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LEONOTIS intermedia. 
Intermediate Leonotis. 
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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. 
LEONOTIS. Supra vol. 4. fol. 281. 
L. intermedia, caule suffruticoso, foliis petiolatis ovato-eordatis acuminatis 
inciso-dentatis, calycibus muticis velutinis decemdentatis, bracteis mol- 
libus ovato-lanceolatis, internodiis terminalibus longissimis. 
Caulis erectus, 4-pedalis, tetraqueter, velutinus, obtuse angulatus, late- 
ribus sulcatis, internodiis distantibus. Folia rugosa, longè petiolata, supr 
glabriuscula, opaca, subtus tomentosa, inferiora ovato-cordata, acumina- 
ta, obtusa, inciso-serrata, superiora fasciculata, ovato-lanceolata, dentata. 
Flores versus apicem caulis in verticillis 30- floris dispositi, bracteis 2-oppo- 
sitis linearibus communibus et linearibus brevibus acutis propriis suffulti, au- 
rantiaci, horizontaliter patentes, 14-unciales. Calyx velutinus, ore con- 
tracto obliquo 10-dentato, dentibus muticis, superiore ceteris non multum 
majore. Corolla gracilis, arcuata, aurantiaca, villis longis densissimis colo- 
ratis tecta, intra calycem glabra, calyce ad minimum triplo longior, galea 
elongata, laciniis inferioribus minutis, glabris, spiraliter convolutis, depen- 
dentibus. Stamina basi pilosa, apice cum antherd glabra. Stylus filiformis, 
glaber ; stigma acutum, bilobum: lobo superiore nano. 
This species of Leonotis has been raised in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society, from seed sent from Delagoa 
Bay, in southern Africa, by the late Mr. Forbes. It is a 
fine perennial half-shrubby plant, flowering in the stove 
during the greater part of the year. 
The Stems are erect, about 4 feet high, with 4 deep 
furrows, and very long intervals between the joints. "The 
Leaves are wrinkled, on very long stalks, smoothish and 
opaque above, and downy beneath ; the lower ovate-cordate 
obtuse, the upper ovate-lanceolate. The Flowers appear 
from the uppermost joints of the stem in whorls of about 
30 flowers, which are supported by two long narrow floral 
leaves, and many little soft ovate-lanceolate bracteze; they 
are of a very bright fulvous or orange colour, and are co- 
vered all over with long dense coloured hairs. "The Calyx is 
covered over with soft hairs, a little contracted at the ori- 
fice, which is oblique and divided into ten nearly equal un- 
armed teeth. "The stamens are pilose towards the base, with 
the anthers smooth upwards. Of the two lobes of the 
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