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Hab. British East Africa, Gof, 1898 ; Lord Delawere (Herb. 

 Mils. Brit.). 



Specimen unicum meos ante oculos spithameum. Caulis 0*2 cm. 

 diam., glaber. Folia l*0-2-0 cm. long., 0-3-0-4 cm. lat., subtus 

 decoloria ; petioli 0*15 cm. long. Bracte^^ 0*3 cm. long. Pedicelli 

 floriferi 0*2 cm. long., pubescentes. Calyx florescens 0-25 cm. 

 long. ; fructescens nervis pauUo eminentibus percursus, modo 0*4 

 cm. long., lobus posticus 0-15 cm. long., lobi reliqui (qiiam posticus 

 paullulum breviores) inter se subf^equales, antici vero angustiores et 

 majus acuminati. Corollcns tubus 0-35 cm. long. ; limbi microscopice 

 pilosuli labium anticum circa 0-16 cm. long., hujus lobus inter- 

 medins obovatus quam laterales ovati manifeste longior. Nuculre 

 subcylindriccT, 0-065 cm. long. 



As respects habit and foliage almost an exact counterpart of 

 0. parvifolius Vatke. This habit, together with the exceedingly 

 small and narrow fruiting calyces with naked throat, the corolla 

 tube exceeding the calyx and the included stamens and style are 

 the main points about the species. 



Plectranthus (§ Germania) keniensis, sp. no v. Herba for- 

 mosa, elata, caule robusto fere omnino glabro crebro ramoso, ra- 

 mulis foliosis pilosis, foliis sat magnis longipetiolatis late ovatis 

 acutis basi cordatis rtirius truncatis grosse dupliceque crenatis 

 tenuiter membranaceis mox fere omnino glabris, panicula elongata 

 pauciramosa pilosa, verticillastris s^epissime 5-6-floris, bracteis late 

 ovatis obtusis quam pedicelli brevioribus, pedicellis calyces ex- 

 cedentibus, calycis florescentis campanulati pilosi tubo limbum 

 excedente lobo postico late ovato obtusissimo lobis reliquis triangu- 

 laribus acuminatis, calycis fructescentis lobo postico quam reliqui 

 breviore lobis anticis quam laterales pauUo brevioribus, corollfe 

 magnae tubo calycem excedente ultra calycem leviter curvato et 

 inde maxime ampliato labio postico amplo trifido quam anticus 

 oblongo-ovatus pauUo breviore, staminibus inclusis. 



Hab. Mount Kenia, Aug. 14th, 1899 ; H. J. MacJdnder (Herb. 

 Mus. Brit.). 



Herba saltem ultra semimetralis. Caulis circa 0*4 cm. diam., 

 in longitudinem alte sulcata. Foliorum lamina 5-0-7"5 cm. long., 

 et totidem lat. (exstant vero folia juvenilia usque ad 3-5 cm. long, 

 imminuta), in sicco laete viridis ; petioli usque ad 7*0 cm. long., 

 pilosi. Panicula saltem 35-0 cm. long. Bracte^e 0-25 cm. long., 

 pilosae. Pedicelli 0-6 cm. long. Calyx florescens 0-4 cm. long. ; 

 lobus posticus vix 0-2 cm. long. Calyx fructescens 0*7 cm. long. ; 

 hujus lobi antici 0*3 cm. long., leviter incurvi ; lobus posticus 

 0*23 cm. long. Corolla (teste cl. inventori) saturate violaceae tubus 

 usque ad 0-45 cm. supra basin cylindricus, pars amplificata 0*7 cm. 

 long. ; labium posticum 0*8 cm., labium anticum 1-0 cm. long. 

 Filamenta 0-5 cm. long. Antherae 0-1 cm. diam. Nucule com- 

 pressae, ovoideae, glabra, 0-15 cm. long. 



To be placed near P. fiaccidus Giirke and its allies. The habit, 

 the large cordate leaves on long petioles, the large flowers with 

 very broad corolla lobes and upper part of the tube are among 

 the distinguishing features of this handsome plant. 



