Stachys] xcvii. lakiat.!:. 875 



leafy, bluntly tetrugonal, furrowed, stellate-haiiy toward-s the 

 apex; leaves ovate, acuminate and often very acute at the apex, 

 more or less cordate at the base, tliinly herbaceous or softly 

 membranous, dark green and sparingly stellate-hairy above, 

 hoary and densely stellati^-han-y i)eneath, denticulate, 2 to A\ in, 

 long by 'l to 2| in. broad ; petiole more or less hoary, stellate- 

 hairy ; (lowers violet-rosy, about {f in. long ; pedicels v.'^^ to ,\^ in. 

 long, stellate-hairy ; verticils many-llowered, distant or the upper 

 ones approximated, the lower ones leafy at the base, together 

 forming a terminal slightly leafy inflorescence ; calyx nearly \ in. 

 long, stellate-hairy outside, glal)r()>is inside, campanulate-oblong, 

 sub-regularly 5-toothe(l ; the tube inconspicuously nerved, \ in. 

 long ; the teeth lanceolate, subulate, erect ; corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 \ in. long, gibbous-dilated about the middle, densely pilose inside 

 at the insertion of the stamens : the limb bilabiate, the lower lip 

 3-lobed ; the middle lobe rotundate-obcordate, crenulate on the 

 margin ; the lateral lobes much shorter, obtuse ; the upper lip 

 rotundate-conchiform, concave, erect, much shorter than the lower 

 lip ; stamens 4 ; anthers shortly exserted ; style shortly bilobed 

 at the apex, the branches cylindrical. 



Pi'Niio Ani)oN(;i>. — In damp thickets about the gitjantic rocks of 

 Catete, plentiful ; fl. beginning of Dec. 185G. No. 5546. 



2. S. huillensis lliern, .sp. u. 



A jjerennial herb, 1 to 2 ft. high ; rootstock woody ; stems 

 numerous, erect or ascending, somewhat woody at the base, 

 herbaceous and sparingly branched above, roundedly tetragonal, 

 furrowed, hoary and tomentose with stellate hairs at the top, 

 moderately leafy ; leaves ovate-oblong, narrowed and scarcely 

 acuminate at the apex, .somewhat narrowed or nearly rounded at 

 the subsessile base, herbaceous, dark green anil sparingly stellate- 

 hairy above, paler and more or less stellate-felted beneath, denti- 

 culate, 1 to 3 in. long by ^ to 1 in. broad ; flowers white, about 

 ~ in, long ; pedicels very short, ,?^ to -^^ in, long, stellate-hairy ; 

 verticils several-flowered, the lower ones distant and axillary, the 

 upper ones closer together and forming a terminal bracteate 

 spike, the whole inflorescence 4 to 8 in. long ; calyx | in. long, 

 campanulate-oblong, stellate-hairy outside, glabrous inside ; the 

 tube ^- in. long, lU-nerved ; the lobes lanceolate, subulate, unequal 

 in breadth at the base ; corolla-tul)e cylindrical, ] in. long, not 

 gibbous about the middle, not densely pilose inside at the insertion 

 of the stamens ; the limb bilabiate, the lower lip 3-lobed, the 

 middle lobe rotundate, repand ; the lateral lobes much shorter 

 than the middle lobe, obtuse ; the upper lip rotundate, concave, 

 much shorter than the lower lip ; stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers 

 shortly exserted ; style shortly bifid at the apex, falling short of 

 the longer filaments. 



HriLLA.— In dry bushy pastures, from Lopollo to Catumba ; fl. 

 Feb. to April ISOit. No. 5509. In muddy swampy wooded places, 

 from Ohai to Catumba ; fl. April 18G0. No. 5510. 



