458 CII. LABIATA (BAKER). | Salvia. 
Trop. Afr. 367. S. hAypoleuca, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 
Exsice. No. 1916. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; at the village of Hazabo, near Axum, 7000- 
8000 ft., Schimper, 1916! Samen ; Doqua, Steudner, 1394! Province of Wojerat, 
Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 18! Shoa; Aliu Amba, near Ankober, Roth, 526! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 3! 
Also in Arabia. 
4. S. nudicaulis, Vahl; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 294, A peren- 
nial herb, with most of the leaves concentrated in a basal rosette, and 
with a short slightly pubescent stem. Leaves linear-oblong, thick, 
rugose, crenulate, 14-2 in. long, densely pubescent beneath. Whorls 
about 6-flowered, forming a lax racemose panicle ; bracts small ; pedicels 
very short. Calyx very hairy, } in. long; lips as long as the tube; 
upper entire or emarginate; lower deeply bifid. Corolla-tube as long 
as the calyx; upper lip arched, } in. long; lower much shorter, 
deflexed.—Eng]. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 367. S. abyssinica, Hochst. 
in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 160; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 192. 
S. congesta, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 194; Vatke in Linnea, xiii. 
93. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Habab, Hildebrandt, 436, near Saganeiti, 6500-7000 ft., 
Schweinfurth & Riva, 811! 852! near Acrur,6100 ft., Schweinfurth, 1003 ! Abyssinia : 
Tigre; near Adowa, Schimper, 160! Mai Samia, near Adowa, Rohlfs & Stecker, 
Abba Gerima, near Adowa, 6800 ft., Schimper, 642; Samen; Bachit Mountain, 
Schimper, 99; Katz, Rohlfs & Stecker; Urahut district, Schimper, 597, Eraretit 
Mountain, 11,300 ft., Schimper, and withont precise locality, Quartin-Dillon gf 
Petit, 21! 23! Schimper, 855! 857! British Somaliland ; Serrut Mountains, near 
Maid, 5800 tt., Hildebrandt, 1420! and without precise locality, Miss Edith Cole! 
Mrs, Lort-Phillips ! 
Also in Arabia. 
Var. nubia, Baker. Stem longer, bearing several pairs of oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate leaves.—S. nubia, Ait.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 295. 
Wile Land. Nubia, Forster! Eritrea: Bogos; Ainsaba Valley, Steudner; 
1387! Abyssinia : on Mount Bachit and in fields near Enjedcap, Schimper, 541! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 859 ! 
5. S. nilotica, Vahl ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 350. A perennial 
herb, with long erect pubescent branched stems. Lower leaves petioled, 
lyrate, $ ft. long, thin, pubescent ; upper sessile, ovate, entire. Whorls 
about 6-flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles; bracts small, greeD, 
ovate; pedicels short. Calyx } in. long; tube funnel-shaped, pubes- 
cent; lips shorter than the tube; upper with 3 small cusps ; lower 
with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla pale blue; tube as long as the 
calyx ; upper lip oblong, concave, } in. long ; lower very small, broad, 
with reflexed edges and an emarginate cential lobe.—A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 193; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368; Avetta 1D 
Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60. S. abyssinica, Jacq. Ic. t. 6. S. pungens 
Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 565. 
