370 LABIATA (Skan). [ Leucas. 
1. L. glabrata (R. Br. Prodr. 504); a perennial herb, up to 3 ft. 
high ; stem decumbent or ascending, branched, sparingly leafy, 
usually more or less recurved-pilose on the angles, rarely every- 
where somewhat densely pilose, sometimes glabrescent; leaves 
membranous, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, the larger 1-3 in. long and 
4-1 in. broad, attenuated, obtuse or subacute at the apex, rounded 
or cuneate at the base, coarsely few-toothed or rarely nearly entire, 
_more or less pilose chiefly above and on the nerves beneath ; petiole 
up to 8 lin. long; floral leaves similar to the foliage leaves but 
smaller ; whorls 2~10-flowered, distant or approximate at the ends 
of the branches ; bracteoles setaceous, minute; calyx tubular-cam- 
panulate, 3-4} lin. long, oblique at the mouth, produced on the 
lower side, often purplish above, shortly pilose chiefly on the 
nerves, or sometimes glabrous, 10-nerved, 10-toothed ; teeth nar- 
rowly triangular or the shorter sometimes deltoid, setaceous at the 
apex, }-14 lin. long, the lower shortest ; corolla white, 6—7} lin. 
long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 3-3? lin. long, annular-papillose 
inside ; upper lip oblong, 24-34 lin. long, densely villous especially 
on the margin at the apex ; lower lip 24-34 lin. long ; median lobe 
obovate, 13-24 lin. long, emarginate ; lateral lobes ovate or elliptic, 
1-1} lin. long; stamens nearly as long as the upper lip of the 
corolla. Benth. Lab. 606, and in DO. Prodr. xii. 524; Jaub. & 
Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. t. 385; Baker in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 482 ; 
Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 60. L. galeopsidea, Hochst. ex 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 524; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 199. 
L. natalensis, Sond. in Linnea, xxiii. 85. L. Jwnodii, Brig. in Ann. 
Conserv. & Jard. Bot. Genéve, ii. 1898, 109. Phlomis glabrata, Vahl, 
Symb. i. 42. 
Coast Recion: Komgha Diy. ; near Komgha, Flanagan, 1200, in Herb. Bolus ! 
KaraHari Region: Bechuanaland ; Bakwena Territory, about 3500 ft., Holub ! 
Eastern ReGIon: Natal; Mooi River, Gerrard, 1221! near Weenen, 3000- 
4000 ft., Wood, 4483! junction of the Tugela and Blaaukrantz Rivers, 2000-3000 
ft., Evans, 672! and without precise locality, Gueinzius, 363. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! 
Monteiro, 44! Junod, 92. Lorenzo Marquez and neighbourhood, Bolus, 9747 ! 
Schlechter, 11572 ! 
Also in Tropical Africa and Arabia. 
2. L. Fleckii (Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 140) ; herb 1-1} ft. 
high, of slender habit; stem erect, sparingly branched or simple, 
pubescent ; leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, 
up to 2 in. long and 5 lin. broad, somewhat acute, narrowed at the 
base, irregularly serrate, canescent-pubescent on both sides ; whorls 
few-flowered, ee « in. apart ; bracts subulate, hirsute, shorter than 
the calyx; pedicels 1} lin. long; calyx oblique at the mouth, 
34-4 lin. long in fruit ; teeth 10, all subulate, 1-1} lin. long. 
Baker in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 484. 
- WestERN Reaion: Great Namaqualand ; Tiras, Schinz, 43. Aus, Steingriver, 
Also in Tropical Africa, 
