41% CII. LABIATE (BAKER). | Plectranthus. 
70. P. Zenkeri, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 199. Stems erect, 
branched, pubescent. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate 
or ovate-oblong, above 1 in. long, rounded at the base, acute or acumi- 
nate, crenate, glabrous above, pubescent below. Racemes lax, com- 
pound ; cymes remote, 3-flowered, with a peduncle } in. long ; pedicels 
long, sparsely glandular-pubescent, like the calyx and rhachis; bracts 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Calyx tubular, in flower ;', in., finally 
4 in. long; teeth subequal, lanceolate-deltoid, acuminate, lower shorter. 
Corolla lilac. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near Yaunde, Zenker. 
71. P. Schimperi, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 317. An annual, with 
much-branched slender fragile glabrous stems 2-3 ft. long. Leaves 
distinctly petioied, ovate, acute, membranous, crenate, slightly hairy, 
1-2 in. long. Inflorescence a lax terminal panicle, with compound 
cymes on slender ascending peduncles from the axils of the upper 
leaves ; pedicels pubescent, long or short. Flower-calyx pubescent, 
din. Jong; teeth ovate, equal, shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube 
twice as long as the calyx ; lips 2 in. long.—Eng]. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 358. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; near CGafat, by streams, in hedges and at 
the foot of mountains, 8100-8200 ft., Schimper, 1174! 1179! and without precise 
locality, Roth, 502! 
72. P. ramosissimus, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 17, vil. 
210. An erect, much-branched herb, 4-10 ft. high, with square 
slightly pubescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, narrowly ovate, 
crenate, small, pubescent. Inflorescence a lax panicle terminating 
each branch, with copiously compound branchlets, each subtended at 
the base by a reduced leaf; pedicels pubescent. Flower-calyx 35 In. 
long, densely pubescent ; tube campanulate ; teeth small, deltoid, sub- 
equal. Corolla } in. long ; tube straight, funnel-shaped, twice as long 
as the calyx; lower lip much smaller in proportion than usual in the 
genus. Stamens exserted beyond the lower lip.—Engl]. Hochgebirgst. 
Trop. Afr, 359. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 3000-7000 ft., Mann, 
1320! 1996! Johnston, 102! Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 5000 ft., Mann, 624! 
73. P. hoslundioides, Baker. A much-branched herb, with 
finely hairy slender fragile stems. Leaves shortly petioled, broadly 
ovate, crenate, small, pubescent, especially beneath. Inflorescence a 
lax panicle with trichotomously cymose forks at the end of each branch ; 
pedicels long, very slender. Flower-calyx densely pubescent, 7's 1- 
long ; teeth ovate, subequal. Corolla | in. long; tube straight, sub- 
cylindrical, three times the length of the calyx ; lower lip much smaller 
than is usualin the genus. Stamens shortly exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson ! 
Nearly allied to P. ramosissimus, Hook. f. 
