444 CII, LABIATA (BAKER). [ Coleus. 
74. C. scandens, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 221. Stems scandent, 
pubescent, much-branched ; branches slender, divaricate. Leaves long- 
petioled, round-ovate, membranous, 14-2 in. long, acute, rounded at 
the base, deeply crenate, pubescent on both sides. Inflorescence 
racemose, secund, dense, long-peduncled ; cymes sessile, 2~3-flowered ; 
bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels short, pubescent likethe calyx. 
Fruit-calyx ¢ in. long ; teeth subequal, lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla blue. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, 4000 ft., 
Holst, 9119! 9120a! Kilimanjaro: at Marangu, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1431! 
75. C. dissitiflorus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 217, A peren- 
nial herb, with slender stems 3-4 ft. long and glandular-pubescent 
branches. Leaves long-petioled, ovate-rhomboid, membranous, 2-23 in. 
long, cuneate at the base, crenate, glabrous above, pubescent and gland- 
dotted beneath. Inflorescence racemose, simple, terminal, very lax; 
cymes compound, 5-7-flowered; pedicels long, glandular-pubescent ; 
bracts ovate, persistent, foliaceous. Calyxin flower + in., in fruit above 
3 in. long, pubescent, naked inside at the throat ; upper tooth broadly 
ovate, acute, its edges slightly decurrent ; lateral teeth shorter, lanceo- 
late, acuminate; lower long, linear. Corolla violet, with a slender 
tube longer than the calyx. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: between Buea and Mimbia, 3000 ft., Preuss, 1055 ! 
76. C. Preussii, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 219. Stems 6-7 ft. 
long, branched, pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, mem- 
branous, about 5 in. long, 3 in. broad, acuminate, rounded or narrowed 
to the base, deeply toothed, quite glabrous on both sides, dotted with 
black glands below. Inflorescence racemose, lax ; whorls remote ; cymes 
long-stalked, 5—9-flowered; bracts ovate, acuminate; pedicels long. 
Calyx pubescent, 4 in. long in fruit, naked inside at the throat ; upper 
tooth broadly ovate, its edges reflexed and rather decurrent ; lateral 
teeth lanceolate-deltoid ; lower deltoid, acute, connate, finally inflexed. 
Corolla blue. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near Buea, 2000-3000 ft., Preuss, 569, 691; 
and without precise locality, Dusén, 309. 
77. C. punctatus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 291. A perennial 
herb, with long stout pubescent stems, Leaves ovate, acute, broadly 
rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, inciso-crenate, membranous, greeD 
and pubescent on both surfaces, copiously dotted with black glands 
beneath ; petiole long. Cymes with an elongated pubescent ax!s, 
forming an ample panicle } ft. long, 2 in. diam. ; pedicels moderately 
long, ascending ; bracts obsolete. Calyx finally } in. long; tube very 
short, densely pilose ; teeth ovate, the upper the longest. Corolla jin. 
long; tube decurved and dilated in the upper half; upper lip small, 
erect ; lower large, deeply concave. Stamens reaching the tip of the 
lower lip. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Moero Plateau, south-west of Lake 
Tanganyika, Carson, 25 of 1894 collection ! 
