482 CII. LABIATE (BAKER). [ Leucas. 
long, cuneate at the base, deeply crenate, thinly clothed with soft white 
hairs above, densely so beneath. Whorls dense, many-flowered, pro- 
duced from the axils of reduced upper leaves; bracts minute or obsolete. 
Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, } in. long, densely clothed with white hairs; 
throat oblique; lower lip produced, its teeth deltoid. Corolla densely 
villous, twice as long as the calyx-tube. 
Wile Land. British Eust Africa: Kikuyu; Kidung Valley, 6000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 6585 ! 
31. L. glabrata, 2. Br.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 524. A branched 
erect perennial herb, with slender subglabrous stems. Leaves petiole ’ 
ovate, acute, deeply crenate, thin, nearly glabrous, the lower 2-3 i 
long. Whorls distant, few-flowered ; bracts minute. Calyx narrow y 
funnel-shaped, glabrous or slightly hairy, } in. long; throat oblique } 
lower lip produced ; teeth deltoid, with very large cusps. Corolla-tube 
slightly exserted; upper lip obovate-cuneate, } in. long, densely villous. 
—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 199; Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. t. 
385; Vatke in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 95; Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. 
Aethiop. 123; Zarb, Cat. Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 33; Britten in Gregory, 
Great Rift Valley, 396; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 370. 4 
yaleopsidea, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 199. 
Nile Land. Dalak Island, Ehrenberg. Eritrea: Bogos; Keren, Steudner, 
1417! Shohos Country, Ehrenberg, Pfund. Abyssinia: Togodele, Ehrenberg: 
Tigre; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 764! Tacazze Valley, Quartin-Dillon ; and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 208! 388! British East Africa: Taita; Maunga 
Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston! Kamasia, Gregory. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo, Stuhlmann ! 
Also Natal, Delagoa Bay, and Arabia. 
32. La, thymoides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 226. A peren- 
nial herb, with slender pubescent branches. Leaves petioled, ovate, 
}-} in. long, crenate, d ensely pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls few, 
tew-flowered, subtended by small leaves; pedicels very short ; ane 
minute, subulate. Calyx pilose, } in. long; tube funnel-shaped, ; 
ribbed ; limb oblique, produced on the lower side; teeth small, lance’ 
late. Corolla 4-3 in. long; tube cylindrical; upper lip lingula ° 
densely pilose, as long as the tube; lower smaller, 3-lobed. Stamen 
not exserted from the upper lip. 
Wy / 
Nile Land. Pritish Somaliland: without precise locality, Mrs. Lort- Phillips : 
33. La. pratensis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 97. A perennial her 
with long slender thinly hairy stems. Leaves small, thin, pee 
ovate, crenate, hairy on both sides. Whorls few, few-flowered, the lowe 
very distant, the upper approximate and their leaves reduced ; ie 
minute. Calyx hairy, } in. long; lower side produced ; teeth del eely 
cuspidate. Upper lip of corolla nearly as long as the calyx, dens 
villous. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita ; Ndara, Hildebrandt, 2410! 
