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brevissimis, calycis tubo campanulato curvato dense piloso dentibus lan- 
ceolato-deltoideis, corolle tubo infundibulari quam calyx 2-3plo longiore 
labio supremo parvo erecto, inferiore obovato longiore, staminibus sub- 
exsertis. 
A perennial herb, with the habit of the common Lavender 
(Lavandula vera), branched at the base, with slender stiff erect 
square obscure pilose flowering stems a foot or more long. 
Leaves in a few distant pairs, lanceolate, sessile, erecto-patent, 
about an inch long, thick in texture, obscurely pilose. Panicle 
3-4 in. long, of about 10 pairs of simple or forked spreading 
secund branches under an inch long; flowers all deflexed ; rhachis 
and short pedicels densely pilose; bracts minute. Calyx jj in. 
long, with a curved tube and small teeth. Corolla lilac, 4; in. 
long, with a curved pilose long funnel-shaped tube, a small orbi- 
cular upper lip, and a much larger lower one. Stamens just 
exserted beyond the tip of the lower lip.—Central Madagascar, 
Baron 978! 
PLECTRANTHUS HEXAPHYLLUS, n. sp. 
Perennis, caulibus brevibus simplicibus dense breviter pilosis, foliis 
paucijugis petiolatis ovatis obtusis crenatis membranaceis facie hispidis 
dorso pilosis, racemis laxis basi compositis, bracteis latis foliaceis dense 
pilosis, pedicellis quam calyx longioribus, calycis pilosi tubo campanulato 
dentibus parvis superioribus deltoideis inferioribus lanceolatis, coroll: tubo 
calyci subzequilongo, labio superiore orbiculari, inferiore trilobato, stami- 
n.bus breviter exsertis. 
A perennial herb, with slender densely pilose ascending simple 
stems about 4 ft. long. Leaves in 2-3 opposite pairs below the 
inflorescence; petiole 1-2 in. long, densely pilose; blade 1-13 in. 
long, obtuse, rounded or subdeltoid at the base, dark green and 
rough with the tuberculate bases of short bristly hairs above, 
shortly hispid below with slightly raised brown hispid reticulated 
veins. Flowers in a lax raceme 2-3 in. long, of several whorls, 
the lowest only compound at the base, each with a pair of small 
foliaceous bracts broader than long, densely clothed with bright 
red-brown hairs; pedicels j-l in. long. Calyx j5-j in. long, 
membranous, dark green, strongly ribbed; upper teeth small, 
deltoid ; lower larger, lanceolate. Corolla-tube just longer than 
the calyx; lips short; upper orbicular, lower with 3 small orbi- 
cular lobes. Stamens just exserted beyond the lower lip.—Cen- 
tral Madagascar, Baron 1799! 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XX. 8 
