Plate 2488. 



PLECTRANTHUS ESCULENTUS, K E. Bi 



LABIAT.E. Tribe Ocimoide.e. 



'own. 



tnw ®^°^^^^*^s, N. E. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 12 : radice 

 temnnf T^'i:^' ^^^l^bus demum decumbentibus pubescentib'us. folila 



cTZZ^ fl' ^""^'"^ '^"^^P^^^) ^^^^^^^'^"^ «^^°"^'« «^^t"5is basi 



cuneato-aiigustatis utrinque minute pubescentibus venis primariis sub- 



snl'"-T P/«™i'^<5ntibus racemis soHtariis vel fasciculatis simnlicibus 

 scabridis bracteatis ex axillis foliorum delapsorum enatis, bracteis 

 oppositis ellipticis obtusis scabridis pedicellum a-quantibus vel bre- 

 vioribus, calyce carapanulato scabrido insKqualiter quinquefido dente 

 postico elhptico-ovato obtuso reliquis Janceolatis acuminatis, corolla 

 caijcem plus duplo excedente lutea compressa injequaliter bilabiata 

 j;uDo basi brevissime gibboso labio superiore brevissimo 4-dentato labio 

 inienore falcato-cynibiformi subacute pubescente, staminibus liberis. 



Hab. Natal, Wood (No. 3633.) 



Caules subpedales. Folia l|-3 poll, longa, 1-1 poll. lata. Racemil-\ 

 poll, longi. BractecB l-lin long* et latai. Pedicdli \-2\ lin. longi. 

 Latyx 11-2 lin. longus. Corolla 7 lin. longa. 



. , '^^\ P^ant is known in Natal as the ' Umbondive or Kaffir Potato,' 

 tfte tuberous root-stock being much appreciated as food by the Kaffirs. 

 At was first sent to Kew by Mr. J. M. Wood, the Curator of the 

 botanic Garden, Durban, in 1886.— K E. Brown. 



Fig. 1. Calyx att^iched. 2. Corolla. 3. Front and back yiews of stamen. 

 • ^ou-ng nutlets. All enlarged. 



