Stachys] xcvii. labiate. 875 



leafy, bluntly tetragonal, furrowed, stellate-hairy towards the 

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

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

 membranous, dark green and sparingly stellate-hairy above, 

 hoary and densely stellate-hairy beneath, denticulate, 2 to 4|- in. 

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

 hairy ; flowers violet-rosy, about f in. long ; pedicels -^^ to -^ in. 

 long, stellate-hairy ; verticils many-flowered, 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, glabrous inside, campanulate-oblong, 

 sub-regularly 5-toothed; the tube inconspicuously nerved, ^ in. 

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

 \ in. long, gibbous-dilated about the middle, dengely 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, tke branches cylindrical. 



PuNGo Andongo. — In damp thickets about the gigantic rocks of 

 Catete, plentiful ; fl. beginning of Dec. 1856. No. 5545. 



2. S. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



A perennial 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 and 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 

 "I in. long ; pedicels very short, -^ to -^-^ in. long, steUate-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, 10-nerved ; the lobes lanceolate, subulate, unequal 

 in breadth at the base ; corolla-tube 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. 



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

 Feb. to April 1860. No. 5509. In muddy swampy wooded places, 

 from Ohai to Catumba ; fl. April 1860. No. 5510. 



