456 CH. LABIATAE (BAKER). | Calumintha. 
Nori, Steudner, 1438; Begemeder; Debra ‘Tabor, 8700 ft., Schimper, 1144! Urahut; 
jrareta Mountain, 11,000 ft., Schimper, 722. 
4, C. paradoxa, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 327. A perennial herb, 
with many slender ascending hairy stems | ft. long. Leaves obscurely 
petioled, thin, ovate, obtuse, faintly crenate, nearly glabrous, 1-15 in. 
long. Whorls condensed into a short oblong terminal spicate panicle. 
Calyx 4-4 in. long ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid.  Corolla-tube as long as 
the calyx ; limb short.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 366. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Debra Tabor, 8600 ft., Schimper, 1546! 
27. MERIANDRA, Benth.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 11. 1194. 
Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, 10-ribbed; limb bilabiate ; upper lip 
3-toothed ; lower bifid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; limb with 4 sub- 
equal lobes. Perfect stamens 2; anthers with two shortly stipitate 
cells ; posticous stamens represented by 2 small staminodia. Disk 
equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules obovoid-oblong, smooth.— 
rect shrubs. Leaves rugose, crenulate. Whorls many-flowered, spaced 
out or dense. Flowers small. 
Species 2, both Indian, one of them also in Africa. 
1. M. bengalensis, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 262. A much- 
branched erect shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with densely pubescent branches. 
Leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, rugose, minutely 
crenate, with a scent like those of Salvia officinalis, but stronger. 
Whorls very dense, globose, forming long racemose panicles at the end 
of the branches ; lowest bracts as long as the flowers. Calyx densely 
pubescent, } in. long. Corolla white ; tube as long as the calyx ; limb 
small.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 191; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1V. 
653 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 367. Salvia abyssinica, R. Br. 
in Salt, Abyss. Append. 62. §. schimperiana, Hochst. in Schimp. Pi. 
Abyss. Exsice. No. 1781. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, 7100 ft., Schweinfurth gf Riva, 1213! 
Degerra Valley, near Saganeiti, 7100 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 1254! Abyssinia: 
on the higher mountains of the Province of Urahut, Schimper, 1781! and without 
precise locality, Salt, Ruppell. 
Also in Arabia and India, where it is commonly cultivated for its sage-like leaves. 
28. SALVIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 1194. 
Calyx-tube funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip entire or 3- 
toothed ; lower lip bifid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate ; 
upper lip concave, entire or emarginate ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. 
Stamens 2, arcuate; filaments short; connective forked, one branch 
only bearing a perfect cell, the other usually a small rudimentary one; 
2 minute staminodia often present. Disk usually produced on one side. 
Style bifid at the apex. Nucules ovoid-triquetrous, smooth.— Herbs oF 
