372 Cl. LABIATE (BAKER). [ Orthosiphon. 
dilated at the throat, twice as long as the calyx; lobes small. Stamens 
not exserted. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: collected in a journey from Ribe to the 
Galla country, Wakefield ! 
25. O. Schimperi, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 51. Perennial. 
Stems erect or decumbent, simple or branched, densely hairy upwards. 
Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-3 in. long, hairy on both sides. 
Racemes dense or lax; whorls many-flowered ; bracts minute, deciduous ; 
pedicels short, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, finally } in. long; tube 
oblong ; upper lobe suborbicular, much shorter than the tube ; lateral 
teeth small cusps ; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube rather longer than the 
calyx; lobes small. Stamens not exserted.—A. Rich. Tent. Fi. Abyss. 
ii. 180. Ocimum coloratum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, Intell. 23; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; among stones on the summit of Mount Scholoda, 
Schimper, 313! and without precise locality, Petit! British East Africa : 
Niamniam ; Nganye, Schweinfurth, 3941 ! 
26. O. somalensis, Vathe in Linnea, xliii. 87. Perennial. Stem 
3 ft. high, much-branched, slightly pubescent. Leaves distinetly 
petioled, ovate, acute, membranous, crenate, pubescent, 3-1] in. long. 
Whorls few-flowered, forming a lax terminal raceme; bracts minute ; 
pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx finely pubescent. finally 4-f in. 
long; tube oblong ; upper tooth ovate, shorter than the tube ; lateral and 
lower large, cuspidate from a deltoid base. Corolla-tube half as long 
again as the calyx; limb small. Stamens not exserted. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Serrut Mountuins, near Maid, 4900 ft., Hildebrandt, 
1428 ! 
27. O. Hildebrandtii, Baker. An erect branched perennial, with 
subglabrous stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, 
obtuse, crenate, about 1 in. long. Whorls few-flowered, forming @ lax 
terminal raceme; bracts minute; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 
Flower-calyx } in. long ; tube oblong, slightly pubescent ; upper lip very 
small, cbtuse; lateral teeth deltoid; lower larger, lanceolate-cuspidate. 
Corolla-tube subeylindrical, much longer than the calyx; lobes small. 
Stamens not exserted.—O. australis, Vatke in Linnea, xliil. 86, not 
xl. 179. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba : Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2746 ! 
28. O. coloratus, Vatke in Linnea, xliii, 86. Perennial. Stem 
erect, pubescent, simple or branched, under 1 ft. long. Leaves petioled, 
ovate or oblong, crevate, pubescent, 1-1} in. long, cuneate and entire 
at the base. Kacemes lax or moderately dense; bracts minute, decid- 
uous; flowers 3-6 in a whorl; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx 
very hairy, fin. long; upper tooth oblong, shorter than the tube ; latera! 
teeth small cusps; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube subcylindrical, half 
