492 CII, LABIATA (BAKER). { Leonotis. 
with very conspicuous spiny tips, the upper much the longest GG in. 
long). Corolla white ; upper lip densely clothed with spreading white 
hairs. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, 3000 tt. 
Meller ! Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyte ! 
4, L. Leonurus, 2. Br. ; Benth.in DC. Prod. xii. 536. A branched 
perennial herb, with densely hairy stems. Leaves sessile, oblong-lan- 
ceolate or lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, 4-1 in. broad at the middle, obscurely 
crenate, narrowed to the base, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls 
few, distant, subtended by large leaves ; bracts linear-subulate, pungent, 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx 4 in. long, pilose ; tube long ; teeth 
minute, deltoid. Corolla reddish-yellow, 18-21 lin. long, densely pilose ; 
tube rather longer than the calyx; upper lip large; lower small. 
Stamens not exserted. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda ; Lulua River, Pogge, 360 (var. 
vestita, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 194). 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft.; 
Carson, 31 of 1894 collection! Kalangwizi River at Lake Moero, Carson, 19! Nyasa- 
land ; between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 320. 
Also in South Africa. 
5. L. velutina, Fenzl; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 535. A tall 
branched perennial herb, with stout finely hairy stems. Leaves dis- 
tinctly petioled, ovate, crenate, very hairy beneath. Whorls very dense, 
3 in. diam. ; bracts small, linear. Calyx-tube very hairy, 4 in. long; 
teeth deltoid, uppermost much the largest. Corolla deep bright yellow, 
lin. long ; upper lip 4~4 in. long.—Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 332 ; Engl. 
Hochgeoirgs. Trop. Afr. 371; Dewévre in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 
Belg. xxxiii. 105. 
Wile Land. Ethiopia, Kotschy, 519! Abyssinia: Tigre ; near Adowa, Steudner, 
1384 ; Samen ; Ghaba Valley, Steudner, 1888! Urahut District ; Mount Erareta, 
10,000 ft., Schimper, 758. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Descamps. 
Var. rugosa, Baker. Calyx and leaves beneath glabrescent. L. rugosa, Benth. 
in DC. Prod. xii. 535 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 201; Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. Aethiop. 
123. L. nepetefolia, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsice. No. 371. ; 
Nile Land. Cordofan: near Obeid, Cienkowsky. Eritrea: Mount Bizen, 
6500 ft., Schweinfurth §& Riva, 2071! Sennar; near Roseres, Cienkowsky. Abyssims: 
Tigre ; near Gennia in the Memsach region, Schimper, 371! Hamedo Plain, 4600 ft., 
Schimper, 758 bis. Shire Province, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 14! and without precise 
locality, Schimper,37! British East Africa : Kikuyu; very common in Kidung Valley 
and near Lake Naivasha, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6503! Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 
ft., Thomson ! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu ; in the steppe near Kussumbo 
River, Schweinfurth, 3199! 
6. La. Elliotii, Baker. A much-branched perennial herb 5-10 1 
high, with pubescent sulcate tetragonous stems. Leaves shortly petiole , 
ovate, the lower 2-3 in. long, crenate, greenish and slightly hairy above, 
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