Pycnostachys. | CI. LABIATH (BAKER). 381 
6. P. micrantha, Giirke in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 345. Stems 
tetragonous, pubescent, branched. Leaves subsessile or very shortly 
petioled, lanceolate, narrowed to the base, very acuminate, serrate, quite 
glabrous on both surfaces. Spikes narrow, cylindrical. Calyx cam- 
panulate, glabrous; teeth divaricate, rigid, scarcely longer than the 
tube. Corolla small. 
‘Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, Stuhlmann, 1720 ; Bukoba, 
Stuhlmann, 3276, 3718, 3953 ; Mpororo, Stuhlmann, 2056, 
7. P. parvifolia, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 72. Stems herba- 
ceous, perennial, branched, densely pubescent, 14-2 ft. long. Leaves 
sessile, verticillate, linear or lanceolate, entire, densely pubescent, 
unequal, the longest 6-9 lin. long. Racemes very dense, oblong or 
subglobose ; bracts small, linear. Calyx pilose ; tube very short ; teeth 
rigid, linear-subulate, finally 4 in. long. Corolla 6-9 lin. long; tube 
much longer than the calyx; upper lip small, narrow. Stamens 
included. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Lake Tangansika and Lake 
Rukwa, Nutt! British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., Carson, 
26! 34! 92! 103! Nyasaland; Tanganyika Plateau at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., 
Whyte! 
8. P. deflexifolia, Baker. A perennial herb, with quadrangular 
pubescent stems, Leaves in distant pairs, subsessile, deflexed, lanceo- 
late, 14-2 in. long, acuminate, finely serrate, subcoriaceous, green and 
finely pubescent on both surfaces. Spikes dense, oblong, single, 
terminal, 14-2 in. long. Calyx-tube small, campanulate, thinly pilose ; 
teeth subulate, spreading, hispid, } in. long. Corolla violet. . 
@7 Nile Land. Britisl East Africa: near Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
56! 
9. P. Kirkii, Baker. A perennial, with erect simple pubescent 
stems 2 ft. long. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, firm in texture, pubescent, 
distantly and minutely dentate, the lower 2-3 in. long, } in. son the 
Upper growing gradually smaller. Flower-spikes very dense, ‘ ort, 
conical, panicled. Calyx-teeth in the flowering stage 4 in. long. 
Corolla very hairy outside; lower lip } in. long. a 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, 3000- 
4000 ft., Kirk ! aud without precise locality, Buchanan, 700! 
seas nn Kew : 98,161. An erect 
10, Pp, remotifolia, Buker in Kew Bulletin, 18 ) sin a few 
perennial herb, with glabrous tetragonous stems. Leave owed 
distant pairs, subsessile, lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, acuminate, nary hee 
to the base, toothed, green and glabrous on both fo noe deflexed 
many, dense, oblong, panicled, $—1} in. long; Jower owers la blue. 
Calyx-tube short; teeth setaceous, rigid, } in. long. Ste mens 
tube longer than the calyx; lower lip concave, § in. long. Stamen: 
not exserted from the lower lip. 
Mozamb. Dist. Brits) Central Afview : Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, at 
Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte! 
