Leonotis. | LABIATA (Skan). 377 
WESTERN REGION: Great Namaqualand ; Homeib, Schinz, 40. 
Also in Hereroland. 
3. L. Leonitis ([R. Br. in] Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 410); shrubby ; 
stems up to 2 ft. high or more, shortly and densely pubescent, 
sparingly branched ; leaves ovate to elliptic, 6-12 lin. long, 4—8 lin. 
broad (on the branches often only 2—4 lin. long and 14-3 lin. broad), 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, truncate, rounded or sometimes 
cuneate at the base, crenate or crenate-serrate, shortly adpressed- 
pubescent above, more or less densely pubescent beneath, rugose ; 
petiole 2-5 lin. long; whorls usually solitary on each stem, densely 
flowered ; bracteoles linear-subulate, 14—5 lin. long, spinescent ; 
calyx 7-10 lin. long, densely shortly pubescent, sometimes with a 
few longer hairs on the upper part; teeth usually 8, all more or 
less spinescent ; uppermost tooth ovate-deltoid, 13-2 lin. long ; 
other teeth deltoid to subulate, 1-1} lin. long, or sometimes almost. 
obsolete ; corolla deep orange-yellow, 14-1} in. long ; tube 8-10} 
lin. long; upper lip 6-10} lin. long; lower lip 3-4} lin. long. 
L. ovata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 744; Benth. Lab. 619, in E. Meyer, Comm. 
242, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 535; Krauss in Flora, 1845, 66; 
Scott-Elliot in Ann. Bot. iv. 272. Phlomis Leonotis, Linn. Mant. i. 
83; Thunb. Prodr. 96, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 446. P. Leonitis, 
Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 128. Leonurus minor, etc., Boerh. Ind. Alt. Pl. 
Hort. Lugd.-Bat. i. 180; Mill. Ic. ii, 108, t. 162, fig. 1. 
Var. 8, hirtiflora (Skan); calyx densely and shortly pubescent and in the 
upper part more or less densely clothed with long spreading hairs. L. hirtiflora, 
Benth. in DC. Prodr, xii. 536. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Ecklon! Var. B, Thom, 273! 
Coast REGion: Swellendam Diy. ; between Storms Vallei and Attaquas 
Kloof, Drége, 7952a! George Div. ; near George, Prior! Uniondale Div. ; near 
Onzer, Dréye, 7954a! Humansdorp Div. ; between Humansdorp and Gamtoos 
River, Bolus, 2481! Uitenhage Div.; Vanstadens Berg, Zeyher, 686! between 
Vanstadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, Drége. Addo, 1000-2000 ft., Zeyher, 1349 
partly ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; Algoa Bay, Prior! Var. 8: Cape Div. ; Ludwigs- 
burg (Ludwigsburg Garden), Zeyher, 206! Bredasdorp Div. ; Riet Fontein Poort, 
Schlechter, 9689! near Elim, Bolus, 8583! Swellendam Div. ; between Storms 
Vallei and Attaquas Kloof, Drége, 7952b! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, Miss 
Daly & Miss Cherry, 952! 
CenrraL REGION: Somerset Div.; Bruintjes Hoogte, lower part, Burchell, 
5008 ! 
Eastern REGION: Tembuland ; Bazeia, 2000-3000 ft., Baur, 95! 
Phlomis ocymifolia, Burm. f. Fl. Cap. Prodr. 16, is possibly L. Leonitis, R. Br. 
4. L. microphylla (Skan); perennial, rather densely covered on 
stem, branches and leaves with short mixed with longer somewhat 
hispid hairs ; stem up to 2 ft. high or more, up to 2} lin, thick, 
freely branched at the base ; branches often very short (1-5 in. 
long) and slender, densely leafy ; leaves obovate-cuneate to lanceo- 
late, up to 9 (usually less than 6) lin. long, 14-6 lin. broad, obtuse 
or rounded, narrowed to the base; crenate-serrate, rather thick ; 
petiole 1-8 (rarely up to 12) lin. long; whorls 1 or 2, distant, 
