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flowers. Flower-calyx } in. long; upper lip orbicular, as long as the 
tube ; lower cusps small. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 
slightly exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs above the base. 
ower Guinea. Angola: province of Golungo Alto, 1000-2400 ft., Welwitsch, 
5571! 
30. O. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 83. Suffruticose. 
Stems erect, branched, villous, finally glabrous. Leaves petioled, ovate, 
crenate, subobtuse, 13 in. long, rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, 
membranous, pubescent on both sides. Racemes simple, rather lax; 
lower whorls }—} in. apart ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels } in. long. 
Calyx with an ovate obtuse decurrent upper lip and two linear basal 
teeth. Corolla 4 in. long. Stamens exserted, dilated at the base, sub- 
villous ; filaments connate in pairs at the base. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2741. 
31. O. capitatum, Baker. Perennial. Stem slender, densely 
hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, small, ovate, acute, deflexed, shallowly 
dentate, slightly pubescent. Flowers mainly concentrated in a globose 
terminal cluster ; pedicels very short ; bracts small. Flower-calyx } in. 
long; upper lip orbicular, as long as the campanulaie tube; lower cusps 
small. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; lips large. Stamens much 
exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs above the base. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Tomson ! 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa : Higher plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson ! 
32. O. Johnstonii, Baker. Perennial, with the habit of O. men- 
thefolium. Stems erect, densely hairy. Leaves petioled, ovate, mer 
branous, deeply crenate, 1-1} in. long, thinly pubescent, especially 
beneath. Racemes long, lax; rhachis densely hairy ; flowers many in 
a whorl; pedicels very short ; bracts orbicular, cuspidate, _ uous. 
Calyx very hairy, } in. long; upper lip orbicular, as long ast e can 
panulate tube; lower cusps small. Calyx twice as long as t chairs 
Stamens much exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs above the 
base. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! Kapte 
Plateau, 5000-6000 ft., Thomson ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston ! 
33. O. punctatum, Baker. Perennial. Stems short, erect, very 
hairy . Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, subentire, very airy cuneate 
at the base, 14 in. long. Racemes short, dense ; rhachis airy ; Pp ice 
very short ; bracts minute. Flower-calyx hairy, 1 in. ong upper 'P 
about as long as the tube ; lower cusps large. Corolla ww e as lo & as 
the calyx; lips large. Stamens much exserted; upper Hlaments 
a tuft of hairs near the base. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman Eas 
Thomson! 
t Africa : Lower plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 
