Tas. 8404, 
LEONOTIS DYSOPHYLLA. 
South Africa. 
LABIATAE. Tribe STACHYDEAE. 
Lronotis, Pers.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1214. 
Leonotis dysophylla, Benth. in E. Meyer, Comm. p. 242, et in DC. Prodr, 
vol. xii. p. 586; Skan in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. v. sect. 1, p. 380; affinis 
I. Melleri, Baker, sed foliis subtus pubescentibus vel plus minusve villosis 
nec albido-tomentosis, calycis dentibus brevioribus, floribus aurantiacis 
nec albis differt. 
Herba; caules robusti, 6-10 dm. alti vel ultra, basi lignosi, dense puberuli. 
Folia ovato-lanccolata vel interdum ovata, usque ad 8 em. longa et 3 em. 
lata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, basi Jonge cuneato-attenuata, sat regulariter 
crenata vel crenato-serrata, breviter et molliter pubescentes vel saepe 
subtus praesertim dense villosa, saepe crassiuscula; petiolus 1-5-4 em. 
longus. Vertici/lastri solitarii vel duo, magni, multiflori.  Bracteolue 
lineares, 1-1°5 cm. longae, apice spinescentes. Ped/celli circiter 3 mm. 
longi. Calyx subtubulosus, incurvatus, 1°8-2°4 cm. longus, adpresse 
puberulus; dentes 8, spinescentes, dente supremo deltoideo-ovato 4-6 mm. 
longo quam ceteri triangulares multo longiore. Corol/a aurantiaca, 2°5- 
3°5 em. longa, incurvata, superne extra dense villosa; tubus subtubulosus, 
tubo calycis aequilongus; labium supernm oblongum, concavum, 1°5-2 em. 
longum, integrum; labium inferum 3-lobatum, 8-10 mm. longum, lobo 
intermedio oboyato retuso 6-8 mm. longo, lobis lateralibus ellipticis leviter 
brevioribus. Stamina sub galea ascendentia; filameuta villosa, Stylus 
demum staminibus paulo longior, bifidus, lobo postico minuto. Nuculae 
subtrigonae, apice truncato-rotundatae, minute papillosae, disco cupuli- 
forme antice paulo altiore cinctae—JW. dasyphyl/a, Droge, Zwei Pfl. 
Doeum. p. 198. L. malacophylla, Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxii. p. 142. 
—S. A. SKAN. 
The genus Leonotis comprises about twenty species, all 
but one of which are limited to Tropical or South Africa. 
The exception, L. nepetacfolia, R. Br., is widely distributed 
in tropical regions, being found in the Mascarene Islands, 
Tropical Asia and America, apparently often as a weed. 
LL. Leonurus, R. Br., a deservedly popular winter-flowering 
greenhouse plant and the most attractive of the genus, is a 
native of the Cape, and like many Cape plants has become 
naturalised in West Australia (Benth. F). Austral. vol. v. 
p- 74). This species bas been in cultivation since 1712, 
and was figured in this work under the name of Phlomis 
Leonurus, Linn., at t. 478, more than a century ago, A 
few other species have been introduced into gardens, such 
as DL. intermedia, Lindl, £. ovata, Spreng., L. dubia, KE, 
Novewser, 1911. 
