long; bracts ovate-cuspidate, pubescent, deciduous. 
Coleus. | CI. LABIATE (BAKER). 429 
15, GC. bullulatus, Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Bely. xxxvii. 6. 
Stem thinly clothed with short crisped pubescence. Leaves petioled, 
ovate, 1-2 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, crenate, pubescent on 
both surfaces, bullate. Cymes subsessile, forming a lax racemose panicle 
5-6 in. long ; pedicels finally 4—} in. long ; bracts deciduous. Flower- 
calyx £ in. long; upper tooth broadly ovate, with decurrent edges ; 
lateral small, obtuse ; lower lip broad, membranous, emarginate. Corolla 
protruded 4 in. from the throat of the calyx ; tube declinate ; lower lip 
4 in. long. Stamens not exserted.—Solenostemon bullatus, Briquet in 
Engl. Jahrb. xix, 180, 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda ; Lulua River, Pogge, 356, 
16. C. lanuginosus, /ochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 79. Root 
bearing small tubers. Stem long, erect, branched, fragile, pubescent. 
Leaves petioled, ovate, membranous, crenate, densely pubescent, 2—3 in. 
long. Panicle racemose, long, lax, simple, axillary and terminal, the end 
one 6-8 in. long ; whorls many-flowered ; pedicels as long as the fruit- 
calyx, Fruit-calyx densely hairy, } in. long ; upper tooth large, ovate, 
4 lower large, lanceolate. Corolla } in. long; lower lip as long as the 
tube.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 184; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soe. 
xxix. 137; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 360; N. E. Br, in Kew 
Bulletin, 1894, 11. ©. albidus, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 321; Engl. 
lc. 361, 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, on the north side towards Selet, 6500-7100 ft., 
Schweinfurth § Riva, 1184! ‘Abyssinia: Tigre; near Adowa, Schimper, 1915! 
Amba Sea, 6500 ft., Schimper, 251 ; Begemeder ; Mettaro, 800 ft., Schimper, 347! 
near Magdaia, Steudner, 13891; Mount Erareta, 11,700 ft., Schimper ; Aman Eski, 
Schimper, 342 ; Samen; Ghaba, Steudner, 1391 ; province of Shire, Quartin-Dillon ; 
and without precise locality, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 3! British East Africa: Unyoro, 
Speke § Grant, 588! 
17. C. trichophorus, Briguet in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 130, A dwarf 
little-branched herb. Stems very hairy, creeping at the base, then 
suddenly ascending. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, rounded at the 
base, membranous, crenate-dentate, with scattered short hairs on both 
sides. Panicle racemose, 5-6 in. long; whorls distant ; pedicels {—} in. 
long, glandular-pubescent ;_ bracts deciduous. Calyx campanulate, at 
first 1 in., finally Lin. long; tube very villous; teeth subulate, as long 
as the tube. Corolla }—} in. longer than the calyx. . . ; 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Aman Eski Mountain, 6500 ft., Schimper, 342 of 1854 
collection. 
Near C. lanuginosus, Hochst. 
18. C. barbatus, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 71. An erect perennial 
2—4 ft. high, with woody main stems and pubescent br mene re es 
petioled, ovate or oblong, obtuse, crenate, cuneate at the nase 7 a 
long, very pubescent on both sides. Panicle racemose, lax, simple, 5—1 ft. 
: te ye 
long; whorls fl d: pedicels hairy, pubescent, reaching { In. 
10rls many-flowere , ur 1 
e. y iP Fruit-calyx ¢ in. 
