270 LABIAT (Cooke). [ Plectranthus. 
Plants exceeding 1 ft. high: 
Suffruticose, 16-20 in. high, tomen- 
tose, pubescent or villous : 
Verticils 6-12-flowered ; nutlets 
dark brown ae ... (37) tomentosus. 
Verticils 12-16-flowered ; nut- 
lets yellow ine ... (38) Woodii. 
Herbaceous : 
Petioles 2 in. or more long: 
Stems 16 in. high; petioles 
reaching 2} in. long; ver- 
ticils 6-8-flowered ; pedi- 
cels 2lin. long... ... (89) dolichopodus. 
A branched herb with ascend- 
ing branches; petiolesreach- 
ing 2 in. long; verticils 
6-flowered ; pedicels 4 lin. 
long hes 553 ... (40) grallatus. 
Petioles less than 2 in, long : 
Stems 16 in. high, erect, rufous- 
pubescent; leaves reaching 
34 in. long, rhomboid-ovate, 
reticulately veined and ruf- 
ous-pubescent beneath ; in- 
florescence a large panicle ; 
verticils 4—6-flowered ; co- 
rolla 5 lin. long ... ... (41) transvaalensis. 
Stems suberect, densely pubes- 
cent; leaves 14 in. long, 
obovate, scabrous-pubescent 
on both sides; verticils 
6-10-flowered ; corolla3 lin. 
long eer an ... (42) Draconis. 
1. P. spicatus (E. Meyer, Comm. 230); stems erect, pubescent ; 
leaves small, broadly ovate, subfleshy, glabrous or nearly so, cuneate 
at the base ; racemes elongate, simple or branched below ; verticils 
contracted, the lower } in., the upper } in. apart, pubescent ; bracts 
reaching 2} lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; fruiting calyx not seen ; 
flowering calyx 1 lin. long, oblique, hairy and dotted with bright 
red glands; teeth equalling the tube, subequal, deltoid, acute, 
corolla reaching 4 lin. long ; tube 2 lin. long, sharply deflexed about 
the middle ; upper lip 1 lin. long, 4-lobed, 2 terminal lobes small, 
rounded, lateral lobes minute ; lower lip 2 lin. long, ? lin. deep, 
boat-shaped. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 60. 
Coast Recion: Uitenage Div. ; hill flats near Bethelsdorp, Zeyher, 3542! 
Bathurst Div. ; G'enfilling, Drége, 47316 ! 
2. P. calycinus (Benth. in E. Meyer, Comm. 230); an erect 
coarse herb ; stems stout, fulvous-hairy or tomentose ; leaves subsessile, 
opposite or often ternately verticillate, 24-4 in. long, 4-1} in. 
broad, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate, sparsely 
hairy above with scattered hairs, fulvously woolly-tomentose below ; 
