Plectranthus. | CH. LABIATZ (BAKER). 405 
few-flowered ; pedicels finally }-} in. long. Calyx in flower } in., in 
fruit } in. long; tube oblong; upper tooth ovate, much shorter than 
the tube; lateral small cusps; lower very large cusps. Corolla 4 in. 
long; lower lip oblong, as long as the tube.— Engl. Hochgebirgsfl 
Trop. Afr. 359. 
Upper Guinea. (Cameroons: Cameroou Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1257 ! 
16. P. miserabilis, Briquet in Hnyl. Jahrb. xix. 180. A herb, 
bearing tubercles, creeping at the base, then ascending to a height 
of 2 ft. Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, above | in. long, acute, cuneate 
at the base, shallowly crenate, green and pubescent on both surfaces. 
Inflorescence racemose, long; lower whorls distant; bracts deciduous. 
Calyx very accrescent, 3 lin. long in the flowering stage; upper tooth 
ovate, the lateral ovate, acuminate, the lowest setaceous. Corolla pro- 
truding ,';—} in. from the throat of the calyx; lower lip ,', in. long. 
Stamens included, very protandrous. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda; Mukenge, in Bashilange district. 
Pogge, 1022. 
lv. P. mandalensis, Baker. An erect perennial, with short 
finely hairy tetragonous stems. Leaves long-petioled, membranous, 
broadly ovate or suborbicular, the lower 3-4 in. long and broad, 
deeply crenate, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls 2-3 flowered, 
forming lax racemose panicles; pedicels } in. long; bracts lanceo- 
late. Flower-calyx i, in. long; tube campanulate ; upper tooth small, 
ovate ; lower longer, lanceolate. Corolla pale lilac, twice as long as the 
calyx, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mandala, cultivated 
specimen, Moir ! 
Described from a specimen grown at Kew in Jan. 1894, which was raised from 
seed sent by Mr. J. Moir in 1893. 
Ix. P. pauciflorus, Baker. A slender erect annual, with the 
habit of Cirewa alpina. Leaves small, distinctly petioled, ovate, 
crenate, membranous, obscurely pubescent. Inflorescence a very lax 
racemose panicle; branches 5, approximate, the end one + in. long ; 
whorls 2-tlowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 3 in. long; 
tube campanulate ; upper tooth ovate, as long as the tube; lower as 
long, lanceolate. Corolla 4 in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Unyamwezi; Msilala, H/annington ! 
1). P. masukensis, Baker. An erect branched perennial, with 
slender stems densely clothed with short spreading soft hairs. Leaves 
shortly petioled, ovate, very small, acute, crenate, broadly rovnded at 
the base, nearly glabrous on both surfaces. Whorls usually 2-Hlowered. 
arranged in a long lax racemose panicle with a densely pilose rhachis ; 
bracts minute, foliaceous; pedicels very short. Fruit-calyx densely 
Pilose, | in, long ; tube campanulate ; upper tooth ovate, obtuse, about 
