436 CII. LABIATE (BAKER). [ Coleus. 
41. C. maculatus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 210. A shrub 
with hairy branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly ovate or sub- 
rhomboid, 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, narrowed to a short petiole, 
obtuse, irregularly and deeply crenate, subtomentose on both sides. 
Inflorescence racemose, terminal, very long; whorls remote, 6-10- 
flowered ; bracts ovate, subobtuse; pedicels { in. long, like the axis and 
calyx clothed with long spreading hairs. Fruit-calyx } in. long ; tube 
short ; throat densely hairy inside; upper tooth ovate, acute, with flat 
shortly decurrent edges; the others lanceolate. Corolla blue; tube 
bent down ; lower lip long. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; near Marangu, 5000 ft., 
Volkens, 429, 
42. C. aulihanensis, Schweinf. ¢ Volk. Liste Pl. Somalis, 12. A 
shrub 7-8 ft. high, with fleshy rather thick branches, without leaves 
at the time of flowering. Inflorescence racemose, terminal, subsessile, 
glanduloso-villous; whorls 4-5, approximate, 8-flowered 3 flowers 
strongly scented; pedicels }—3 in. long. Calyx finally } in. long ; 
upper tooth broadly ovate; lower subulate. Corolla above 1 in. long ; 
lower lip large, acute, villous. Stamens as long as the lower lip. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: in the country of the Aulihan tribe, Ghika. 
Near C. igniarius, Schweinf, 
43. C. lasianthus, Guirke in Engl. Jahrb, xix. 212. Perennial. 
Stems villous. Leaves unknown. Inflorescence racemose, terminal, 
dense ; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, obtuse, villous, thick, 
nearly } in. long; pedicels adpressed to the axis, villous, shorter than 
the calyx. Calyx } in. long, villous outside and at the throat inside ; 
tube broad, short; upper tooth round-apiculate, the edges scarcely 
decurrent; the rest subequal, deltoid, acute. Corolla-tube curved ; 
lower lip much narrowed to the base. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Irangi district, Fischer, 507. 
Allied to C, comosus and C. decumbens, 
44, C. longipetiolatus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 214. An 
undershrub, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, ovate- 
elliptic, 4-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, 
deeply serrate, ciliate, glabrous except on the principal ribs. Inflorescence 
racemose, lax, terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves; whorls few- 
flowered; bracts small, linear ; pedicels 4-4 in. long, clothed like the 
axis with brown pubescence. Fruit-calyx } in. long ; tube short, broad ; 
upper tooth deltoid-ovate, acuminate; edges scarcely decurrent ; latera 
teeth lanceolate-deltoid, acuminate ; lowest lanceolate, acuminate, 
connate downwards. Corolla-tube bent down; lower lip long, eymbi- 
form. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; at Kwa Mshuza, 5000 ft., 
Holst, 9076! 
Near C. garckeanus, Vatke. 
