Orthosiphon. | CII. LABIATH (BAKER). 373 
as long again as the calyx; lips half as long as the tube. Stamens not 
exserted. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2747! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Whyte / 
29. O. Johnstonii, Baker. Perennial, with a thick woody root- 
stock. Stems short, slender, tufted, erect, branched, obscurely pubescent. 
Leaves shortly petioled, small, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obscurely 
toothed, moderately firm, pubescent on both sides. Whorls few- 
flowered, forming a lax terminal raceme; bracts minute; pedicels 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx finally 4 in. long; tube oblong; upper 
tooth small, turning red ; lateral teeth small cusps; lower larger cusps. 
Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx; lobes small. Stamens not 
exserted. 
Nile Land. Critish East Africa: Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40 to 60 miles 
from the coast, Johnston ! 
30. O. nyasicus, Baker. An erect branched herb, with slender 
stems densely clothed with soft spreading hairs. Leaves distinctly 
petioled, ovate, 2 in. long, acute, deeply crenate, broadly rounded at the 
base, deep green and nearly glabrous on both surfaces. Whorls few- 
flowered, forming a long lax raceme; bracts minute; pedicels short. 
Fruit-calyx pilose, 4 in. long; tube campanulate ; teeth much shorter 
than the tube; upper ovate ; lower lanceolate. Corolla ¢ in. long ; tube 
cylindrical, more than twice as long as the calyx; lips small. Stamens 
not exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; North Nyasa, Whyte ! 
31. O. longipes, Baker. An erect herb, with slender slightly 
pubescent stems 3 ft. long. Leaves ovate, acute, membranous, crenate, 
2-3 in. long, uearly glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole nearly as long as 
the blade. Whorls few-flowered, forming a long lax raceme; bracts 
minute; pedicels } in. long. Calyx finally } in. long ; tube cama. 
late ; upper tooth orbicular, purple, as long as the tube; lateral sul 
cusps ; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube cylindrical, curved, hairy, twice 
as long as the calyx; lobes small. Stamens not exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: thirty miles inland from Ambriz, Monteiro! 
32. O. australis, Vatke in Linnea, xl. 179. Habit of Ocimum 
sunctum. Probably annual. Stems much-branched, slightly pubescent 
towards the top. Leaves petioled, ovate, obtuse, dentate, subglabrous, 
the largest 1} in, long, 1 in. broad. Racemes slender, simple ; Ww ve s 
6-flowered ; bracts minute, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx 5 in. ng 
in flower, rather larger in fruit; upper tooth obovate, concav ® pl ove, 
decurrent ; 4 lower teeth long, setaceous. Corolla more than twice the 
length of the calyx. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese Exst Africa: Rios de Sena, Peters. 
