414 CH, LABIAT.E (BAKER). [ Plectranthus. 
53. P. schizophyllus, Baker. An erect perennial, with slender 
branched pubescent stems. Leaves shortly petioled, rhomboid, 1—1} in. 
long, deeply cut from the margins and apex into linear lobes with revolute 
edges, cuneate at the base, moderately firm, thinly pilose on the upper 
surfaces, pubescent beneath. Inflorescence racemose, long, lax ; lower 
whorls 6-8-flowered, not strictly umbellate; pedicels }-} in. long. 
Fruit-calyx 4 in. long, slightly pilose; tube very short; upper tooth 
ovate, obtuse, longer than the tnbe; lateral short, obtuse; lower lan- 
ceolate, much longer. Corolla not seen. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and 
Karonga, west side of Lake Nyasa, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 376! 
54. BP. lycopifolius, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 181. Stem 
herbaceous; branches erect, hairy. Leaves subsessile, ovate-oblong, 
acute, serrate, subscabrous above, hairy on the ribs below. Inflores- 
cence racemose, elongated ; whorls spread out, many-flowered. Calyx 
campanulate, clothed with glandular hairs ; teeth lanceolate, the upper 
rather broader. Corolla small. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; near Adowa, Quartin-Dillon. 
55. P. moschosmoides, Baker. A shrubby perennial, with stems 
finely pubescent upwards. Leaves at the base of the panicle small, 
sessile, ovate, entire, pubescent. Panicle 1 ft. long, composed of about 
30 dense cylindrical racemes, usually ternate on short branches, the end 
ones 2—3 in. long; pedicels short; bracts ovate, very small. Flower- 
calyx ,'; in. long, densely clothed with white hairs ; tube campanulate ; 
teeth ovate, subequal, shorter than the tube. Corolla twice as long 
as the calyx.—Germanea eylindracea, Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 861. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, Welwitsch, 5489! 
56. P. cylindraceus, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 60. A 
shrubby perennial, with stems shortly pubescent upwards. Leaves 
shortly petioled, oblong, crenate, pubescent on both sides, cuneate and 
entire at the base. Inflorescence racemose, dense in the upper half, 
3-5 in. long, 1-3 to a stem; pedicels often longer than the calyx ; 
bracts small, ovate, acute, very pubescent. Flower-calyx 4's in. long, 
densely clothed with white pubescence ; tube campanulate ; teeth deltoid, 
subequal. Corolla pubescent, twice as long as the calyx.—A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 183 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 358. 
Nile Land, Eritrea: Aidereso, 4000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1700! Mount 
Alam Kale to the north-west of Aidereso, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1806! Abyssinia 
Tigre ; Adowa, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, and near Mai Gouagoua, Quartin-Dillon, 
120! Mettgalo, Schimper, 705; Samen: on rocks near Gapdia, Schimper, 1113 - 
province of Shoa, Petit. 
Also in Arabia. 
57. P. marrubioides, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 6¥. A 
shrubby perennial, with finely pubescent stems. Leaves small, subsessile, 
