Calamintha. | Cll. LABIATA (BAKER). 455 
Species 40, concentrated in the North Temperate zone of both hemispheres. 
Whorls of flowers lax, axillary. 
Whorls from the upper nodes only. 
Leaves flat . . . . . - 1. C. simensis. 
Leaves with revolute edges . : . . 2, C, Kilimandschari. 
Whorls from nearly all the nodes. . . . 3. C. eryptantha, 
Whorls of flowers condensed into an oblong head . - 4 C. paradoxa, 
1. C. simensis, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 230. A much-branched 
perennial herb, with spreading slender pubescent stems 3-12 in. long. 
Leaves obscurely petioled, ovate or suborbicular, faintly crenate, pubes- 
cent, 1-} in. long. Whorls about 6-flowered, lax, the lower or all sub- 
tended by developed leaves ; pedicels densely hairy, 3-4 in. long. Calyx 
§-4 in. long ; tube cylindric, hairy ; teeth small, those of the upper 
lip lanceolate, those of the lower lip larger, lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla 
3 in. long; limb short. Stamens included.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 
nu. 190; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 366; Avetta in Ann. Istit. 
Bot. Roma, vi. 61 (including var. odtusifolia). Melissa alpina, var. 
simensis, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 366. Nepeta 
Lllersi, Schweinf. in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368 (name only). 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000~10,500 ft., Mann, 
1293 ! 1302! 2031! Upper Slopes, 8000 ft., Johnston, 21! 49! Fernando Po; 
Clarence Peak, 8,500 ft., Mann, 617! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; on rocks in the middle region of Mount 
Bachit, Schimper, 999! Urahut district, on Erareta Mountain, 9800 ft., Schimper, 
721! Wojerat district, Petit ; Shoa; Let-Marefia, Ragazzi; Autoto, Ragazzi ; and 
_ without precise locality, Schimper, 107! Roth, 519! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lower Plateau north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson ! Kilimanjaro, 3000-8000 ft., Kersten, Meyer. 
2, C. Kilimandschari, Giirke in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
366. A perennial herb, with slender creeping pubescent stems. Leaves 
petioled, suborbicular, 4-4 in. long, thick, pubescent on both sides, with 
@ revolute obscurely crenate margin. Inflorescence as in C’. simensis. 
Calyx 4} in, long; lower teeth subulate; upper shorter. Corolla 
twice as long as the calyx. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; near Johannes Gorge, 
12,300 ft., Volkens, 1194! from Mue River to the limit of vegetation, 9000-13,000 ft., 
Meyer, 234. 
3. C. cryptantha, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 328. A perennial herb, 
With slender diffuse pubescent stems 1-1} ft. long. Leaves petioled, 
thin, broadly oblong with a cuneate base, conspicuously crenate, finely 
pubescent, #—1 in. long. Flowers few in a whorl, produced in the axils 
of the leaves all down the stem ; pedicels pubescent, as long as the calyx. 
Calyx 4-4 in. long; teeth small, of the upper lip ovate, of the lower 
lanceolate. Corolla small and stamens in part sterile in some of the 
specimens seen,— Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 366. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Wojerat district, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 2! Samen : 
