476 CII. LABIAT (BAKER). | Leucas. 
small; flower-bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Calyx densely 
pubescent, } in. long ; tube short; throat equal ; teeth equal, setaceous. 
Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; upper lip small, oblong. Stamens 
not exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 178! 214! and between Mpata and the commencement of the 
Tanganyika plateau, Whyte ! 
5. L. masukuensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 162. An erect 
perennial herb. Stem slender, branched, densely pubescent. Leaves 
nearly sessile, very small, broadly ovate, acute, broadly rounded at the 
base, subentire, green and slightly pilose on both surfaces, closely dotted 
with black glands beneath. Whorls close, many-flowered, forming 4 
long cylindrical panicle; primary bracts small, ovate; pedicels very 
short ; flower bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 
% in. long; tube subcylindrical, equal at the throat; teeth subequal, 
lanceolate-setaceous. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; lips small. 
Stamens not exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte ! 
6. L. cuneifolia, Baker. A perennial herb, with short hairy 
stems. Leaves subsessile, obovate-cuneate, firm, densely hairy, under 
1 in. long, crenate in the upper half, entire in the lower half. Whorls 
many, few-flowered ; bracts large, linear. Calyx densely hairy, q 1D. 
long; throat not oblique; teeth minute, deltoid. Upper corolla-lip as 
long as the calyx. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Zafarag, James & Thrupp ! 
7. L, usagarensis, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxii, 138. Stem 1}-2 ft. 
long, slightly branched, pubescent. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate- 
lanceolate, 14-2 in. long, about 1 in. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 
base, sharply serrate, sparsely villous on both surfaces. Whorls many- 
flowered ; bracts linear-subulate, hispid, as long as the calyx. Fruit- 
calyx % in. long, hispid ; throat slightly oblique ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 
mucronate. Corolla violet, under 2 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Usagara; Kidete, Stuhlmann, 183. 
8. L. nubica, Benth. in DC. Prod. xiii. 530. A much-branched 
erect annual, with pale finely pubescent stems. Leaves thin, petioled, 
ovate, acute, crenate, slightly hairy, the lower 14—2 in. long. Whor!s 
many, distant, many-flowered; bracts large, linear, strongly ciliate. 
Calyx-tube hairy, 4 in, long; throat not oblique; teeth large, linear- 
subulate. Corolla-lips small.—Schweinf. Beitr, Fl. Aethiop. 129. 
Wile Land. Cordofan: among shrubs, on the plain of Arashkol Mountain, 
Kotschy, 111! Katul Gombara, Pfund, 202! and without precise locality, Kotschy, 
70! Abyssinia : in fields, near Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2158! 
