388 CII, LABIAT# (BAKER). [ Jcomum. 
truncate. Corolla pubescent, } in. long; tube dilated in the upper 
half ; upper lip small, recurved ; lower small, oblong, concave. Stamens 
included.— Plectranthus ? subacaulis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 73. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, sonth of Lake 
Tanganyika, Carson, 33! 65! 
3. I. lineare, Burkill in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 270,t. 6, figs.3 and 4. 
Perennial. Stem slender, erect, wiry, pubescent, 6—8 in. long, leafy from 
near the base to the apex. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrowly linear 
with slightly revolute edges, moderately firm, entire, glabrous, 4-3 in. 
long. Spike short, simple, terminal, moderately dense; bracts like 
reduced leaves. Calyx campanulate, 4} lin. long, densely pubescent, 
truncate. Corolla } in. long; tube longer than the lips, curved, dilated 
in the upper half; upper lip small, erect ; lower larger, deeply concave. 
Stamens nearly as long as the upper lip; anthers globose, very small. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, near Fort Youngs 
Nicholson ! 
4. I. salicifolium, Burkill in Jown. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 270, t. 6, 
Jigs. 1 and 2. A perennial herb. Stems short, slender, decumbent, 
terete, densely pubescent. Leaves sessile, linear, 1-1} in. long, entire, 
subcoriaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Spikes dense, 1-3 in. 
long, forming a dense terminal panicle; bracts linear, as long as the 
calyx. Calyx pubescent, cylindrical, 4 in. long; lips very short. 
Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; lips small; upper oblong ; lower 
orbicular. Stamens included in the lower lip. —olanthus salicifolius, 
Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 161. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 107! 
12. HOLANTHUS, Mart.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 1176. 
Calyx very small, campanulate, truncate at the throat or obscurely 
bilabiate, finally circumscissile near the base. Corolla-tube much longer 
than the calyx, subcylindrical or narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb bi- 
labiate ; upper lip rather shorter, 4-lobed ; lower rather longer, oblong 
or obovate, not deeply concave. Stamens 4, didynamous, declinate; 
filaments free; anther-cells confluent. Disk glandular. Style shortly 
bifid. Nucules compressed, smooth.—Annual or perennial herbs or small 
shrubs. Leaves various in shape and texture, sessile or petioled. 
Cymes panicled, condensed or elongated ; bracts persistent, small or 
larger, foliaceous, imbricate. Corolla small, lilac. 
, Four additional species at the Cape, and one of which the native country 
nown, 
is not 
CRYPTANTHI.—Cymes not capitate. Bracts large, 
almost hiding the flowers, 
Leaves sessile, 
Annuals, 
Leaves linear, entire. 
Bracts din. long. . . . . . 1. &. ambustus. 
