Orthosipkon.] cii. labiat.^: (baker). 3C7 



long as the calyx; tube hairy at the throat; lobes small. Stamens 

 not exserted. — Ocimion depawperatum, Vatke in Linnaea, xliii. H4. 



Nile liand. Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, near Maid, 27OO-40(J0 ft., Hilde- 

 hrandt, 1561! Harradigit, James Sf Thrtipp I Gerar Amaden, Terracciano. 



Also in Socotva and Arabia, 



3. O. parvifolius, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 87. Stems perennial, 

 erect, much-branched, slightly pubescent. Leaves sessile, ascending, 

 lanceolate, distantly toothed, pubescent on both sides, 1 in. long. 

 Whorls few-flowered, foi'-ming a lax terminal raceme; bracts minute; 

 pedicels short, hairy. Calyx pubescent, | in. long ; upper lip smjiU, 

 ovate ; lateral and lower teeth minute cusps. Corolla-tube scarcely 

 longer than the calyx ; lobes small. Stamens not exserted. 



wile Iiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2745 ! 



4. O. bartsioides, Baker. Perennial. Stems long, slender, erect, 

 branched, slightly hairy. Leaves firm, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, crenat€, 

 pubescent on both sides, the lower H-^ in. long. Whorls 2-flowered, 

 forming a long lax raceme ; bracts minute ; pedicels J in. long, like the 

 rhachis densely pubescent. Calyx pubescent, finally \ in. long; tube 

 oblong ; upper tooth orbicular, much shorter than the tube ; lateral 

 and lower teeth large cusps. Corolla-tube half as long again as the 

 calyx ; lobes small. Stamens not exserted. 



Nile Ziand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; Seriba Merdyan, Schiceinfurth, 

 3850! 



5. O. retinervis. Briquet in Enyl. Jahrh. xix, 175. Stem tall, 

 branched ; branches clothed with crisped ferruginous hairs. Leaves 

 subsessile, ovate-oblong, J-1 in. long, obtuse or subacute, narrowed to 

 the base, coriaceous, regularly crenate, scabrous on both surfaces ; 

 veins raised beneath. Racemes 4-5 in. long ; whorls distant, many- 

 flowered ; bracts deciduous ; pedicels densely pubescent, J in. long. 

 Flower-calyx J in. long; upper tooth ovate, the others setaceous. 

 Corolla protruding J in. from the throat of the calyx ; lips both ^.. in. 

 long. Stamens included. 



Zio-wer Guinea. Angola : Cissacala (? Sacalla}, near the River Kuango, 

 Mechoiv, 553. 



6. O. menthsefolius, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 170. A 

 perennial herb, with the habit of Ocimuni hasilicum. Stems erect, 

 pubescent. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, deflexed, deeply crenate, 1-H in . 

 long, pubescent on both sides. Racemes short, moderately dense: rhachis 

 very pubescent ; flowers about 4 in a whorl; bracts small, deciduous; 

 pedicels short, very hairy. Fruit-calyx ^ in. long ; upper lip orbicular, 

 about as long as the tube ; lower teeth large cusps. Corolla not much 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens short ; upper filaments not appen- 

 diculate. Style clavate. 



lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Weltvitsch, 5475! 



