Leonotis. | CII. LABIATH (BAKER). 493 
densely clothed with fine soft grey hairs beneath. Whorls solitary, 
globose, large, terminal; bracts large, linear-subulate, hairy. Calyx- 
tube funnel-shaped, slightly hairy, } in. long; teeth very unequal, 
lanceolate-cuspidate, the uppermost the largest, nearly as Jong as the 
tube. Corolla bright orange yellow, twice as long as the calyx-tube ; 
upper lip densely villous. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mau Forest, 7000-8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
6950! 
7. L. mollissima, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 141. A perennial 
herb, with finely pubescent branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 
the lower 3-4 in. long, subacute, cordate, crenate, thinly pubescent and 
green above, densely matted with soft white pubescence beneath. 
Whorls 2-3, dense, 24 in. diam.; pedicels very short; bracts small, 
subulate, mucronate. Calyx pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth lanceolate- 
mucronate, the upper one much the largest. Corolla 1 in. long, very 
hairy, bright orange varying to pale yellow and pale red. Stamens 
included. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Humpata, Mewton, 106. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; near Marangu, 4800 ft., 
Volkens, 2354! at 4000-5000 ft., Johnston! near Kilema Mission Station, 4800 ft., 
Volkens, 1688, lower margin of the forest, 6500 ft., Meyer, 111; Usambara ; Kwa 
Mshuza, in openings in the forest, 4800 ft., Holst, 9075! in the bush on the lower 
hills of Mlalo, Holst, 387. 
8. Li. decadonta, Griirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 144. A perennial 
herb, with pubescent or glabrescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate-lanceolate, the lower 5-6 in. long, subacute, narrowed to the base, 
distinctly crenate, thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. 
Whorls 2-3, dense, globose, 24-3 in. diam., subtended by reduced leaves; 
pedicels very short; bracts linear, densely pilose, 4-1 in. long. Calys 
3 in. long, glabrous towards the base, pilose upwards ; teeth 10, equa ; 
deltoid-cuspidate, 4 in. long. Corolla bright orange, very hairy, 1 in. 
long. Stamens included. svasaland : M - Hille. East 
. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja »E 
of Banque Pace 3000 fb. Maller ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 78 of 1881 collection. 
9. L. dubia, L. Meyer ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 536. Perennial. 
Stem erect, 3 ft. long, finely pubescent. Leaves long- petioles , con a e 
ovate, the lower 3-4 in. long, crenate, green and glabrous above, nely 
pubescent beneath. Flowers in dense axillary whorls ; pedice s very 
short; bracts minute. Calyx cylindrical, } in. long ; upper footh 
deltoid, acuminate, i in. long, the rest much smaller. Core - ri as 
long as calyx, hairy, bright orange-red ; upper lip lingu “ e, as long as 
the tube; lower lip small, Stamens as long as the upper ip. wored at 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Mahon! Flowered a 
Kew in September 1898. 
Also in South Africa, 
