Geniosporam.] cii. labiat.e (baker). ii;,! 



1. G. paniculatum^ IJaker. A tall erect perennial, with stems 

 glabrous in the lower part, obscurely pubescent upwards. Leaves small, 

 ses«;ile, oblong, deflexed, deeply crenate, obscurely pubescent. Raceme.s 

 many, short, oblong, sessile, panicled ; pedicels short ; bracts all small, 

 ovate. Fruit-calyx hairy, J in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper tooth 

 ovate, the others lanceolate. Corolla twice as longas the calyx. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : province of Pnngo Andongo, Welwifsrh .:."/-»7 ' 

 5528! 5529! 



2. G. rotundifolium, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 10:5. A robust 

 erect herb o-4 ft. high ;, branches rigid, clothed with spreading hairs. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, subcoriaceous, oblong, 1-1 i in. )ong, obtuse, 

 subcordate at the base, crenate, green and pubescent above, grey an(i 

 more densely pubescent beneath. Racemes long, dense ; pedicels as 

 long as the calyx ; bracts ovate, white, the lower longest. Calyx violet ; 

 tube campanulate, pubescent, \ lin. long; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, half 

 as long as the tube, the upper largest. Corolla rose-red, protruding 

 \ in. from the throat of the calyx. Stamens exserted ; upper filaments 

 villous at the base. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechotv, 451, in swamps, at Cula 

 Muchito, Buchner, 43. 



3. G. discolor, Baker. A perennial herb ; stems densely clothed 

 with short spreading white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, 

 l|-2 in. long, crenate, green and pubescent above, densely clothed 

 with soft whitish woolly hairs beneath. Racemes dense, cylindrical, 

 1-2 in. long, forming a small terminal panicle; pedicels as long as 

 the calyx ; bracts deciduous. Calyx campanulate, J lin. long, densely 

 clothed with soft violet hairs; teeth s/uall. deltoid. Corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx. Stamens exserted. 



Wile Ziand. Britisli Enst Africa : between ^lachakos and Kikuvu. 5000- 

 6000 ft., Scott-mUot, 6597 ! 



4. G. lasiostachyum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 1G4. An 

 erect herb, with downy branches. Leaves small, obovate, obtuse, 

 narrowed to the base, dull green, pubescent. Racemes long, dense, 

 slender; pedicels h lin. long; bracts ovate-cuspidate, \-\ in. long. 

 Calyx campanulate, woolly, I lin. long; teeth minute. Corolla pro- 

 truding j\t in. from the throat of the calyx. Stamens shortly exsei-ted 

 upper filaments villous at the base. 



XiOwer Guinea. Angola, Welirif.s-c//, 5489. 

 Wchvitsch's 5489 is represented at Kew by a Pleciranfhus. 



5. G. angolense, Binqioet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 164. A tall erect 

 perennial, with finely pubescent stems. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate. 

 finely grey-pubescent, 1-2 in. long. Whorls forming dense oblong- 

 cylindrical terminal racemes, 1-2 in. lonj^; bracts all shorter than the 

 flowers; pedicels very short, hairy. Fruit-calyx j\. in. long; tube 

 campanulate ; teeth deltoid. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; lips 

 short. Stamens shortly exserted. 



IiO-wer Guinea. An^rola : province of Hnilla, H'elwitsch, Z\^\ 5 •4^8 I 



