438 CII. LABIATA (BAKER). { Coleus. 
49, C. poggeanus, Briguet in Hnyl. Jahrb. xix. 182. A tall 
herb, with slightly pilose branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly 
ovate, above 1 in. long, acute, rounded at the hase, regularly crenate, 
green and subglabrous on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose, 6 in. 
long, lax downwards; lower cymes very shortly peduncled ; pedicels 
zz—t in. long; bracts lanceolate, more or less persistent. Fruit-calyx 
4 in. long; upper tooth ovate, shortly decurrent ; lateral teeth truncate ; 
lower acuminate. Corolla protruding } in. from the throat of the 
calyx ; upper lip very small ; lower } in. long. Stamens not exserted. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda ; Mussumla, Pogge, 364. 
50. CG. silvaticus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 213. Stems erect, 
branched, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, membranous, ovate, 1-1} 
in. long, rounded or narrowed at the base, acuminate, deeply serrate, 
glabrous above, pubescent when young beneath. Inflorescence race- 
mose, branched ; whorls remote, 8—14-flowered ; cymes sessile or shortly 
peduncled ; pedicels 4} in. long, pubescent like the axis. Upper tooth 
of the calyx round-ovate, obtuse ; edges slightly decurrent ; lateral teeth 
shorter, oblong, obtuse or cuspidate; lower very long (4 in.) subulate, 
connate downwards. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; on the border of the 
forest of tall trees, Holst, 3704, 3708. 
51. C. floribundus, Baker. An erect perennial herb, with shortly 
pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, ovate, acuminate, deeply crenate, 
membranous, pubescent, those at the base of the panicle 2 in. long. 
Inflorescence a lax ample panicle, above 1 ft. long, with ascending 
branches, slightly compound downwards ; pedicels ,1,—} in. long, densely 
pubescent. Flower-calyx densely pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth sub- 
equal, as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla 3 in. long; lower lip 
as long as the tube. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: without precise locality, Schimper, 21 of 1853 collec- 
tion ! 
52. C. garckeanus, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 323. A tall herb, 
with erect fragile pubescent stems. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, acute, 
deeply crenate, membranous, 4—5 in. long, slightly hairy on both sides. 
Inflorescence racemose, lax, cylindrical, 1 ft. long; cymes many- 
flowered, distant, sessile, slightly compound ; pedicels pubescent, some- 
times $-} in. long. Flower-calyx 4-} in. long; upper tooth ovate, as 
long as the tube; 4 lower teeth as long, lanceolate. Corolla nearly 
1 in. long ; lower lip longer than the tube.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr, 361. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; in the valley of the River Reb and on 
the surrounding mountains, 7000-8000 ft., Schimper, 1193 ! 
53. C. betonicoides, Baker. Stem erect, branched, shortly 
pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, crenate, cuneate at the base, 
not very thin, 1-2 in. long, pubescent on both sides. Inflorescence 
racemose, 8-9 in. long ; whorls distant, dense, globose, sessile, slightly 
