Plectranthus. | LABIATA (Cooke), 277 
cordate ; petioles variable in length, $-3 in. long, villous; inflo- 
rescence a laxly branched (rarely simple) panicle 6-10 in. long; 
verticils usually in 2 opposite sets of 3 on long peduncles (peduncles 
rarely absent) ; pedicels often } in. long, slender ; bracts 2—4 lin. 
long, ovate, acute ; fruiting calyx 4 lin. long, tubular-campanulate ; 
flowering calyx 2 lin. long, densely villous, campanulate ; teeth 
deltoid, subequal in length, as long as the tube ; uppermost tooth 
broader than the 4 subequal iower ones ; corolla pubescent outside ; 
tube 4 lin. long, much deflexed about the middle ; upper lip 3 lin. 
long, orbicular; lower lip 3 lin. long, 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped ; 
upper pair of stamens 2 lin. long; lower pair 2} lin. long; style 
longer than the stamens; stigma equally 2-fid; nutlets globosely 
ovoid, 1 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, yellowish brown. Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. xii. 63. 
Coast Reaton : Uitenhage Div., Zeyher, 196! Albany Div. ; Howisons Poort, 
near Grahamstown, Zeyher, 876! 3544! Stockenstrom Div. ; Kat Berg, Shaw! 
Katanart Region: Transvaal ; Houtbosch Berg, Schlechter, 4762! 
Eastern Region: Natal; between Umzimkulu River and Umkomanzi River, 
Drége, 3586! near Murchison, Wood, 3117! Inanda, Wood, 1047! and without, 
precise locality, Gerrard, 1222! Sanderson, 392! Wood, 1864! 4237! Transkei ; 
aes Miss Pegler, 161! Pondoland ; Port St. John, above Tiger Flat, Galpin, 
844! 
16. P. hylophilus (Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 203) ; an under- 
shrub 25-4 ft. high; stems sparsely hairy; leaves 2-4 in. long, 
1}-3 in. broad, opposite, broadly ovate, acute, crenate, sparsely 
short-hairy on both sides, base deeply cordate ; petioles $—3 in. long, 
hairy ; inflorescence a sparingly branched panicle or a simple 
raceme 3-8 in. long; verticils distant, 6-flowered, 3 flowers on each 
side usually on a peduncle 14-3 lin. long (the peduncle rarely 
absent) ; flowers white (Junod) ; pedicels 2—3 lin. long, puberulous ; 
bracts 1} lin, long, ovate, acute ; fruiting calyx 4 lin. long, tubular- 
campanulate ; flowering calyx 1} lin. long, campanulate, hairy ; 
upper tooth the largest, ovate, acute; other 4 teeth deltoid, acute, 
2 lateral teeth a little shorter than the 2 lower ; corolla about 4 lin. 
long; tube 2 lin. long, nearly straight; upper lip 2 lin. long; 
lower lip 2 lin. long, 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped ; nutlets not seen. 
Katanart Region: Transvaal; Shiluvane, Junod, 777 ! 
I have seen only 2 rather meagre specimens of this species. 
pedicels 24-34 lin. long ; calyx slightly glandular ; fruiting calyx 
declinate, ovate-cylindric, 4-5 lin. long; upper tooth orbicular, 
