136 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
longæ. . Bracteæ floriferæ rotundato-cuneate, apiculate, calycem fructiferum subæquantes. Corolla labio 
postico 3-lobato, lobo centrali obtuse bidentato. ; 
Hab. X АТ S. lat. (Acrocephalus по. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 644), Col. Grant ! 
ГА hard, woody, slightly scented plant of umbel-like growth, with Шас flowers and rather large Шас 
bracts which have green veins. Тһе flowers are massed together in the form оҒа button. Flowers during 
November.—J. А. G.] . : 
Plate CXX XIV. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Calyx. 
б. MoscHosMA POLYSTACHYUM, Benth.; DC. Prod. xii. 48; App. Speke’s Journ. 644. 
Hab. By the Nile, 5° 10' N. lat., Feb. 1863, Col. Grant! Widely diffused in the 
Old-World tropics. 
7. PLEOTRANTHUS OVATIFOLIUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Frutescens; caule erecto, subtetra- 
gono, ferrugineo-pilosulo, ramis adscendentibus ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, acutis, serratis v. 
crenato-serratis, basi rotundatis v. late cuneatis, integris, obsolete scabrido-puberulis, 
subtus tomentellis, verticillastris sæpius 4-floris in racemos terminales paniculatos dis- 
positis; bracteis late ovatis, apiculatis, deciduis, pedicellos vix æquantibus; calyce fructi- 
fero declinato, lobo postico late rotundato, apiculato, reticulato, lobis lateralibus late 
breviterque ovatis, acute cuspidatis, anticis e basi dilatata subulatis quam laterales 
longioribus; corollæ tubo calycem subæquante, labio antico orbiculato, parvo, labio 
superiore brevi, lobo centrali obtuso, recurvo, lobis lateralibus obsoletis. 
Folia 1-14 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata; petiolus 1-4 poll. longus. Panicula pubescens ; racemis simpli- 
cibus v. basi eymulis paucis breviter pedunculatis auctis; pedicelli 4-2 poll.longi. Calyx fructifer 4-5 lin. 
longus, basi obtusus, florifer 4 poll. longus. ` Corolla 4-4 poll. longa. | 
Нађ. Madi, Dec. 1862 ( Plectranthus по. 8, App. Speke's Journ. 644), Col. Grant ! 
[Found in one particular place, growing on the flat ground near Madi burn in December, when it was 
in flower.—J. A. G.] 
Plate CXXXV. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Fruit-calyx. 
8. PLECTRANTHUS STACHYOIDES, Oliv., sp. nov. Caule erecto, 3—4-pedali, teretiusculo, 
striguloso-pilosulo ; foliis breviter petiolatis, ovatis v. ovato-ellipticis, obtusiusculis, 
deltoideo-dentatis, hirsutis, basi rotundatis, in petiolum brevissimum alatum angustatis ; 
inflorescentia dense spicata ; spicis subcylindraceis, erectis, paniculatis, bracteatis, villosis ; 
floribus sessilibus v. subsessilibus, villosissimis; bracteis late ellipticis rotundatisve apicu- 
culatis ; calycis dentibus acutis, dente postico ovato, cæteris ovato-lanceolatis brevioribus : 
corolle labio postico breviter obtuse 4-lobato, antico eymbiformi brevi; stémisibas 
brevissime exsertis. 
| Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata. Spice terminales 5-8 poll., laterales 2-3 poll. long, 3-1 poll. 
diam. Вғасіее semipollicares. Flores 4-3 poll. longæ, villosæ ; corolla tubo basi supra vain 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 ( Hyptis ? no. 4, App. Speke’s Journ. 645), Col. Grant ! 
[Four feet high. Frequent in the dry woods of Madi in December. Root deep in the bd Stem 
rough, pale brown, round, erect, and covered with long heads of flowers. The whole plant has pep | rmint- 
perfume, Leaves not numerous on the stem, covered, as well as the shovel-shaped bracts, with a en? 
soft hair. Calyx of five sepals. Corolla yellow. Тһе calyx closes over the four seed-like iB which 
are shiny, the size of a pin's head, and the shape of a convex lens.—J, А. G.] jm 
Se, c fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Calyx, d open ; fig. 3. Corolla; fig. 4. Stamen ; 
