3i2 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Ociinum. 



lower long, setaceous. Corolla red, three times the length of the 

 calyx. Stamens nearly twice as long as the lower lip ; upper filaments 

 with a large tooth at the base. 



Mozaxnb* Slst. German East Africa : Unyainwezi ; near Gonda, Bo/im, 19, 

 32. Usinja ; Bugando, Stuhlmann, 3519. Usukuma ; Usiha, SUihlmann, 4206. 



18. O. fimbriatum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 101. A tall 

 branched perennial, with stems minutely pubescent upwards. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, IJ in. long, I in. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base and decurrent on the petiole, sharply toothed, pubescent on the 

 ribs beneath. Racemes long, lax ; pedicels ^ in. long, pubescent ; bracts 

 deciduous. Flower-calyx |-J in. long; upper tooth ovate, slightly 

 decurrent ; lateral teeth short, deeply fimbriated ; lower long, setaceous, 

 also fimbriated. Corolla protruding above J in. from the throat of the 

 calyx. Stamens much exserted. 



Ztower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechcw, 165. 



19. O. affine, Hochst. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 36. A perennial 

 herb, with erect slender branched subf'labrous stems 1-1 t> ft. lono;. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, distant, oblong-lanceolate, obscurely toothed, 

 nearly glabrous, l|-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Raceme dense at 

 the top, but the lower whorls very remote ; rhachis pubescent ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx finally \ in. long ; upper 

 tooth orbicular, shorter than the tube; lower teeth 2 small cusps. 

 Corolla h in. long; tube funnel-shaped, as long as the calyx; lips as 

 long as the tube. Stamens much exserted ; upper filaments with a 

 tooth at the base. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss., ii. 177; Vatke in 

 Linnsea, xxxvii. 315; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358. 



Xrile Xiand. Abyssinia: Sana; in a valley, near Dochli, Schimper, 1621! 

 Somaliland : Mount Haquin, near Harar, Hardegger Sf PauUtschle. 



Mozamb. 3>ist, German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Simbab, 4000 ft., Sjjeke 

 8f Grant I Usambara ; Masheua, HoJai, 8790 ! British Central Africa : Urungu : 

 Fvvanibo, Car.son, 90! 93! 102! Nynsaland ; Blantyre, ScoH f Mount Mlanji, 

 Whyte ! Mlanji Plateau, McCIotinie ! and without precise locality, Bnchanafi, 631 ! 

 825 ! 



20. O. Schweinfurthii, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. IGO. A 

 perennial, with tall robust branched stems pubescent upwards, glabrous 

 in the lower part. Leaves subsessile, oblong, the lower 3—4 in. long, 

 acute, cuneate at the base, crenate above the base, moderately firm, 

 green on both sides, slightly scabrous on the upper surface, pubescent 

 beneath. Racemes short, dense, terminal, the lower flowers abortive ; 

 axis densely pubescent ; pedicels very short ; bracts obovate, cuspidate, 

 large, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, J in. long; upper tooth ovate, 

 slightly decurrent ; lower teeth setaceous. Corolla 3 times the length 

 of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 



lirile Iiand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; (Jumango Hill, ScJnoeivfurth, 

 2890 ! 



