180 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
LEONOTIS MOLLISSIMA, G'ürke in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. (1895) 141. 
Outskirts of. Chirinda, 3700—4000 ft.; Chikambogé Valley, 3000 ft. ; in fl. 
June, Sept. ; nn. 235, 1969. 
Distrib. Angola to German East Africa. 
“A very tall herb, up to 10 feet, with sienna-orange or creamy white 
flowers very attractive to birds of all kinds. ‘Wilde daga" of Dutch. 
Leaves used as cattle medicine ; also as one of the constituents of an antidote 
to snake-bite." 
LEONOTIS SPECTABILIS, 5, Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, elata, caule stricto valido pubescente, foliis petiolatis subsessili- 
busve ovatis vel ovato-oblongis utrinque obtusis margine sat argute crenatis 
supra villoso-velutinis subtus tomento denso iongoque albo-griseo obteetis, 
verticillastris paucis subdistantibus magnis globosis, bracteis exterioribus 
linearibus vel anguste lineari-lanceolatis spinuloso-aeuminatis pubescentibus 
interiores lineares plus minus excedentibus, floribus magnis pedicellis pubes- 
centibus insidentibus, calycis tubuloso-infundibularis pubescentis sub fructu 
vix aueti tubo dentes pluries superante dente postico elongato triangulari 
sursum caudato-spinoso dentibus reliquis 7 inter se parum insequalibus 
(anticis paullo majoribus) triangularibus apice spinulosis, corolle castane:e 
bene exsertz tubo superne gradatim dilatato, quam labium postieum villosum 
manifeste breviore. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mountains ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 2013. 
Planta trimetralis, Caulis 5 mm. diam. speciminis nobis obvii preter 
ramulos perbreves foliatos ex axillis foliorum evolutorum ortos simplex ; 
internodia 5-7 em. long. Folia solemniter 4:5-6 x 275-4 em. (summa perpauc: 
minora), pergamacea, сгепеП госте 5 mm. alt. et long. 4 тт. Verticillastri 
(corollis exemptis) 15-8 em. diam. Bracteæ exteriores 1:5 em. long. vel 
paullulum ultra, interiores 5-18 mm. Pedicelli 1-3 mm. long. Calycis 
tubus 1°7 em. long., basi 2 mm. ore 7 mm. lat. ; dens posticus оте 1 em. 
long. ; dentes laterales 2°5-3 mm., antici 8:4 mm. Corolla tota 4:1 em. long.; 
tubus L6 cm., labium postieum 2:5 cem., anticum 54 mm. long. Nuculæ 
maturatee haud suppetunt. 
This resembles L. mollissima, Gürke, in foliage, but the flowers of that are 
markedly smaller and the calyx is different in several respects. It is nearer 
L. Engleri, Gürke—known to me only by deseription—a plant with tomentose 
branches, smaller leaves, a tubular calyx with a shorter hinder tooth and side- 
teeth different in shape from the lower ones, and smaller corollas. 
