Ocimum.'] cii. labiate (haker). 345 



flowers. Flower-calyx J in. long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as the 

 tube ; lower cusps small. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 

 slightly exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of haii-s above the bjuse. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : province of (iolungo Alto, 1000-li 100 ft., Welicitsch, 

 5571! 



30. O. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Linnua, xliii. 83. Suffruticose. 

 Stems erect, branched, villous, finally glabrous. Leaves petioled, ovate, 

 crenate, subobtuse, IJ in. long, rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, 

 membranous, pubescent on both sides. Racemes simple, rather lax ; 

 lower whorls J- J in. apart ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels i in. long. 

 Calyx with an ovate obtuse decurrent upper lip and two linear basal 

 teeth. Corolla J in. long. Stamens exserted, dilated at the base, sub- 

 villous j filaments connate in pairs at the base. 



»rile ILand. British East Africa: Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2741. 



31. O. capitatiun. Baker. Perennial. Stem slender, densely 

 hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, small, ovate, acute, deflexed, shallowly 

 dentate, slightly pubescent. Flowers mainly concentrated in a globose 

 terminal cluster ; pedicels very short ; bracts small. Flower-calyx I in, 

 long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as the campanulate tube ; lower cusps 

 small. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lips large. Stamens much 

 exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs above the base. 



wile Xiand. British East Africa : Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! 

 nXozamb* Slst. German East Africa : Higher plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 

 Thomson I 



32. O. Johnstoniiy Baker. Perennial, with the habit of O. men- 

 ihcefoiium. Stems erect, densely hairy. Leaves petioled, ovate, mem- 

 branous, deeply crenate, 1-1§ in. long, thinly pubescent, especially 

 beneath. Racemes long, lax ; rhachis densely hairy ; flowers many in 

 a whorl; pedicels very short; bracts orbicular, cuspidate, deciduous. 

 Calyx very hairy, ^ in. long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as the cam- 

 panulate tube ; lower cusps small. Calyx twice as long as the corolla. 

 Stamens much exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs above the 



irile &and. British East Africa: Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! Kapte 

 Plateau, 5000-6000 fc, Thomson ! 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston I 



33. O. punctatum, Baker. Perennial. Stems short, erect, very 

 hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, subentire, very hairy, cuneate 

 at the base, 1 J in. long. Racemes shoi-t, dense ; rhachis hairy ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts minute. Flower-calyx hairy, \ in. long ; upper lip 

 about as long as the tube ; lower cusps large. Corolla tube as long as 

 the calyx ; lips large. Stamens much exserted ; upper filaments with 

 a tuft of hairs near the base. 



Moxamb. Blat. German East Africa : Lower plateau, north of Lake N>a»a, 

 Thomson ! 



