Leucas. | CII. LABIATEH (BAKER). 483 
d4. L. paucijuga, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 226. A peren- 
nial herb, with slender pubescent stems. Leaves few, remote, shortly 
petioled, ovate, 3—1 in. long, deeply crenate, rounded at the base, green 
and pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls few-flowered, subtended by 
large leaves ; pedicels very short; bracts small, rigid, linear-subulate. 
Calyx pilose, } in. long; tube funnel-shaped, 10-ribbed; limb oblique, 
produced on the lower side; teeth small, deltoid. Corolla-tube cylin- 
drical, as long as the calyx; upper lip lingulate, as long as the tube; 
leaves small, Stamens not exserted from the upper lip. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: without precise locality, Mrs Lort-Phillips ! 
35. I. shirensis, Buker. A perennial herb, with stems thinly 
clothed with short spreading hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 
acute, crenate, thin, thinly clothed with short spreading hairs, the lower 
1$-2 in, long. Whorls few, few-flowered ; bracts minute. Calyx 
densely ribbed, 4-1 in. long, clothed with spreading hairs; throat 
oblique, lower side produced; upper teeth small, lanceolate; lower 
deltoid-cuspidate. Upper lip of corolla } in. long, densely hairy. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Shamo, near the mouth of the 
River Shire, Kirk ! 
36. L. nepetoides, Baker. <A perennial herb, with slender finely 
pubescent stems. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, crenate, very pubes- 
cent, especially beneath, at most 1 in. long. Whorls 2, many-flowered : 
racts minute. Calyx laxly hairy, 4 in. long; throat oblique, produced 
on the lower side; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Upper lip of the corolla 
t in, Jong, 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 ft., Z’homson ! 
37. La, densiflora, Vatke in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 95. ‘ 
Perennial herb 3-4 ft. high, with shortly hairy stems. Leaves petiole : 
ovate, acute, distinctly crenate, thin, slightly hairy, the lower ee 
ong. Whorls many, many-flowered, 1 in. diam., the upper con nen . 
with their leaves much reduced ; bracts minute. Calyx 4 in. ae 
very hairy; lower side produced; teeth minute, deltoid-cuspidate. 
Corolla not seen. 
Mozamb. Dist. Island of Zanzibar at Kokotoni, on coralline-limestone hills, 
Hildebrandt, 999 ! 
38. L. trachyphylla, Jab. & Spach, IU, Pt. Orient. & svat 
 tnnial herb, with slender finely hairy stems. Leaves shor YP vhorle 
vvate, crenate, 1 in. long, scabrous above, pubescent beneath, ” 
istant, 6—10-flowered ; bracts minute. Calyx hairy, 3 1. ong Poa 
duced on the lower side ; throat oblique ; teeth lanceolate. om 
in, Jong ; upper lip as long as the tube.—Vatke in Linnea, . 1, Hilde. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Ah! Mountains, near Maid, 3900 ft., ff 
brandt, 1423. 
Also in Arabia, 
