Plectranthus. | LABIATZ (Cooke). 279 
enlarged, almost cylindric, 24 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, saccate at the 
base ; upper lip 14 lin. long; lower lip 2 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. 
deep, boat-shaped, acute ; stamens exserted ; nutlets } lin. in diam., 
subglobose, compressed, smooth, dark yellow. 
KALAHARI Recion : Orange River Colony, Cooper, 2982! 
EastERN Region: Natal; in bush at Byrne, 3000 ft., Wood, 1843! and without 
precise locality, Gerrard, 1673! 
20. P. coloratus (E. Meyer, Comm. 228); erect, 14-3 ft. high ; 
stems pubescent ; leaves 2—5 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, ovate, acute, 
irregularly crenate, sparsely hairy above, more densely so on the 
nerves beneath, base cuneate ; petioles 1-3 in. long, hairy ; inflores- 
cence racemose or paniculate; verticils laxly 6-flowered, not or 
scarcely pedunculate ; bracts 2-24 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate ; pedicels 2—24 lin. long, slender, pubescent ; 
fruiting calyx 4 lin. long; upper tooth erect; lower teeth ciliate ; 
flowering calyx campanulate, 1}—2 lin. long, usually coloured ; upper 
tooth broadly ovate, subacute ; other 4 teeth subulate, ciliate, 2 lower 
the longer ; corolla purple, 1 in. or more long; tube ? in. long, 
straight, very narrow, scarcely enlarged above ; upper lip } in. 
long, 2 terminal lobes shallow, rounded ; lateral lobes small, rounded ; 
stamens long, the longer pair reaching 6 lin. long, the shorter pair 
up to 4 lin. long; nutlets 3? lin. long, $ lin. broad, ellipsoid-oblong, 
rounded at the ends, rugulose, dark brown. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
xii. 64. 
Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div. ; mountains near King Williamstown, 
Mrs. Barber | East London Div. ; forest at Fort Grey, Galpin, 7826! 
Eastern Recion: Transkei; Tsomo River, Mrs. Bowker! Kentani, Miss Pegler, 
907 ! Pondoland ; between Umtata River and St. Johns River, Drége, 4778! Port 
St. John, above Tiger Flat, Galpin, 2843! Natal ; Inanda, Wood, 480! near Mur- 
chison, Wood, 3036! near Durban, Guenzius! Dumisa, Rudatis, 314! and without 
precise locality, Gerrard, 1671! Zululand ; near Eshowe, Wood, 7591! 
21. P. Eckloni (Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 64); an erect herb, 
glabrous or nearly so ; stems striate, glabrous ; leaves 3}—6 in. long, 
14-3 in. broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous, 
cuneate (usually unequally) at the base; petioles }-3 in. long ; 
inflorescence a branched panicle 2-9 in. long, formed of several 
opposite lax racemes of various lengths ; verticils laxly 6-flowered ; 
peduncles scarcely any ; pedicels reaching } in. long, slender ; bracts 
small, oblong, deciduous ; fruiting calyx reaching 5 lin. long, tubular- 
campanulate, ribbed, glabrous ; upper tooth erect ; flowering calyx 
campanulate, 2 lin. long; upper tooth 1} lin. long, lin. broad, 
ovate, acute ; 4 other teeth linear-subulate, ciliate, 2 lateral { lin. 
long, 2 lower 14 lin. long; corolla ? in. long ; tube straight, funnel- 
shaped at the mouth, 54 lin. long; upper lip 2-2} lin. long and as 
broad, 2 terminal lobes rounded ; lower lip 2} lin. long, 1 lin. deep, 
boat-shaped ; stamens very long, much exserted, the longer pair 
reaching ? in. long ; style shorter than the stamens ; nutlets 14 lin. 
long, 3 lin. broad, ellipsoid, smooth, brown. 
