426 Cll. LABIATE (BAKER). | Coleus. 
Calyx pubescent, $-} in. long; upper tooth ovate, as long as the 
tube; lower lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla above 4 in. long; lower lip 
deeply concave, oblong-navicular, nearly as long as the tube.—N. E. Br. 
in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 11. (. tuberosus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1. 
185; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 360, non Benth. C. palustris and - 
C. rivularis, Vatke, 1. ec. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; near Gafat, 5200 ft., Schimper, 1172! 
1212! in marshes at Jan Meda, 8400 ft., Schimper, 1186! Province of Shire, near 
Kouaieta, Quartin-Dillon ; in the province of Godjam, Quartin-Dillon ; and without 
precise locality, Parkyns ! 
4. ©. Kilimandschari, Giirke in Kngl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 359. A perennial, with branchlets villous when young, pubes- 
cent when mature. Leaves subsessile or shortly petioled, thick, 
fleshy, ovate-cuneate, deeply crenate, the lower 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 
broad, very hairy, canescent below. Panicles racemose, very long; 
whorls remote, subglobose, 6-10-flowered. Calyx densely clothed with 
white hairs; throat villous inside; upper tooth ovate; lower lanceo- 
jate-subulate. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, at Marangu, 4900 ‘t., 
Volkens, 427! Meyer, 377, and in forest at about 8000 ft., Weyer, 116. 
5. C. comosus, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 183. An 
undershrub, with a woody main stem and short densely pubescent 
branches. Leaves sessile, obovate-cuneate, thick, fleshy, pubescent, 
crenate in the upper half; whorls aggregated into a short dense ter- 
minai spicate panicle; bracts small, orbicular, foliaceous; pedicels 
obsolete. Calyx hispid, } in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth 
small, ovate; lower lanceolate. Corolla nearly 1 in. long; tube very 
short ; lower lip very large, deeply concave.—Giirke in Engl. J ahrb. XIX. 
212; C. spicatus, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 71, ex parte. C. caninus, 
Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii, 318 (excl. syn. Roth); Engl. Hochgebirgstl. 
Trop. Afr. 359. 
Nile Land. Eritrea : Chagali, 3200 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 1071! near 
Acrur, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 1339! Near Aidereso, 4000 ft., Schweun- 
JSurth & Riva, 2202! Abyssinia: Tigre ; Mount Semayata, 8000 ft., Schimper, 622. 
Mount Erareta, 11,300 ft., Schimper ; Mount Aber, near Jenansa, Schimper, 1328, 
in the province of Shire, Quartin-Dillon ; near Wadela Village in south-east 
Abyssinia, Steudner, 1422, and without precise locality, Schimper, 63 ! 
6. C, salagensis, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 220, Root tuberous. 
Stems branched, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, mem- 
branous, ovate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1§ in. broad, acute, narrowed to the 
base, nearly or quite glabrous on both sides, gland-dotted. Panicles 
racemose, lax, terminal; whorls 6—10-flowered ; bracts ovate ; pedicels 
4-} in. long. Calyx pubescent, naked inside at the throat ; upper tooth 
round-ovate, acute; edges not decurrent; lateral very short, round, 
