Syneolostemon. | LABIATA (Brown). 265 
1} lin. long, subulate, acute ; corolla much exserted, glabrous out- 
side, minutely papillate at the base inside; tube curved at the 
base, 7-74 lin. long, gradually enlarging upwards ; upper lip erect, 
2-24 lin. long, 3-lobed ; middle lobe ? lin. long and about as broad, 
oblong or obovate, obtuse or emarginate ; lateral lobes smaller, 
rounded ; lower lip 14-13 lin. long, concave, obtuse, reflexed ; 
stamens much exserted, but spirally coiled, slightly unequal ; upper 
pair inserted about 2 lin. above the base of the corolla, 10 lin. long, 
their filaments free, flat, ciliate on one margin at the base; lower 
pair inserted at the base of the lower lip, 44 lin. long, their fila- 
ments united to the apex, glabrous ; stigma unequally bifid. Dietr. 
Syn. Pl. iii. 385; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 54. 8S. ramulosum, 
Hochstetter in Flora, 1845, 68; Krauss, Beitr. Fl. Cap- und Natal. 
132. 
Eastern Recion : Tembuland ; near Morley, Drége, 4744b! 
6. 8. rotundifolius (E. Meyer, Comm. 231); apparently shrubby, 
branching ; branches obtusely 4-angled, minutely velvety-pubescent ; 
leaves with very short leafy shoots in their axils ; petiole 1—3 lin. 
long; blade 3-9 lin. long, 24-9 lin. broad, elliptic or orbicular, 
obtuse at both ends or broadly cuneate at the base, with 2—4 small 
teeth on each side, minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous on both 
sides, densely gland-dotted ; panicles compact, spike-like, 1-6 in. 
long ; whorls rather crowded, 2-flowered ; bracts caducous, 
24-3 lin. long, elliptic, acute, deeply concave, puberulous ; pedicels 
1 lin. long, minutely pubescent; calyx-tube 4-4} lin. long, sub- 
cylindric, becoming somewhat ovoid in fruit, red, puberulous or 
pubescent outside and within ; teeth 3-1} lin. long, all subequal in 
length and deltoid, or the two lower rather longer and more subu- 
late, always narrower than the rest ; corolla much exserted, straight, 
glabrous, pink; tube 8 lin. long, gradually enlarging upwards ; 
upper lip 5-5} lin. long, very obliquely directed forwards, 3-lobed 
at the apex ; terminal lobe 1} lin. long, j lin. broad, elliptic or 
elliptic-oblong, very obtuse ; lateral lobes small, rounded ; lower lip 
4-5} lin. long, boat-shaped, obtuse ; stamens much exserted ; upper 
pair inserted about 5 lin. above the base of the tube, about 1 in. 
long, their filaments free, flattened, ciliate on both margins in the 
basal part ; lower pair inserted at the base of the lower lip, 7 —9 lin. 
long, their filaments united to the apex, glabrous ; stigma not 
enlarged, very minutely bifid. Dietr. Syn. Pl. iii. 385 ; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 53. 
Eastern Recion: Pondoland; between the great waterfall and Umsikaba 
River, Drége, 4743! between Umtentu River and Umzimkulu River, Drége! 
Natal ; near Murchison, Wood, 3116! 
In technical characters this species is very like S. densiflorus, but the leaves are 
much less crowded, larger, more orbicular and more obtuse, the inflorescence is 
less dense and the flowers larger, seen side by side they are easily distinguished. 
7. §. densiflorus (E. Meyer, Comm. 231) ; apparently a branching 
shrub ; stems or branches rather stout, 1}-3 lin. thick, obtusely 
