4386 CII, LABIATA (BAKER). | Leucas. 
very oblique throat, in flower longer than the bracts, finally nearly 1 in. 
long; lower teeth subdeltoid ; upper linear. Corolla white, slightly 
longer than the calyx, densely villous. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: mainland opposite the Island of 
Mozambique, Peters ; Lower Zambesi; Tete, Peters ; Rios de Sena, Peters! 
48, L. oligocephala, ook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 213. A 
perennial herb, with slender hairy stems 2-4 ft. long. Leaves small, 
sessile, firm, oblong, crenate, densely hairy. Whorls 1-2, many- 
flowered ; bracts linear, densely ciliate, half as long as the calyx. Calyx 
densely hairy, }-} in. long; lower lip much produced; lower teeth 
deltoid-cuspidate ; upper small, lanceolate. Corolla lips smal]._—Engl. 
Hochgebirgstl. Trop. Afr. 370; Dewévre in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 
Belg. xxxili. 105; Britten in Gregory, Great Rift Valley, 396. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita ; Ndi Mountain, Gregory. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000-8000 ft., Mana, 
1220! 1987! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 
9080! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Descamps. 
49. L. calostachys, Olw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 139, t. 83. 
A perennial, with densely hairy stems, woody towards the base. Leaves 
nearly sessile, oblong, 14-2 in. long, crenate in the upper half, thinly 
hairy above, densely and softly hairy beneath. Whorls many, many- 
flowered, approximate, 1 in. diam., their leaves much reduced; bracts 
setaceous, half as Jong as the calyx. Calyx hairy, 4 in. long; throat 
oblique ; lower side produced ; teeth deltoid. Corolla half as long again 
as the calyx ; upper lip densely villous. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Madi; Gani downs, Speke & Grant! 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: Karagwe; near streams, Speke sf 
Grant ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 348, fide Briquet. 
50. LL. leucotricha, Baker. A perennial herb. Stems densely 
clothed with short soft white hairs. Leaves subsessile, ovate, crenate, 
thin, softly pubescent, especially beneath, the lower 3 in. long. Whorls 
many, distant, very dense; bracts ovate, acute, half as long as the 
calyx. Calyx very hairy, } in. long; throat oblique; lower side pro 
ced 5 teeth small, deltoid. Upper lip of corolla very hairy, ¢ ™. 
ong. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita; Mwatate, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 
Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 
Ol. L. grandis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 96. An erect perennial 
herb, with densely hairy stems. Leaves sessile or subsessile, ovate, 
I-14 in. long, strongly crenate. Whorls globose, many-flowere?, 
approximate ; bracts large, linear, hairy. Calyx 10-ribbed, finally 4 1. 
long; throat oblique; lower lip produced ; upper teeth very short ; 
