740 LABiAT^. Stachys. 



oblongo-linearibus, floralibus calyce multo brevioribus, verticillastris 

 subsexfloris distanlibus vel superioribus approximatis, bracleolis 

 lineari-setaceis brevibus. calyce albo-tomentoso dentibus brevissimis 

 ovatis acutiusculis. florifero oblongo-tubuloso, fructifero inflalo valde 

 aucto, corollre purpurese extus sericefe tubo incluso 5. 



Hab. in cretaceis Mesopotamife in mont§ Sindjar et in arenosis Derbent i 

 Basian prope Sulimanieh (Hau.sskl), Persia australi ad Tengnalli 7000' 

 (Hausskl), inter segetes prope Schiraz (Ky. 359!), in calcareis collium demis- 

 siorum toLins Persiae medioe et in amhitu deserti magni frequens (Aucht 

 Bunge I etc ) in Persiae bor. prov. Aderbidjan (Auch I) monte Elbrus prope 

 Derbend (Ky. 749 !), circa Yezd (Buhgel), in Gaucaso loco non indicato (Kowa- 

 lewsky!). 



Pedalis vel semipedalis, folia 8-12 lineas longa 3-4 lata, calyx florifer 6 lineas 

 fructifer 8 lineas longus 4 latus. Species foliis minoribus angustioribua et 

 calyce tandem intlato a S. nived distincta. 



60. S. parvlflora (Blh. in d.c- Prodr. XII, p. 490) basi vix 

 suffrutescens pluricaulis dense subfloccoso-lanata, caulibus erectis 

 crassiusculis a basi opposite ramosissimis, foliis sessilibus superne 

 lineatis integris inferioribus oblongo-ellipticis acutiusculis superiori- 

 bus et floralibus laiiceolatis acutis hisce parvis flores superantibus, 

 verticillastris 4-2-floris remotiusculis longiiiscule et anguste spicatis, 

 floribus parvis sessilibus, bracteolis nullis, calycis ovati dense albo- 

 lanali dentibus conniventibus lineari-ovatis muticis tubo Iriplo brevio- 

 ribus, corollroalbidai hirsutae limbo minimo calycem vix excedente ^^ 



Hab. in vallibus sterilibus regni Gabulici centralis (Grifif!). 



Pedalis, folia caulina 1-1 Va-pollicem longa 6-8 lineas lata, superiora et 

 ramealia minora et angustiora. Inter affines floribus parvis insignis, c^lyx 

 2 lineas vix cxcedens, corolla vix exserta. 



61. S. affinis (Fresen. Mus. Senkenb. p. v)1) suffrulicosa ramo- 

 sissima adprcsse tonientoso-lanata canescens vel cana, ramis virgatis 

 flexuosis saepe ramulosis, foliis subpetiolatis basi ^ttenualis oblongis 

 et obluugo-linearibus obtusis muticis rugulosis, floralibus angustatis 

 calyce sublongioribus, verticillastris bifloris distinctis racemosis, 

 calycis breviter pedicellati tomentelli tuboloso-campanulati dentibus 

 triangul.iribus carinato-nervosis aculis muticis tubo triplo breviori- 

 bus, corollai pubescentis carnese tuljo incluso 3. S. Orientalis Forsk. 

 Eg. Arab. 68 non L — S. PalcBsHna Vahl Symb. 2, p. 64 non L. — 

 S. pauciflora Bth. Lab. p. 560. — S. jEgypfiaca Pers. Syn. II, p. 124 

 (ex specimine berb. Juss!). 



Hab. in Arabia Petrea ad radices Sinai (Ehrl Bov6! Schimp. 164!, Auch. 

 17931 Boiss') in de.sertis Kahirinis Egypti (Ehrl Ky. 406!) ad Mogheta et 

 Ouadi Hof desei ti yEgyptiaco-Arabici (Schweinf I Arabice Gerrtum). 



Affinisi S. Palestince a qu^ diffeit foliis basi attenuatis nec amplexicaulibus, 

 apice calycisque dentibus muticis, verticillastris ssepissime bifloris. 



62. S. Palsestina (L, Sp. 1674) suffruticosa ramosissima liumi- 

 lis, ramis crassiusculis adpressissiire canis rigidis simplicibus vel 



