450 Cll, LABIATE (BAKER). [ Lavandula. 
2. L. pubescens, Decsne.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 147. Anerect 
much-branched perennial herb, with slender square hairy stems. Leaves 
broad, bipinnatifid, with linear segments. Panicles long, slender ; whorls 
2-flowered ; bracts ovate, $ in. long; upper not dilated and mem- 
branous. Calyxas long as the bract ; teeth all small, deltoid. Corolla- 
tube a little longer than the calyx; limb very small.—Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 363. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Ah) Mountains, 6500 ft., Hildebrandt, 854. 
Also in Arabia and Upper Egypt. 
3. L. coronopifolia, Poir.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 147. An 
erect much-branched perennial herb, with slender square glabrous 
branchlets. Leaves sessile, cut down to a narrowly-winged rhachis; 
segments erecto-patent, linear with revolute edges, simple or pinnatifid. 
Panicles slender, cylindric, 2~3 in. long, lax downwards ; bracts rigid, 
ovate-lanceolate, the lower as long as the calyx; upper not dilated. 
Calyx pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth equal, lanceolate. Corolla blue, 
twice as long as the calyx-tube. 
Wile Land. Harnish Island, Slade! Nubia: Hor Tamanib, near Suakin, 
Lord! Erkowit Mountain, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 246!  Coast-land, Bent! 
Eritrea: Geleb, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1076 ! 
Also in Western Asia southward to Arabia, Northern Africa and the Cape Verdes. 
22. ELSHOLTZIA, Willd.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. ii. 1181. 
Calyx-tube straight, ovoid or campanulate, dilated in fruit ; teeth 9, 
unequal. _Corolla-tube cylindric; limb with 5 short slightly unequal 
rounded lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate; filaments free, 
naked ; anther-cells often confluent. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules 
ovoid or oblong, smooth or rugose.—Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves 
petioled, crenate. Whorls many-flowered, forming dense or slender 
spicate panicles ; bracts persistent. Corolla small. 
Species about 20, mostly Asiatic, mainly Indian. 
Leaves cordate-ovate, obtuse 
Leaves ovate, acute . 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate 
1. E. Carsonii. 
2. E. Schimpert. 
3. E. aquatica, 
1. E. Carsonii, Baker. A perennial herb, with long trailing 
pubescent stems, leafless in the upper half. Leaves cordate-ovate, 
2-3 in. long, obtuse, deeply crenate, green and pubescent on both sur- 
faces ; petiole long, winged upwards. Whorls of flowers forming dense 
oblong terminal long-peduncled racemose panicles; bracts foliaceous 
ovate-cuspidate ; pedicels short. Calyx densely pubescent, } in. long; 
tube companulate ; teeth deltoid, unequal, shorter than the tube, the 
uppermost largest. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, south of Lake 
Tanganyika, Carson ! 
