288 LABIAT (Cooke). [ Plectranthus. 
41. P. transvaalensis (Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™° sér. iii. 
1005) ; herb about 16 in. high; stems erect, grooved, rufous-pubes- 
cent; branches ascending; leaves 14-3} in. long, 1-3 in. broad, 
rhomboid-ovate, acute, irregularly coarsely crenate, shortly hairy 
above, rufous-pubescent on the nerves and gland-dotted beneath, 
reticulately veined, base cuneate ; petioles }-14 in. long, pubescent ; 
inflorescence a panicle reaching 7 in. long, formed of several 
racemes ; rhachis pubescent ; verticils 4—6-flowered, not pedunculate, 
3-3 lin. apart; bracts reaching 24 lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; 
pedicels up to 3 lin. long, slender, pubescent ; flowering calyx 1} lin. 
long, campanulate, hairy ; upper tooth ovate, obtuse, shorter than 
the others ; other 4 teeth lanceolate-subulate, ciliate, 2 lower much 
longer than the lateral, connate below; corolla pubescent and 
glandular, 5 lin. long, whitish (Wood) ; tube 2—2? in. long, shortly 
deflexed at } the way from the base ; upper lip 14 lin. long ; lower 
lip 2-24 lin. long, 1 lin. deep, obtusely boat-shaped, separated from 
the upper lip by a broad sinus ; stamens slightly exserted ; nutlets 
not seen. 
Katanart Recion: Orange River Colony ; Harrismith, 6500 ft., Sankey, 231 ! 
and without precise locality, Cooper, 994! Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 
6154! 
EAsTERN REGION: Natal; South Downs, Weenen County, Wood, 4378 ! 
42. P. Draconis (Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™ sér. iii. 1071) ; a 
herb indurated at the base; stem suberect, densely pubescent ; 
leaves (including petioles) reaching 1} in. long, obovate, cuneate, 
running down into a pubescent petiole of which the junction with 
the blade is obscure, numerous, deciduous, subobtuse at the apex, 
thick, rugose, crenate, scabrous-pubescent on both sides with short 
rigid hairs ; inflorescence in simple or rarely branching racemes 
short or rather long ; verticils 6—10-flowered, distant, not peduncu- 
late ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels 24 lin. long, densely pubes- 
cent, unequal; fruiting calyx 2 lin. long, incurved, membranous, 
strongly nerved, nerves scabrous with rigid hairs, ovoid-campanu- 
late ; flowering calyx 1 lin. long, pubescent ; upper tooth broadly 
ovate, nearly as broad as long; other 4 teeth lanceolate, acute, 
ciliolate, 2 lower longer and narrower than the lateral; corolla 
3 lin. long, purple (Wood), externally pubescent ; tube straight for 
about } lin., then deflexed into a throat ? lin. long ; upper lip less 
than 1 lin. long, pubescent, cleft at the apex into 2 deltoid ciliate 
lobes, lateral lobes about } lin. long, oblong, obtuse ; lower lip 14 lin. 
long, 4 lin. deep, boat-shaped ; stamens included ; nutlets } lin. long 
and broad, subglobose, pale brown, smooth. 
Eastern Region: Natal ; Biggarsberg, Rehmann, 7092 ex Briquet; in crevices 
of flat rocks near Botha’s Hill Railway Station, Wood, 4574! 
Closely allied to P. Thunbergii, from which it differs by the densely hairy leaves 
and the calyces scabrous on the nerves. 
