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vioribus. Folia terna, breviter petiolata, lanceolata, 5-7.5 cm. 
longa, medio 0.6-1 em. lata, acuta, basi- et apice angustata, 
marginibus integris vel sub apice denticulatis subrevolutis, 
utrinque aureo-glandulosa glandulis subtus multo magis con- 
Spicuis, superne densius subtus parce puberula vel praeter nervos 
subglabra, hic pallidiora et tenuiter reticulata. Petioli 2-3 mm. 
longi, puberuli. Pedunculi axillares, oppositi, uniflori, puberuli, 
1-1.2 cm. longi, sub apicem bibracteolati. Bracteolae lanceolatae, 
puberulae, 4-5 mm. longae. Calyx alte 5-partitus, segmentis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliolatis. Corolla bilabiata, 
obliqua, ventricosa, inflata, puberula, flava, interne purpureo- 
punctata, ad 1.6 c.m. longa, labio superiore bidentato, inferiore 
tridentato lobis brevibus obtusis ciliolatis. Stamina filamentis 
arcuatis glabris, antheris didymis glabris reniformibus. Ovarium 
pubescens. Stylus filiformis, puberulus, longe persistens. Capsula 
septicidalis, bivalvis, aureo-glandulosa, ad 1 cm. longa. Semina. 
ignota. 
Soutu Arrica. Natal: Utrecht Division; by the tributary 
streamlets of the aaa River, near Rooipoort, 1270 m., 
J. Thode. 
An agreeably sodnited large shrub growing by the banks of 
streamlets under the Drakensberg in the Utrecht division and 
flowering from January to June. 
1669. Acrocephalus erectifolius, N. H#. Brown ([Labiatae- 
Ocimoideae] ; persimilis A. venoso, ” Baker, sed foliis brevissime 
petiolatis bracteisque subduplo majoribus et late membranaceo- 
marginatis facile ee ur. 
Herba perennis, erecta, ad 80 cm. alta. Caules 2-4 mm. 
crassi, patule pilosi. Folia erecta, utrinque pilosa; petioli 
2-3 mm. longi; laminae 5-9 cm. longae, 0.5-1.2 cm. latae, 
lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, sub-integrae vel minute denticulatae. 
Capitula globosa, circa 1 cm. diametro, corymboso-paniculata, 
foliis reductis coloratis praedita; bracteae 4-5 mm. longae, 
5-8 mm. latae, late rhomboideae, subacutae, late colorato- 
marginatae, ciliatae et infra marginem dorso pubescentes. Calyx 
2 mm. longus, obtuse bilabiatus. Corolla 5 mm. longa, lobis 
parvis obtusis. 
TropicaL Arrica. North-west Rhodesia; Broken Hill, on 
clay soil, 1220 m. June 1909, F. A. Rogers 8157. 
1670. Englerastrum rhodesianum, NV. E. Brown [Labiatae- 
Ocimoideae] ; affinis #. Schweinfurthii, Briq., sed racemis Peano 
longioribus et. ramosis conspicue differt 
‘Herba annua, 1.5-40 c.m alta, areata Caulis 1.5-4 mm. 
crassus, simplex vel opposite ramosus, pubescens vel puberulus, 
fere ad basin florifer; internodiis 2-5 cm. longis. Folia opposita, 
deflexa, subsessilia, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata, ovata, obtuse 
acuta, basi rotundata vel subcuneata, subintegra vel obscure 
crenata, utrinque parce pubescentia. Racemi patuli, 5-15 em. 
longi, laxe ramosi, graciles, minute puberuli vel fere glabri; 
