Leonotis. | Cll. LABIATZ (BAKER). 491 
1. L. pallida, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 535. A branched annual 
herb reaching 4-5 ft. in height, with finely hairy stems. Leaves 
distinctly petioled, thin, ovate, crenate, finely hairy on the ribs beneath, 
the lower 3-4 in. long. Whorls very dense, 2-2} in. diam. ; bracts 
lanceolate, rigid spine-tipped. Calyx-tube 4-1 in. long, finely pubes- 
cent; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, spine-tipped, the uppermost the largest, 
sin. long. Upper lip of the pale yellow corolla 4 in. long.—Dewévre 
in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii, 105; Avetta in Ann. Istit. 
Bot. Roma, vi. 61. Phlomis africana, P. Beauv. F]. Owar. ii. 82, t. 111. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Cape Palmas, Vogel, 36! Senegal, Leprieur, 
Perottet. Togoland : MisahOhe, Baumann, 47! Interior of Western Lagos, 
Rowland! Guinea, Thonning. Niger Territory : Borgu ; in the vicinity of towns, 
Barter, 1053! 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Descamps. 
Nile Land. Darfour, Purdy, 97! Nubia: between Korosko and Berber, 
Kotschy, 373! Cordofan : Kohn Mountain, Kotschy, 396! Eritrea ; Bogos; Keren, 
Steudner, 1889! Galabat : region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 139! Abyssinia; 
Tigre ; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1793! Shoa ; Valley of the torrent Saur e Giacca, 
Antinori ; and without precise locality, Schimper, 178! Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 17! 
Parkyns ! British East Africa: Bongo; Duggudu, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 54! 
2. L. nepetzfolia, 2. Br.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 535. An 
erect branched annual 4-5 ft. high, with stout finely pubescent stems. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, thin, ovate, crenate, nearly glabrous, the 
lower 3-4 in. long. Whorls very dense, 2-2} in. diam. ; bracts large, 
linear, rigid. Calyx-tube obscurely pubescent, at first } in. long ; upper 
tooth much the largest, lanceolate, like the others conspicuously mucro- 
nate. Corolla deep bright yellow, twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip 
3—4 in. long.—Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 59 ; Henriques 
in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 150; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 879. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Regent, in waste places, Scott-Elliot, 
4000! Sherbro Island, Garrett in Scott-Elliot Herb. 5765! and without precise 
locality, Vogel, 94! Island of St. Thomas, Moller. Lagos, Millen. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Uganda, common on waste ground, Wilson, 
! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Hens, Dupuis. Angola, Welwitsch, 5500, 
5562, 5577, 5578. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Mtow», on Lake Tanganyika, Descamps. 
Mozamb. Dist, Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! Kavala Islands in Lake Tan- 
ganyika, Carson, 32! Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; between Mambucha 
and Vicenti, Scott! Lower Zambesi; Tete, Kirk / Shupanga, Stewart ! Rios de Sena, 
Peters ; Inhambane, Pelers; Kerimba Islands and elsewhere in Mozambique, Peters. 
British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Chibisa (Chikwawa) on the River Shire, Meller! 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
3. L. Melleri, Baker. A perennial herb, with stout finely pubes- 
cent stems. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, green and shortly hairy 
above, densely clothed with whitish tomentum below. - Whorls very 
dense, 2} in. diam. ; bracts minute. Calyx-tube hairy, } in. long ; teeth 
