Orthosiphon.^ cii. labiates (baker). 369 



12. O. mollis. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 225. A perennial 

 herb, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 

 \-\ in. long, obtuse, crenate, broadly rounded at the base, densely 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes lax, simple ; whorls 5-0 -dowered; 

 pedicels short ; bracts minute. Calyx pubescent, yV in. long ; tube 

 campanulate ; upper tooth ovate, the others lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 cylindrical, \ in. long; lips small, oblong. Stamens not exserted. 



Nile Ziand. Soraaliland : Golis Range, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 



13. O. xnoxubasicns, Baker, Stems very slender, erect, branched, 

 slightly pubescent upwards. Leaves shortly petioled, small, ovate, 

 acute, crenate, slightly pubescent. Whorls few-flowered, forming a 

 very lax terminal raceme ; bracts minute ; pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx. Calyx finally \ in. long ; tube funnel-shaped ; upper lip sub- 

 orbicular, much shorter than the tube ; lateral teeth small cusps ; lower 

 larger cusps. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx ; lobes 

 small. Stamens not exserted. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



14. O. calaminthoideSy Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 225. A 

 much-branched undershrub, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, ovate, \-^ in. long, subobtuse, crenate, green and pubescent 

 on both surfaces. Racemes simple, long, lax ; whorls 2-6-flowered ; 

 pedicels longer than the calyx ; bracts minute Calyx pubescent, J m. 

 long ; tube cylindrical ; teeth minute ; upper ovate and obtuse ; lower 

 linear. Corolla-tube cylindrical, \ in. long ; lips small ; upper shorter ; 

 lower Ungulate. Stamens not exserted. Style entire at the top. 



irile Iband. Somaliland : Golis range, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 



15. O. roseiis, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 174. Stems slender, 

 erect, much branched, slightly pubescent upwards. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, small, ovate, acute, crenate, slightly pubescent. Whorls many, 

 few-flowered, forming a lax terminal raceme; bracts minute; pedicels 

 short, pubescent. Fruit-calyx J in. long ; upper tooth orbicular, shorter 

 than the oblong tube ; lateral teeth small cusps ; lower larger cusps. 

 Corolla rose-red ; tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx ; lobes 

 small. Stamens not exserted. 



wile Iiand. British East Africa : Bongo ; by the River Roa, Schweinfurth, 

 2705 ! Niamniam ; by the River Mabode, Schweinfurth, 3818 ! 



16. O, pallidus, Hoyle ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 50. Perennial, 

 much branched from the base ; stems short, densely pubescent. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, small, ovate, obtuse, crenate, pubescent on both side^^. 

 Whorls few-flowered, forming a lax terminal raceme ; bracts minute ; 

 rhachis pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 

 finally J in. long ; tube oblong ; upper lol)e orbicular, shorter than the 

 tube ; lateral and lower large cusps. Corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx ; lobes small. Stamens not exserted. — Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 



