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TABULA 2996. 
POGOSTEMON ROGERSII, NV. E. Brown. 
LABIATAE. Tribus SATUREINEAE. 
P. Rogersii, V. H. Brown in Kew Bull., 1909, p. 379 ; species ab omni- 
bus foliis parvis deflexis et patria distinctissima. 
Herba erecta, 45 cm. vel ultra alta, ramosa, corolla excepta ubique 
dense villoso-tomentosa, ramis adscendentibus. Folia deflexa, 1 ‘5 
2°5 em. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo- -lanceolata, 
obtusa, basi rotundata, petiolo 2-3 mm. longo. Spicae terminales, 
tubus mm. 
fe aaa glaber; limbus subaequaliter 4-lobus, lobis 3 
posticis ovatis obtusis dorso parce pubescentibus in labium posticum 
2 
ad medium longe barbata; antherae 1- loculares. Discus breviter 
columnaris, apice truncatus. Stylus apice bifidus 
Ruopesta. Dam near the railway, about 2114 miles from Cape 
Town, growing in water, 1400 m. alt., Rogers, 8314. 
This is the first species recorded from Africa. The Kew Herbarium 
contains fragments of a second that was collected near the Cunene 
River in Angola by Sir Harry Johnston, but the material is scarcely 
sufficient for descriptive purposes.—N. E. Brown. 
Fia. 1, a flower; 2, cal yx la open, showing ovary; 3, corolla laid open; 
4, anther, back and front view ; 5, hairs from a stamen. All enlarged. 
