676 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Stacliys. 



are specimens difficult to refer to either one. The specimens described by Bentham 

 under the names of sericea, vestita, splendens and melisscefolia, are so mixed up that 

 it is useless to individualize them. Corolla colour as of S. sericea ; tube exserted 

 or not. 



** Herbs, stem ^-angled. Whorls few-fid. ; bracts minute. 



4. S. oblong-ifolia, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 64, Lab. 545, 

 and in D C. Prodr. xii. 474 ; erect, pubescent or villous, leaves shortly 

 petioled oblong-lanceolate subacute crenate-serrate, floral longer than 

 the calyx, whorls 2-6-fld. all distant, calyx i-J in. villous, teeth 

 triangular or lanceolate, tips setaceous, corolla-tube included. Wall. Cat. 

 2076, in part. 



Plains of BENGAL, ASSAM and SILHET ; in wet places, Wallich, &c. 



Annual. Stem 1-2 ft., scabrid below. Leaves 2-3 by -1 in., base broadly 

 cordate; petiole ^-f in., floral sessile. Whorls -| in. diam., never spicate. Calyx 

 variable, sometimes short and cupular with very broad teeth. Corolla very snv.ill, 

 pink. Nutlets subglobose, smooth. The form of the leaves best distinguishes this 

 from S. melisscefolia. 



5. S. palustris, Linn. ; erect, stem scabrid or hispid with reversed 

 hairs, leaves sessile narrowly oblong- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate, 

 base rounded or cordate, floral longer than the calyx, whorls sub-6-ild. all . 

 distant, calyx in. hispid, teeth lanceolate, tips spinescent, corolla-tube 

 included. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 470; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 726; 

 Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1211. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; Thomson. DISTEIB. N. and W. 

 Asia, Europe, N. America. 



Herbaceous, 1-2 ft., perennial. Leaves 3-4 by f-1 in., floral leafy. Whorls 

 -1 in. diam., never spicate. Calyx-teeth equalling the tube. Corolla small, piuk. 

 Nutlets broadly obovoid, nearly smooth. 



6. S. sylvatica, Linn.; stem erect hispidly hairy, leaves l.-no-- 

 petioled broadly ovate-cordate serrate softly hairy, floral sessile longer than 

 the calyx, whorls few-fld., calyx in., teeth triangular, tips acicular, corolla 

 small, tube exserted. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 469 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 726; Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1211, 1232. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, Falconer. DISTEIB. Europe and N. Asia. 



Foetid when bruised. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., rather 

 slender. Leaves 2-4 in., radical early withering; petiole of lower often longer. 

 Whorls glandular-hairy. Corolla \ in. long, pink. Nutlets subglobose. 



_ 7. S. scaberula, Vatlce in Bot. Zeit. 1875, 462 ; erect, stem scabrid 

 with reversed hairs, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate crenate pubes- 

 cent, floral longer than the calyx sessile, whorls 4-6-fld. distant or upper 

 crowded, calyx ^ in. glandular-pubescent, teeth triangular acuminate, corolla- 

 tube exserted. 



KHASIA MTS. ; banks of the Kala Panee, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. Sf T. T. 



Rootstock slender, creeping; stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 broadly cordate, beneath subscaberulous ; petiole - in., scabrid. Calyx broadly 

 campanulate, teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla \ in. long, white dotted with 

 pink. Nutlets subglobose, smooth. 



* Shrubs or undershrubs, stems terete or nearly so. 



8. S. tibetica, Vatke in Bot. Zeit. 1875, 447 ; glabrous or puberulous, 

 much branched, branches slender, leaves shortly petioled oblong ovate laa- 



