A 
Plectranthus, | CII. LABIATE (BAKER). 411 
lower small cusps. “Corolla } in. long; cylindrical portion of the tube 
longer than the calyx. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, 2490! 
+1. P, glandulosus, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 17, vii. 210. 
A much-branched erect herb, 8-10 ft. high, with slender pilose 
branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, deeply crenate, 
membranous, glabrous, the lower 4—5 in. long and nearly as broad. 
Inflorescence an ample, decompound, terminal panicle; lower branches 
bracteated at the base by large leaves; branchlets slender, glandular- 
pubescent ; lower whorls of the branchlets of few-flowered peduncled 
cymes; pedicels longer than the calyx. Flower-calyx ,!,—,4, in. long ; 
tube very short; upper tooth large, ovate; lower smaller, ovate ; 
fruit-calyx { in. long; lower teeth large cusps. Corolla } in. long; 
lower lip nearly as long as the tube. 
, Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 2029! 
Fernando Po, 7000 ft., Mann, 318! 
42. P. elegans, Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 36. 
Stem erect, perennial, hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 1-2 in. 
ong, acute, cuneate at the base, crenate, scabrous and dark green above, 
pubescent beneath, with prominent veins. Cymes shortly peduncled, 
2-3-flowered, forming a long narrow panicle; pedicels } in. long; 
bracts small, ovate, acute. Calyx minutely hairy, broadly campanulate, 
yz Mm, long; upper tooth ovate, obtuse, the others acuminate. Corolla 
3-4 lin. long. Stamens exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte. 
43. P. parvus, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 347. 
An erect annual, with the habit of Circwa alpina, with slender fragile 
Simple or branched hairy stems } ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, 
acute, membranous, crenate, hairy, 1-14 in. long. Inflorescence race- 
mose, short ; lower cymes compound, few-flowered ; pedicels longer than 
the calyx, Flower-calyx } in. long; upper tooth short, ovate; lower 
Small, acute. Corolla 4 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
44. P, Johnstonii, Baker. An erect herb, with slender pilose 
branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, crenate, mem- 
ranous, slightly pubescent, the lower 2-3 in. long. — Panicle small, 
Tacemose, short; cymes few-flowered, shortly peduncled ; branchlets 
very slender, densely pubescent; pedicels long or short. Flower-calyx 
in. long; tube campanulate, pubescent ; upper tooth ovate; lower 
a8 long, lanceolate. Corolla mauve-lilac, 1 in. long; lower lip oblong, 
deeply concave, as long as the tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 69! 
45. Py pratensis, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 201. Stems nearly 
2 ft. long, erect, branched, pubescent or subtomentose. Leaves long- 
