392 CI. LABIATE (BAKER). [| Holanthus. 
Flowers in panicled divaricate spikes; bracts up to } in. long, usually 
smaller. Calyx very small, subtruncate at the mouth. Corolla violet, 
} in. long ; lower lip deeply 3-lobed. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, on gneiss rocks by the streams of 
the Presidium, Welwitsch, 1630, 5591. 
10. AS. Candelabrum, Briguet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 186. An 
undershrub, with thinly pubescent young branches. Leaves shortly 
petioled, ovate-oblong, 14 in. long, 1 in. broad, obtuse, cuneate at the 
base, subentire, irregularly sinuate, fleshy, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces. Inflorescence candelabriform ; cymes with a long peduncle, 
usually trifid at the apex; flowers crowded, sessile; bracts oblong- 
lanceolate, persistent, }—} in. long. Flower-calyx } in. long, almost 
truncate. Corolla protruding }-} in. from the throat of the calyx; 
lower lip } in. long. Stamens exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Pungo Andongo, Mechow, 146. 
11. AS. nyikensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 160. An erect 
undershrub. Branchlets slender, ascending, pubescent. Leaves shortly 
petioled, suborbicular, 1-14 in, long, membranous, deeply inciso-crenate, 
cuneate and entire at the base, green and pubescent on both surfaces. 
Spikes short, dense, forming a Jax terminal panicle ; bracts ovate, acute, 
$-} in. long, membranous, pubescent. Calyx very short ; lips ovate. 
Corolla } in. long ; tube cylindrical, much longer than the calyx; lips 
small. Stamens as long as the corolla. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 119! 
12. AB. cuneifolius, Baker. A shrub, with thick straight woody 
glabrous stems. Leaves long-petioled, oblong or rhomboid, crenate mn 
the upper half, thick, rather fleshy, glabrous. Panicle moderately 
large; branches short, erecto-patent, simple, the lower arising from 
full-sized leaves; spikes short, oblong ; bracts ovate, acute, imbricate, 
foliaceous, { in, long. Calyx campanulate, ;!, in. long. Corolla ¢ in. 
long ; tube very slender; lower lip rather shorter than the tube. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5480! 
13, 4G. buchnerianus, Briguet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 187. A 
branched undershrub ; branches terete, minutely pubescent when young: 
Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, 1-1} in. Jong, }—$ in. broad, cuspidate, 
rounded or narrowed to the base, irregularly crenate, fleshy, pubescent 
on both surfaces. Inflorescence very compound, 6-8 in. long; cymes 
elongated, above 1 in. long ; flowers sessile ; bracts ovate, pilose, coloured, 
much imbricate. ;1, to } in. long. Flower-calyx pilose, campanulate, 
bilabiate, 4 in. long. Corolla protruded } in. from the throat of the 
calyx; lower lip 1-1 in. long. Stamens much exserted. 
. South Central. Congo Free State: rocks of the Bango, in savannab, Buchner, 
571. 
