Plectranthus. | LABIAT (Cooke). 287 
38. P. Woodii (Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 76, by error Wodit) ; 
stems 16-20 in. high, erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves 2-2} in. 
in diam., suborbicular, irregularly coarsely crenate, pubescent on 
both sides ; petioles ?-1 in. long; inflorescence laxly branched ; 
verticils 3-1 in. apart, 12-16-flowered ; fruiting calyx 2-24 lin. 
long, ovoid, puberulous ; upper and lower lips equal ; upper tooth 
ovate, acute; 4 other teeth subequal, lanceolate-deltoid, acute, 
lateral teeth slightly broader than the lower ; corolla 4 in. or more 
long, purple; tube 3 lin. long, deflexed about the middle, enlarged 
above ; nutlets small, shining, smooth, yellowish brown. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Ipolweni, in open ground, 3000-4000 ft., Wood ; 
Pinetown, Rehmann, 8032! 
Very similar to P. tomentosus, Benth., the chief differences being that P. tomen- 
tosus has a much more compact inflorescence and darker seeds than P. Woodii, 
39. P. dolichopodus (Brig. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™° sér. iii. 
1069) ; an erect more or less branched herb, 16 in. high or more ; 
stems and branches shortly crisply hairy ; leaves 2 in. long, 13 in. 
broad, membranous, glabrous or sparsely hairy, ovate, subacute, 
base truncate or shortly cuneate ; petioles of the lower leaves reaching 
24 in. long, pubescent ; racemes simple ; verticils 6—8-flowered, the 
lower 5 lin. apart, not pedunculate ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels 
2 lin. long, pubescent ; flowering calyx 1} lin. long, campanulate, 
hairy ; upper tooth broadly ovate, acuminate, ciliate ; other 4 teeth 
lanceolate, lateral } lin. long, 2 lower lin. long ; corolla externally 
minutely puberulous ; tube cylindric at the base, straight portion 
1 lin. long, then deflexed and enlarged into a funnel-shaped throat ; 
upper lip }-1} lin. long ; lower lip 2 lin. long, 1 lin. deep. 
Coast Recion : Komgha Div. ; in woods near Komgha, Flanagan, 740! 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Karkloof, Rehmann, 7383 ! 
The unusually long petioles are remarkable. The type specimen (Lehmann, 
7383) is very incomplete, having neither flowers nor fruit, while its leaves are 
rather dilapidated. _ 
40. P. grallatus (Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™* sér. iii. 1004); a 
branched herb; branches ascending, crisply pilose, more or less 
fistular ; leaves 2-3 in. long and nearly as broad as long, broadly 
ovate, shortly acuminate, laxly crisply hairy on both sides, coarsely 
crenate, truncate or subcordate at the base ; petioles 1}—2 in. long, 
crisply hairy ; racemes 2—5 in. long; verticils 6-flowered, 3—Z in. 
apart, not pedunculate; bracts minute, deciduous ; pedicels 4 lin. 
long, much exceeding the calyx and as well as the rhachis minutely 
shortly puberulous ; flowering calyx 1-1} lin. long, campanulate, 
more or less hairy ; upper tooth less than # lin. long, ovate ; 4 other 
teeth lanceolate, lateral ? lin., lower 1 lin. long; corolla shortly 
puberulous externally ; tube } in. long, enlarged above ; upper lip 2 lin. 
long, erect ; lower lip } in. long, 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped, separated 
from the upper lip by a wide sinus ; stamens scarcely exserted. 
Eastern Recton : Natal ; stony places near Mount Frere, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 
6415! 
