Micromeria. | CII. LABIATE (BAKER). 453 
Erareta Mountain, 10,700 ft., Schimper, 765 of 1862 collection ; Ankober, Roth, 508! 
between Yenitcha (Jennija) and Sebit, north of Magdala, Steudner, 1431; and without 
precise locality, Schimper, 4! 765! 792! Plowden! British Somaliland: Darra-as, 
5000 ft., Miss Edith Cole! Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Hildebrandt, 
1564! British East Africa : Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7765! crater 
south of Lake Naivasha, 7000-8000 ft., Thomson ! Machakos, 5000-6000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 6617! Kikuyu, Scott-Elliot, 6608! Guaso Mairi and Lanjoro, south of 
Guaso Thegu and at the west foot of Mount Kenia, Gregory. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Humpata, Johnston! Cunene River, 
Johnston! 
Mozamb. Dist. (rerman East Africa : Kilimanjaro; at 4000-6000 ft., Johnston, 
98! 99! 194! between Marangu and Majame, 4500-9000 ft., Meyer, 110, 349; at 
Mue River, above 9000 ft., Meyer, 244; Kifinika Volcano, 10,000 ft,, Volkens, 940! 
and on the Plateau, 12,600 ft., Volkens, 1197! Usambara; Kwa Msbuza, Holst, 
9079! Lower Plateau north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! Portuguese East Africa: 
Mountains east of Lake Nyasa, Johnson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 
Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft.. Whyte! Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500- 
4000 ft., Whyte! Zomba Plateau, 4800 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, Cameron, 10! 
Also in South Africa and India. 
2. M. longiflora, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Easicc. No. 2192. 
A much-branched perennial herb with firm slender trailing stems, pubes- 
cent upwards. Leaves nearly sessile, firm, lanceolate, pubescent, entire, 
the lower }-1 in. long. Cymes 3~6-flowered, shortly peduncled in the 
axils of produced leaves. Calyx densely pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth 
lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 4~§ in. long; tube longer than 
the calyx, funnel-shaped at the throat.—M. unguentaria, Schweinf. 
Beitr. F]. Aithiop. 124; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 365. 
e199 Land. Abyssinia: Samen; mountains near Jaja, 5700 ft., Schimper, 
2! 
3. M. abyssinica, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 224. A much- 
branched perennial herb. Stems slender, ascending, finely pubescent, 
1-2 ft. long. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, crenate, 
finely pubescent, the lower 1-14 in. long. Whorls many, distant, 
Sessile, many-flowered, only the lowest subtended by large leaves ; 
pedicels 4-1 in. long. Calyx nearly } in. long; tube cylindric, 
strongly ribbed ; teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla-tube not longer than 
the calyx.—Avetta in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60. Melissa _abys- 
sinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 326; Engl. Hoch- 
Sebirgsf. Trop. Afr. 365. _ 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, in Marakhat Valley, 6800-7100 ft., Schwein- 
Surth Se Riva, 1715! Abyssinia: Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 326! 1846 ; 
Adowa, Quartin-Dillon & Petit! Samen; below Debra Eski, Schimper, 159; Ghaba 
(Geba River ?), Steudner, 1432; Amba Sea, 6500 ft., Schimper, 379; Lotho, 8900 ft., 
Schimper, 415; Shoa; Cora, Ragazzi, Let-Marefia, Ragazzi, and without precise 
locality, Petit! Plowden! Schimper, 948! Roth, 512! British Somaliland : Serrut 
Mountains, near Maid, 5200-5800 ft., Hildebrandt, 1424! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at Marangu, 4600 ft., 
(olkens, 268! at 6000 ft., Johnston! Smith! Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 
160! 
Also in Arabia. 
