076 cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) l^StacJtys. 



are spedmens difficalt to refer to either one. The specimeDS described by Bentham 

 under the names of sericea, vestita, splendens and melisscBfolia, are so mixed np that 

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

 or not. 



** Serbs, stem 4-angled. Whorls few-Jld. ; bracts minute. 



4. S. oblon^ifolia, Smth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 64, Lab. 545, 

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

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

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

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

 2076, in part. 



Plains of BEuaAL, Assam and Silhet; in wet places, WaVich, &c. 



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

 cordate; petiole i-f in., floral sessile. Whorls j-f in. diam., never spicate. Cali/x 

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

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

 trom S. melisscefolia. 



_5. S. palustris, lAnn.; 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-fld. 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. 



Westebn HimAiAiA; Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft.; Thomson. — Distmb. N. and W. 

 Asia, Europe, N. America. 



Herbaceous, 1-2 ft., perennial. Leaves Z-i by |-1 in., floral leafy. Whorls 

 4-1 in. diam., never spicate. Calyx-teeth equalling the tube. Corolla small, pink. 

 Nutlets broadly obovoid, nearly smooth. 



6. S. sylvatica, lAnn. ; stem erect hispidly hairy, leaves long- 

 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; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1211, 1232. 



Westebn Himaiata; Kashmir, Falconer. — ^Disteib. Europe and N. Asia. 



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

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

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



7. S. scaberula, Vatke in Bot. Zeif. 1875, 462 ; erect, stem scabrid 

 with reversed haii-s, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate crenate pubes- 

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

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

 tube exserted. 



Khasia Mis. ; banks of the Kala Panee, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. S. l( T. T. 



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

 broadly cordate, beneath subscaberulous ; petiole i— J in., scabrid. Calyx broadly 

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

 pink. Nutlets subglobose, smooth. 



*** Shrubs or under.shrubs, stems terete or nearly so. 



8. S. tibetica, YatJce in Bot. Zeit. 1875, 447 ; glabrous or pubernlous, 

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



