Plectranthus. | CII. LABIATZ (BAKER), 403 
membranous, shortly pubescent on both sides, the lower 6-7 in. long, 
3 in. broad at the middle. Inflorescence racemose, lax, 1 ft. or more 
long ; flowers 15-20 in a whorl; pedicels pubescent, finally }-} in. long. 
Fruit-calyx | in. long; upper tooth large, ovate; 4+ lower large cusps. 
Corolla. }—} in. long. 
_ Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nakajumbn, in the 
Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 365! 
8. P. stachyoides, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 136, t. 81. A 
peretnial herb, with stout erect simple pubescent stems 3-4 ft. long. 
Leaves nearly sessile, ovate or oblong, pubescent, conspicuously crenate, 
the lower 3 in. long. Inflorescence a dense narrow terminal racemose 
panicle, the end branch 6-8 in. long; whorls many-flowered ; bracts 
ovate, pubescent, foliaceous, } in. long; pedicels short. Fruit-calyx 
tin. long ; upper tooth ovate; 4 lower as long, deltcid-cuspidate ; tube 
campanulate, very hairy. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Madi, in woods, Speke & Grant, 732! 
9. P. Lastii, Baker. A perennial, with long simple slender 
pubescent stems. Lower leaves nearly sessile, obovate-cuneate, ob- 
scurely crenate, thick, pubescent, 1 in. long. Inflorescence racemose, 
lax ; whorls many-flowered ; pedicels pubescent, longer than the calyx. 
Flower-calyx pubescent, } in. long; tube campanulate ; upper tooth 
ovate, as long as the tube; + lower large, linear. Corolla } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; near Blantyre, Las? ! 
10. P. floribundus, var. longipes, .V. 4. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 
1894, 13. A shrub, reaching a height of 8-10 ft., without any leaves 
at the flowering season. Leaves (seen only in the Natal type) sessile, 
oblong, coriaceous, nearly entire, pubescent, 2-3 in. long. Inflorescence 
a long lax terminal racemose panicle ; branches ascending, verticillate, 
2-3 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, }-} in. long, like the rhachis 
rough with glands; bracts small, oblong, acute, persistent. Calyx finally 
{ in, long, hairy and glandular; tube campanulate ; upper lip ovate ; 
lower teeth lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow, $—? in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near the River Cunene, Johnston ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, 1000-2000 ft., 
Meller! Movavi country, west of Lake Nyasa, Air’ / in woods near Blantyre, 
3000 ft., Scott ! Missale, “Nicholson ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 885! 
Matabeleland : in the valley of the Umzingwane River, Baines ! 
The type, which has shorter pedicels, occurs in Natal and the Transvaal. 
11. Pp, minimus, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 205, Stems erect, 
very slender, pubescent, 1-4 in. long. Leaves very small, shortly 
petioled, ovate, crenate, rather thick, pubescent and dotted with black 
glands on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, very short; cymes 1-3- 
Hower ed, sessile ; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, very small ; pedicels 
iz~¢ in. long, pubeseant like the calyx. Fruit-calyx ,';—$ in. long; 
