432 Ci, LABIATE (BAKER). [ Coleus. 
serrate or crenate, narrowed to the base, hairy on both surfaces. 
Panicles racemose, long; whorls 5—6-flowered, the lower nearly 1 in. 
apart; pedicels glandular-hairy, }~} in. long; bracts ovate. Calyx in 
fruit } in. long; upper tooth ovate, acuminate; lower lanceolate, 
acuminate. Corolla purple, nearly 1 in. long; tube longer than the 
calyx; upper lip small, reflexed ; lower much larger. Stamens included 
in the lower lip of the corolla. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Waggar Mountains, Mrs. 2. Lort-Phillips. 
26. G. Schweinfurthii, Baker. An erect perennial herb, with 
densely pilose stem. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1-14 in. long, 
thick but not fleshy, obscurely crenate, not cordate at the base, densely 
pilose on both surfaces. Panicles racemose, simple, very lax, sometimes 
1 ft. long; pedicels pubescent, J} in. long. Fruit-calyx pubescent, 
1 in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth ovate, as long as the 
tube ; lower lanceolate, not longer. Corolla } in. long ; lower lip longer 
than the tube. Stamens not exserted. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Magod Valley, 4500 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 1810! 
27. C. petersianus, Vatke in Linnea, x1. 180. An erect perennial 
herb 2 ft. high, with stems glandular-villous upwards. Leaves shortly 
petioled, ovate, shortly acuminate, subacute, crenate, reticulato-rugose, 
2 in. long, above 1 in. broad, broadly rounded at the base, subglabrous 
above, hairy on the veins beneath. Panicles racemose, long, simple ; 
whorls lax, 12-flowered; pedicels long, spreading; bracts deciduous. 
Calyx declinate, pubescent; upper tooth ovate, subacute; Jateral 
minute, truncate ; lower short, acute, nearly cuneate to the tip. Corolla 
searcely inflated at the throat. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese Kast Africa : Rio de Sena, in damp soil, Peters. 
Near C. scutellarioides, Benth, (Bot. Mag. t. 1446.) 
28. C. tricholobus, Giirke in Hngl. Jahrb. xix. 220. Stems 
pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, shortly petioled, fleshy, 1-14 in. long 
and nearly as broad, obtuse, narrowed to the petiole, deeply serrate, 
densely tomentose on both sides. Panicles racemose, long ; whorls 6—10- 
flowered ; pedicels short, pubescent. Calyx densely hairy and glandular- 
pubescent ; upper tooth lanceolate, acute; edges not decurrent ; lateral 
nearly twice as long (1 in.), subulate; lower shorter than the lateral, 
subulate. Corolla-tube detlexed. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; on hills near Mlalo, Holst, 
455. 
2). C. coeruleus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix, 217, Stem rooting 
at the base, glabrescent below, pubescent above. Leaves shortly 
petioled, broad, ovate, fleshy, 2—3 in. long, obtuse or subacute, narrowed 
to the base, deeply serrate, glabrous or pubescent on both sides. 
Panicles racemose, lax, terminal; whorls 6—10-flowered, sessile, simple 5 
bracts oblong-linceolate ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 
