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Coleus. | CII. LABIATA (BAKER). 443 
69. ©. concinnus, Baker. Stems slender, erect, fr: gile, shortly 
pubescent. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, membranous, truncate at 
the base, 14 in. long, shortly pubescent. Panicle very lax, terminal, 
+ ft. long; cymes lax, peduncled ; pedicels short. Fruit-calyx } in. 
long ; tube campanulate ; teeth small; upper tooth ovate ; lower teeth 
lanceolate. Corolla 4 in. long; lower lip longer than the tube.— 
Germanea concinna, Hiern in Cat. Afr, Pl. Welw. i. 861. 
_ tower Guinea. Angola: province of Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft., Wel- 
witsch, 5538 } 
70. ©. tenuicaulis, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 211. Stems 
annual, slender, pubescent, erect, much branched, 1 ft. long. Leaves 
petioled, ovate, crenate, pubescent, moderately firm, }-1 in. long. 
Panicle + ft. long or more, very lax, terminal ; cymes lax, peduncled ; 
pedicels short, pubescent. Fruit-calyx pubescent, 4 in. long; upper 
tooth ovate, small; lateral teeth small cusps; lower larger cusps. 
Corolla 3 in. long; lower lip longer than the tube.—Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 361. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1939! 
71. ©. cumenensis, Baker. A perennial, with firm slender 
densely pubescent stems. Leaves petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, small, 
densely pubescent. Panicles terminal, very lax; lower cymes few- 
flowered, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels short. Flower-calyx pubescent, 
4 in, long ; upper tooth small, ovate; lateral teeth small cusps; lower 
large cusps. Corolla 4 in. long; lower lip as long as the tube. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near the River Cunene, Johnston! 
?2. C. viridis, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 181, A tall herb, with 
sreen glabrescent branches. Leaves with a long petiole, ovate, 14-2 in. 
long, acute or acuminate, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, irregu- 
larly crenate, green and glabrescent on both surfaces. Inflorescence 
racemose, reaching 8 in. long; cymes many-flowered, lower distinctly 
peduncled ; pedicels 1 in, long; bracts deciduous. Fruit-calyx {-{ in. 
long ; Upper tooth ovate ; lateral teeth short, minutely cuspidate ; lower 
acuminate. Corolla protruding } in. from the throat of the calyx ; upper 
lip very small; lower large. Stamens included or slightly exserted. 
South Central, Congo Free State: Lunda; Mussumba, Pogge, 365. 
73. GC. shirensis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 216. A perennial 
herb, with densely pubescent branches. Leaves petioled, broadly ovate, 
membranous, 2-3 in. long, acuminate, rounded at the base, deeply 
‘renate, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Cymes many- 
lowered, very compound, forming a long narrow panicle ; bracts small, 
deciduous; rhachis and pedicels very hairy, the latter }-} in. long. Fruit- 
calyx hairy, 4 in. long ; upper tooth ovate ; lateral teeth shorter, oblong, 
obtuse ; lowest acute, connate nearly to the apex.—Pleetranthus glandu- 
losus, Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 37, not of Hook. f. 
Mozamb. Dist. Britisl Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 
and without precise locality, Buchanan, 376 and 602 of 1891 collection! 
