Pleetranthus. | CII, LABIAT# (BAKER). 407 
24. P. Emini, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 207. Stems branched, 
pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, round-ovate, 1-1} in. long, rather 
thick, obtuse or subcordate at the base, acute, pubescent on both sides. 
Inflorescence a lax racemose panicle; whorls remote, 4—€-flowered ; 
cymes sessile or shortly peduncled ; bracts small, ovate, acute ; pedicels 
sin. long, pubescent. Fruit-calyx ! in. long; upper tooth ovate, acute, 
the margins not decurrent; lateral as long, lanceolate-deltoid ; lower 
longer, lanceolate. Corolla bent down at the base. 
agsn name Dist. German Hast Africa: Karagwe; near Bukoba, S/uhlmann, 
2. 
25. P. flaccidus, (iirke in Hngl. Jahrb. xix, 206. Stem long, 
slender, erect, branched, fragile, slightly pubescent. Leaves long- 
petioled, ovate, membranous, deeply crenate, obscurely pubescent, 
1-2 in. long; petiole clothed with soft spreading hairs. Inflorescence 
a very lax racemose panicle; branches long, slender; whorls 3—4- 
flowered ; pedicels reaching } in. long. Calyx finally } in. long ; upper 
tooth small, orbicular; 4 lower short, deltoid. Corolla } in. long.— 
Coleus flaccidus, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 90. 
Mozamh. Dist. German East Africa : Usaramo; Bagamoyo, Hildebrandt, 
1264! Usambara; Doda, Holst, 2980 ! 
26. P. crenatus, Giirke in Hugl. Jahrb. xix. 208. Stems gland- 
ular-pubescent or subtomentose. Leaves long-petioled, round-ovate, 
2 in. long and broad, acute, rounded at the base, glandular-pubescent 
or subtomentose on both surfaces. Whorls few-flowered ; pedicels long. 
Flower-calyx }—1 in. long, clothed with long fine glandular hairs; 
upper tooth ovate, acute; lateral shorter, lanceolate-deltoid ; lower 
Janceolate, acuminate. Corolla blue. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usambara ; among shrubs in clearings 
near Masheua, 4000 ft., Holst, 8730. 
27. P, phryxotrichus, Briguet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 66. . 
An undershrub, with ascending dull green branches, clothed with long 
crisped hairs, mixed with short adpressed pubescence. Leaves distinctly 
petioled, broadly ovate, under 1 in. long, acute or subobtuse, closely 
crenate, cordate or subcordate at the base, dark green and glabrescent 
above, paler and pubescent beneath. Inflorescence racemose, lax, 3-4 
in. long; whorls simple, 2—6-flowered ; pedicels } in. long; bracts small, 
ovate-lanceolate, deciduous. Flower-calyx 4 in. long, clothed with 
rigid or robust spreading hairs; tube campanulate ; upper tooth ovate, 
the rest lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla whitish-lilac, protruding st 
in. from the throat of the calyx ; lower lip { in. long. Stamens finally 
exserted, 
Lower Guinea ? Congo, Dewevre, 8624. 
An annual, with slender erect simple 
28. P, eye > e7". ° 
fragilis, Bake Leaves long-petioled, 
fragile obscurely pubescent stems 1}~2 ft. long. 
