Coleus. | CII. LABIATH (BAKER). 437 
45. ©. orbicularis, Baker. A shrub 4 ft. high. Stems stout, 
woody, densely pubescent. Leaves petioled, orbicular, fleshy, crenate, 
slightly pubescent, 3-4 in. longand broad. Panicle racemose; branches 
few, dense, the end one 5-6 in. long; rhachis densely villous; cymes 
many-flowered, slightly compound ; pedicels reaching } in. long. Fruit- 
calyx 4 in. long, densely pubescent ; teeth small; upper ovate; lower 
lanceolate. Corolla hairy, 3 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Benguella, Welwitsch, 5619! 
46. C. latifolius, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 74. Root 
tuberous, Stems erect, simple, fragile, pubescent, 1 ft. long. Leaves 
petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, membranous, pubescent, 1-3 in. long, 
cuneate at the base. Inflorescence racemose, lax, simple, 4—6 in. long ; 
cymes sessile, many-flowered, dense, slightly compound; pedicels as 
long as the calyx. Fruit-calyx } in. long; tube campanulate; upper 
tooth large, ovate; lateral shorter, orbicular; 2 lower acute, connate 
high up. Corolla } in. long ; lower lip longer than the tube.—A. Rich. 
Tent, Fl. Abyss. ii. 184; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 361. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; in fissures of rocks near Gapdia, 4000-7000 ft., 
Schimper, 825! Gafta, Schimper, 1228! Begemeder; near Sanka Berr, 7500 ft., 
Schimper, 1225! In the province of Shire, Quartin-Dillon, and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 645 ! 
Var. madiensis, Baker. Stems branched. Leaves smaller, truncate at the base. 
Cymes laxer, Calyx smaller,—C. latifolius, Oliv. in Trans, Linn. Soc, xxix, 187. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Madi, common, Speke & Grant! 
Perhaps a species distinct from the Abyssinian plant. 
47. ©. dysentericus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 10. Root 
globose, tuberous. Stem short, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves petioled, 
fleshy, oblong, obtuse, shallowly crenate, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, narrowed 
very gradually to the petiole. Inflorescence racemose, very lax, 3-0 in. 
long; whorls distant, globose, sessile, slightly compressed ; pedicels 
short, pubescent. Flower-calyx ;}, in. long, pubescent ; tube campanu- 
late ; upper tooth large, ovate; lower teeth small, deltoid. Corolla 
t in, long, hairy outside. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yoruba, Barter, 846! 
Cultivated and used in cases of dysentery under the name of “ Krodyn.” 
_ 48. C. nervosus, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 185. A tall herb, 
With ascending pilose branches. Leaves petioled, oblong, 1-2 in. long, 
subobtuse, narrowed to the base, regularly crenate, green on both 
surfaces, pubescent especially beneath. Inflorescence racemose, 2-4 in. 
long; cymes nearly sessile; pedicels very short; bracts deciduous. 
Calyx in flower 4 lin., in fruit 1-1 in. long ; upper tooth ovate ; lateral 
teeth small ; lower lanceolate, connate downwards. Corolla protruding 
} in. from the throat of the calyx ; upper lip small, minutely 3-lobed ; 
lower din, long, Stamens included. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Kasongo; near the Lomami River, Pogge, 
