Plate 24 



75. 



COLEUS IiEUCOPHYLLUS, Balcer. 



Labiat.«. Tribe Oci.moide«. 



_ C. leucophyllus, BaUr in Kew Bulletin, 1805, 292; caule erecto 

 simphce brevissime cano-tomentello, foliis petiolatis subcoriaceis ovato- 

 elhpticis _ acutis _ crenato-serratis supra opacis puberulo-tomentellis 

 costa venisque primariis albido-canis subtus albo-tomentosis plus minus 

 reticulatis, cymis pluri- (3-7) floris breviter peduncuktis fn paniculam 

 amplam terminalem dispositis, bracteis menibranaceis ovatis acutis basi 

 roncavis caducfs, coroliai tube basi obJiquo medio abrupte refmcto, 

 labio superiore erecto obcordato brevi, i;jferiore ehngaio cymbiformi 



postico 4-plo longiore. 



Hab. Soutb Tropical Africa ; near Mwero, Avest of Lake Tanganyika, 

 Carson. 



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CaiiUs 3-4 peclalis. Folia 2^-31 poll, lonca. 





poll, lata 



petiolus 4-6 Un. longus. Panicula 10^12 poll, longa. Calyx profuntle 

 5-fidus, segmento postico cseteris ovatis longiore lanceolate acuto, 

 2 lateralibus acuminatis, 2 anticis paulo miiioribus. 



lin, longa. 



Corolla 12^15 



Stamina inclusa ; filamenta glabra, inferne coalita. 



A noble member 

 Africa, — D. Oliver. 



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of a genus ratljer largely represented in Tropical 



Fig. 1, Portion of leaf sho-wingf crowded oii-gknds. 2, Caly 

 3. Corolla, i. Views of anther. 5, fruit with on^ outlet removed. \ 

 from within. All enlarged. 



and pistil. 

 Nutlet seen 



