408 CII, LABIATA (BAKER). [ Plectranthus. 
cordate-ovate, deeply crenate, membranous, glabrous, 14-2 in. long. 
Inflorescence a terminal racemose panicle above the leaves ; branches 39, 
lax, approximate, the end one 5-6 in, long; central whorls b-flowered ; 
pedicels longer than the calyx. Fruit-calyx } in. long; tube cam- 
panulate ; upper tooth small, ovate ; lateral minute, deltoid ; lower 2 
small cusps Corolla 4 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk ! 
29. P. sylvestris, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 205. Stems branched, 
6-7 ft. long, glabrescent below, pubescent above. Leaves petioled, 
broadly ovate, membranous, 14-2 in. long, narrowed to the base, acumi- 
nate, deeply toothed, glabrous on both sides or obscurely hairy on the 
ribs below. Inflorescence a racemose lax panicle ; lower whorls remote ; 
cymes 4—6-flowered, sessile ; bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate ; pedi- 
cels 4—} in, long, clothed like the calyx and axis with thick pubescence. 
Fruit-calyx 1} in. long; upper tooth ovate, acute; lateral lanceolate, 
acuminate; lower lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the upper. Corolla 
blue, pubescent ; tube very short. 
Mozamb. Dist. German Exst Africa: Kilimanjaro, lolkens, 765. 
_ 30. P. punctatus, / Merit. Stirp. 87, t. 42; Benth. in DC. Prod. 
xu. 64. An erect perennial, with stout simple or branched pubescent 
stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, membranous, 
slightly pubescent, the lower 3—4 in. long, the upper growing gradually 
smaller. Inflorescence racemose ; branches short, dense in the upper 
half, lax downwards ; rhachis very pubescent ; whorls many-flowered ; 
pedicels short. Calyx pubescent, $-} in. long; tube campanulate ; 
upper lip ovate, mucronate, as long as the tube; 4 lower deltoid or 
lanceolate. Corolla 4 in, long.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
399, 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Gunnia, 6500 ft., Schimper, 312 of 1862 
collection; Gatat, 8400 ft., Schimper, 312 of 1868 collection, and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 691 ! and cultivated specimens ! 
31. P. kamerunensis, (iirke in Hngl. Jahrb. xix. 202. Stems 
branched, 3—+ ft. long ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves with a very long 
petiole, membranous, round-ovate, the lowest 4 in, long and broad, 
ecrdate at the base, acuminate, deeply crenate, with a few adpressed 
hairs on both sides. Inflorescence a racemose panicle ; whorls remote, 
6 flowered ; cymes sessile or nearly so; pedicels long ; bracts ovate, 
acute. Calyx clothed outside with long hairs, in flower { in. long, 
very accrescent ; upper tooth broader, ovate-deltoid, acute ; the others 
shorter, subequal, deltoid, acuminate. Corolla violet. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near West Buea, 3200 ft., Preuss, 1039. 
32. P. Mamnii, Baker. An erect herb, with slender fragile 
branched pilose stems 6-8 ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, cordate- 
