286 LABIATA (Cooke). [ Plectranthus. 
rather less than 1 lin. long, and as broad as long, broadly ovate, 
ciliate ; lateral teeth shorter than the upper tooth, triangular ; lower 
teeth as long as the upper, lanceolate, acute ; corolla 5 lin. long ; 
tube narrow, deflexed about } lin. from the base, slightly funnel- 
shaped upwards ; upper lip } lin. long, central lobe rounded, 2-fid, 
lateral lobes less than } lin. long, oblong ; lower lip 2 lin. long, $ lin. 
deep, boat-shaped, separated from the upper lip by a wide sinus, 
pubescent near the apex outside ; stamens included. 
EAsTERN Recion: Natal; Rehmann, 7878! 
36. P. elegantulus (Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™° sér. iii. 1005) ; 
a slender herb, 8-12 in. high; stems at the base ascending, more 
or less branched, shortly crisply pilose or glandular-pilose ; leaves 
small, scarcely 1 in. long, ? in. broad, ovate or deltoid-ovate, acute 
or subacute, membranous, green, sparingly hairy or nearly glabrous, 
crenate-serrate ; petioles $—} in. long; racemes 4-7 in. long ; 
verticils 6—10-flowered, not pedunculate ; bracts small, deciduous ; 
pedicels shortly hairy, unequal, 4 lin. long ; fruiting calyx } in. long, 
tubular-ovoid ; flowering calyx $—} lin. long, broadly campanulate ; 
upper tooth ovate, small, shortly acuminate, recurved ; 4 other 
teeth lanceolate, acuminate, 2 lower the longest, teeth separated 
each by a distinct sinus ; corolla-tube shortly cylindric at the base 
for } lin., then suddenly enlarged for 2 lin. ; upper lip small, erect ; 
lower lip 1 lin. long; stamens included ; nutlets 4 lin. long and 
about as broad, ovoid, black, shining. 
Eastern Recion : Natal; Karkloof, Rehmann, 7368 ! 
37. P. tomentosus (Benth. in E. Meyer, Comm. 229) ; suffruti- 
cose ; stems stout, erect, tomentose or villous ; leaves 14-34 in. long, 
14-3 in. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, tomentosely 
villous on both sides, rounded or cuneate at the base ; petioles $-14 
in. long, tomentose ; inflorescence rarely a simple raceme, the racemes 
usually forming a large panicle ; verticils 6-12-flowered, not pedun- 
culate; bracts rhomboid, deciduous; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, 
tomentose ; fruiting calyx 3-4 lin. long, hairy ; flowering calyx 13 
lin. long, campanulate, hairy ; upper tooth 1 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliate; other 4 teeth lanceolate, ciliate, 
2 lower slightly longer than the lateral ; corolla 4 in. long or more, 
purple ; tube 3 lin. long, deflexed about the middle, enlarged above ; 
upper lip 14 lin. long, obovate, rounded at the apex, hairy ; lower 
lip 3 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped, acute, hairy ; upper 
pair of stamens 1} lin. long ; lower 2} lin. long ; style as long as the 
upper stamens, equally 2-fid ; nutlets } lin. long and as broad as 
long, compressed, smooth and shining, dark brown. Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. xii. 67; Wood, Natal Pl. iv. t. 316. 
Karanari Recion: Transvaal; Lydenburg, Wilms, 1125! Barberton, Thorncroft 
in Herb. Wood, 4295 ! 
Eastrrn Recon: Natal ; various localities, Gerrard, 394! 1674! Wood, 488 ! 
3199 ! 4340! 4775! Sanderson, 126! 550! Krauss, 75! Drége, 4783! Grant! 
