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9. PLEOTRANTHUS?, sp. (no. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 644). Indeterminable, the flowers 
having all fallen from our specimen. 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1861, Col. Grant ! 
[A square-stemmed erect plant, branching chiefly from the root, which; is long and tortuous. Found in 
the ravines of Karagué during December when in flower. Calyx diminutive ; but it seems to increase in 
size while the seeds are developing. The flower is white, spotted with pink.—J. A. G.] 
10. COLEUS BARBATUS, Benth.; DC. Prod. xii. 71; App. Speke’s Journ. 644. Var. 
racemis glandulosis, parce pilosis. May prove a distinct species. 
Hab. Mininga, Apr. 1861, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia and India. 
[Gathered at Mininga in April, where it grew amongst hedges of Euphorbia with a Rumex and grass round 
about. The whole plant smells richly of guava; and the natives consider it an immediate cure for fever f 
they cover themselves over and inhale the smoke from its bnrning leaves. Four feet high, erect, the 
blue herbaceous stem with white hairs. Leaves large, hairy, and rough, with crenate edges. Flowers blue. 
—Ј. A. 6.1 
11. CoLEUS LANUGINOSUS, Hochst.; DC. Prod. xii. 79. 
Наб. Unyoro, Oct. 1862 (Coleus по. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 644), Col. Grant ! Alen an 
Abyssinian species. 
` [Plant 18 inches high, having a heavy odour, found by the cultivated lands of Unyoro in October. Stem 
somewhat fleshy, erect, and coarsely haired ; root tapering and fibred. After the purple corolla has fallen, 
the calyx closes on the four pearly seed-like nuts.—J. А. б.) 
12. COLEUS LATIFOLIUS, Hochst.; DC. Prod. xii. 74. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Plectranthus mo. 4, App. Speke's Journ. 644), Col. 
Granit ! : 
[This grows at 39 М. lat. in the crevices and on the tops of granite boulders wherever there is moisture. 
Flowers in December.—J. А. б.) 
13. ÆOLANTHUS HELIOTROPIOIDES, Oliv., sp. nov. Bi- у. tripedalis; caule ramoso tetra- 
gono, pilosulo; ramis вере alternis adscendentibus ; foliis sessilibus ovali-oblongis, obtusis, 
denticulatis, parce pilosulis glabratisve ; cymis unilateralibus spicæformibus, paniculatis, - 
terminalibus, striguloso-pubescentibus; bracteis brevibus ovato- vel obovato-oblongis ; 
floribus sessilibus; calyce brevissimo truncato; corolle labiis subæqualibus, labio 
postico rotundato, 4-lobulato, lobulis rotundatis, labio antico integro, tubo limbo duplo 
longiore. 
Folia 14-92 poll. longa, 5-7 lin. lata, membranacea. Flores parvi, 1-3 poll. longi. Bractee circiter 
lineam longæ. 
Hab. Rocks in the forest of Unyoro (Æolanthus no. 4, App. Speke's Journ. 645), Col. 
Grant! 
[This scented plant was collected in 3-feet-long grass which grew on the bare red surface-rocks about 
Unyoro forest in aaah It is similar in some и to the following (Æ. repens). Flowers lilae.— 
J.A. GJ + 
Plate LXXXII. fig. 1, Flower and bracteole; fig. 2. Calyx ; fig. 3. Qoralls; laid open; | 
fig. 4. Stamen; fig. 5. Ovary; fig. 6. Nuts, and calyx laid open. 
14, ÆOLANTHUS REPENS, Oliv., sp. nov. E basi lignosa radicante ascendens sub- 
ineano-pubescens; caule obtuse tetragono, pilis brevibus plus minus deflexis pubescente ; 
