescent beneath. Whorls about 4, many- 

 flowered, only the lowest subtended by large leaves ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx pubescent, nearly J in. long ; tube oblong; teeth lanceolate, half 

 as long as the tube. Corolla red-violet, | in. long; tube cylindrical, 

 twice as long as the lips; upptr lip rounded, much shorter than the 

 lower. Stamens not exserted. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; damp thickets aboat the gigantic 

 rocks of Catete, Welwitsch, 5546 ! 



6. S. eethiopica^ Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 476. A her- 

 baceous perennial, with slender erect branched densely hairy unarmed 

 stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-1 J in. long, hairy 

 on both surfaces. Whorls many, forming a lax terminal racemose 

 panicle ; bracts only the lowest longer than the calyx ; pedicels 

 very short. Calyx hairy, \ in. long ; teeth equal, lanceolate, as long 

 as the tube. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lower lip nearly 

 as long as the tube. — Britten in Trans. Linn. See. ser. 2, Bot. 

 iv. 37. 



Mozamb. Dl8t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



7. S. palsestina, Linn. ; Benth in DC. Prod. xii. 491, var. hjrpo- 

 lenca. Baker. A much-branched undershrub, with slender branchlets, 



