340 cii. LABiAT.K (baker). [Ochufm. 



pedicels ^\^ ^\ in. long; bracts twice as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 finally ^ in, long, tomentose, reflexecl in fruit and adpressed to the 

 stem ; lateral teeth ovate, mucronate ; lower very acuminate. Corolla 

 nearly J in. long. Stamens nearly twice as long as the lower lip ; 

 filaments of the upper pair toothed at the base. 



Xrile Iiand. British East Africa : between TaiU and Wanga, Fischfr, 509. 



10. O. glossophyllum, Briquet iv Kngl. Jahrh. xix. 1(12. An 

 undershrub, with branchlets pubescent towards the apex. Leaves 

 crowded into whorls at the base of the racemes, petioled, linear-lanceolate, 

 3-4 in. long, J-J in. broad, acuminate, entire, coriaceous, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces. Raceme long, lax ; pedicels very pubescent, 

 |-1 lin. long ; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx pubescent, ^-i in. long ; 

 tube tinged with violet : upper tooth broadly ovate ; lateral teeth 

 truncate; lower setaceous. Corolla protruding | in. from the throat 

 of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 



Iiovirer Guinea. Angola : Kuango River, Foycje, 354. 



11. O. menthaefolium, Hocltst. ex parte ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 

 ?A. Very like 0. ccmum, but perennial. Stems erect, much-branched, 

 densely pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, 1-H in. long, entire or obscurely crenate. 

 Racemes lax, finally 4-6 in. long ; rhachis densely pubescent ; bracts 

 deciduous; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long; tube campanulate, 

 very short, densely hairy ; upper lobe orbicular ; lateral teeth deltoid, 

 minute ; lower connate high up, cuspidate, protruding beyond the 

 upper. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; tube short. Stamens much 

 exserted; upper filaments with a tooth near the base. — A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 175 ; Vatke in Linn?ea, xxxvii. ?)14 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 357. 



srile Iiand. Nubia : Hoi* Tamanib, Lord ! sea-coast, Bent ! Kordofan : Gebel 

 Kurbag, Pfund, 483! Obeid, Kot.tchy, 263! Abyssinia: Tigre ; on hills in the 

 .felajeranne district, Schimper, 1599 ! near Adowa, Schimper, 294 ! Shire, Quarfin- 

 Dillon Sf Petit ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 190 ! 425 ! Q,uartin-DlUoii 

 Sf Petit ! Sonialiland : Adda Galla, James ^ Thrupp ! 



Also in Arabia. 



12. O. kilimandscharicum, Gilrke in Engl. Pjt. Ost-Afr. C. 34'.). 

 An undershrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 ovate or oblong, H-2 in, long, acute, narrowed to the base, deeply 

 serrated, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls lax, forming a long 

 raceme with a densely pubescent axis ; pedicels very short ; bracts 

 orbicular-cuspidate, rather large, persistent. Calyx pubescent, finally 

 \ in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper tooth orbicular, with decurrent 

 margins ; lateral teeth deltoid-cuspidate ; lower subulate. Corolla 2-3 

 times the length of the calyx. Stamens much exserted ; upper fila- 

 ments toothed near the base. 



Mozamb. X>ist, German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Maranjju, 4900 ft., 

 Volkens, 750 ! between Meru Mountain and Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 1637. 



