468 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Stachys. 



coated with white tomentum. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, entire, lJ-2 in. 

 long, rounded at the bise, gieen and thinly tomentose above, densely 

 white-toraentose below. Whorls crowded into a terminal spicate panicle, 

 the lower subtended by large leaves. Calyx ^ in. long, white tomen- 

 tose ; teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube as long 

 as the calyx ; lower lip as long as the tube. — aS'. hypoleuca, Hochst. ex 

 Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. ii. No. 855 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 197 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 369. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia : Mount Aber, near Jenausa, Schimper, 855! 



Var. Schimperi^ Baker. Leaves shorter, linear-oblong. Whorls of flowers more 

 numerous and hixcjr. — S. Schimperi, Vatke in Linnaja, xxxvii. 330 ; Engl. I.e. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia : Urahut District, Schimper, 592 ! 



The type is also Oriental. 



8. S. Hildebrandtiiy Vatke in Linritea, xliii. 95. An undershrub 

 6 ft. high., with slender woody branchlets, densely clothed with white 

 tomentum. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, crenate, 1-2 in. long, firm, 

 dull green and thinly pubescent above, densely coated with whitish 

 tomentum beneath. Whorls few, crowded into a short terminal spicate 

 panicle ; lower bracts longer than the flowers. Calyx densely pubescent, 

 J in. long ; teeth deltoid, acute, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube 

 not exserted ; lower lip shorter than the tube. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 369. 



wile Ziand. British Somaliland : Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft,, Hil- 

 dehrandf, 1426 ! 



Nearly allied to 5 palcestina, Linn. 



9. S. bizensiSy Schweinf. PL Abyss. Sept. Exsicc. No. 1827. A shrub, 

 with slender branchlets clothed with white tomentum. Leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, 1-lJ in. long, entire or obscurely crenate, acute or obtuse, 

 thick, grey and thinly tomentose above, densely coated with white 

 tomentum beneath, the main veins raised. Whorls few-flowered, 

 axillary ; pedicels y2~i ^^' ^o^^* Calyx J in. long, densely clothed 

 with white tomentum ; tube subcylindrical, strongly ribbed ; teeth 

 equal, lanceolate, acuminate, half as long as the tube. Corolla pallid, 

 not much longer than the calyx. Stamens included. 



wile land. Eritrea : summit of Mount Bizen, 8000 ft., Schweinf urth, 1847 I 



33. LAMIUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 

 1210. 



Calyx-tube straight, 5-nerved ; teeth 5, mucronate, subequal. 

 Corolla-tube usually exserted ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip ascending, 

 concave ; lower detiexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate ; 

 ant her- cells divergent. Disk equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules 

 triquetrous, with a truncate apex. — Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 



