HLolanthns. | Cll, LABIATA (BAKER), 393 
l4. AG. fruticosus, Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 346. An 
undershrub, with glabrous branched stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate, 1}-2 in. long, acute, narrowed to the base, membranous, obso- 
letely erenate, glabrous on both surfaces. » Flowers sessile; bracts lan- 
ceolate, acute, pubescent. Calyx truncate, accrescent, circumscissile. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Gonda, Bohm, 1080a. 
15. AG. elsholtzioides, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 187. 
Annual. Stems much-branched, from a decumbent base, densely 
pubescent upwards, Leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, thin, glabrous, 
fleshy, inciso-crenate, 1-2 in. long. Panicle small; end spikes oblong, 
1-1} in. long; lateral spikes shorter, on short ascending peduncles ; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, imbricate, acute, foliaceous, pubescent, }—} in. 
long. Calyx campanulate, obscurely bilabiate, } in. long. Corolla } in. 
long ; lower lip oblong, as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the 
lower lip. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5478! 5479! 
16. AE. panganensis, Giirke in Hngl. Pl. Ost-Afr. C. 346. Stem 
herbaceous, pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1-1 J 
in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, thin, rather fleshy, irregularly 
crenate, pubescent on the prominent ribs on both surfaces, glabrous 
between the ribs. Inflorescence branched; branches erect; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, sessile. Calyx pilose, truncate or nearly so, accrescent, 
cirecumscissile. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Usambara; Pangani, Siuhlmann, 472. 
17. AB. Niasse, Giirke in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 346. Stems 
shrubby, glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1-1} in. Jong, 
acute, cuneate at the base, crenate, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes 
short, forming an ample panicle ; flowers sessile ; bracts broadly ovate, 
cuspidate, } in. long, tinged with purple. Calyx tubular, rather pilose, 
4 in. long, obscurely lobed, circumscissile above the persistent base. 
Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 7 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Baramsale, Nicholson ! 
Platean of Mount Zomba, 5000-6000 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 524! 529! 
18. AB. Stormsii, Giirke in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 820, Stem and 
branches pubescent. Leaves petioled, obovate-spathulate, 2 in. long, 
obtuse, narrowed to the base, irregularly serrate, fleshy, pubescent on 
both surfaces. Bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx ; flowers sessile, 
Calyx globose, pubescent, truncate, obliquely circumscissile ; persistent 
base oblong. Corolla unknown. 
Mozamb. Dist, German East Africa : Karema, on Lake Tanganyika, Storms, 13, 
19. AE. heliotropioides, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 137, 
4. 82, An annual, with much-branched robust stems 2 ft. long an 
