396 Cll. LABIAT£ (BAKER). [ Holanthus. 
28. FE. Medusa, Boker. Stem woody, straight, slender, pubes- 
cent. Leaves distinctly petioled, small, thick, oblong, obscurely 
toothed, pubescent. Panicle short, with two remote lower branches; 
branches short, ascending, very compound; spikes slender, secund, at 
most 1 in. long; bracts obsolete. Calyx globose, } lin. long, densely 
clothed with white hairs. Corolla not seen. 
Mozamb,. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 
Johnson ! 
29, AE. myrianthus, Baker. A tall erect perennial herb, with 
subglabrous purple stems. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong-cuneate, 
2-3 in. long, obtuse, distinctly crenate, cuneate at the base, the blade 
decurrent on the petiole, subcoriaceous, green and nearly glabrous on 
both surfaces. Inflorescence a nearly leafless lax thyrsoid panicle 1 ft. 
long ; cymes peduncled, very compound ; branches lax, scorpioid ; flower- 
bracts linear, longer than the calyx. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, 
4 in. long; teeth minute. Corolla 3 in. long; tube slender, subcylin- 
drical ; upper lip as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the lip. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, south of Lake 
Tanganyika, 5000 ft., Nutt / 
30. AE. Welwitschii, Briguet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 188. A 
shrub, with woody giossy glabrous brown branches. Leaves small, 
petioled, oblong, acute, subentire, thick, fleshy, glabrous. Panicle 
short ; branches few, 2—3-furcate; spikes very lax, at most 1 in. long ; 
bracts small, green, lanceolate or oblong. Calyx campanulate, obscurely 
bilabiate, ;'; in. long. Corolla 1 in. long; lower lip nearly as long as 
the tube. Stamens not longer than the lower lip.—Hiern, Cat, Afr. 
P). Welw. i. 868. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5481! 5482 ! 
31. 4B. Buettneri, Giirke in Hngl. Jahrb. xix. 222. Stems erect, 
branched, 1-1} ft. long, perennial, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 
fruit ;',—-;’5 in., the lower part persistent, shield-shaped. Corolla 4-} in. 
long; tube narrow ; upper lip 4-lobed, lower cymbiform. 
_ Upper Guinea, Togoland: near Bismarckburg, Biit/ner, 235, 250! in the 
Ketschenko Steppe, Biittner, 349. 
32, AB. petasatus, Briguet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 62. A 
tall herb. Stem robust, minutely pubescent ; internodes Jong. Leaves 
shortly petioled, oblong, $-3 in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 
entire or obscurely denticulate, green, pubescent. Spikes 2-3 in. long; 
whorls 1-flowered ; internodes short; bracts obovate, 7;-y'y 1- long. 
Calyx in flower qs in., in fruit } in. long; lobes very small. Corolla 
a aialaleneei 
