872 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Orthosiphon. 



dilated at the throat, twice as long as the calyx; lobes small. Stamens 

 not exserted. 



Xarile Ziand. British East Africa : collected in a journey from Ribe to the 

 Galla country, Wakefield ! 



25. O. Schixnperi, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 51. Perennial. 

 Stems erect or decumbent, simple or branched, densely hairy upwards. 

 Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-8 in. long, hairy on both sides.. 

 Racemes dense or lax ; whorls many-flowered ; bracts minute, deciduous ; 

 pedicels short, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, finally \ in. long; tube 

 oblong; upper lobe suborbicular, much shorter than the tube; lateral 

 teeth small cusps ; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube rather longer than the 

 calyx; lobes small. Stamens not exserted. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, 

 ii. 180. Ocimum coloratum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, Intell. 23; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358. 



If lie Ziand* Abyssinia : Tigre ; among stones on the summit of Mount Scholoda, 

 Schimper, 813! and without precise locality, Petit! British East Africa: 

 Niannniam ; Nganye, Schweinfurth^ 3941 ! 



26. O. somalensis, Fa^Are mZmn<3ea, xliii. 87. Perennial. Stem 

 3 ft. high, much-branched, slightly pubescent. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, ovate, acute, membranous, crenate, pubescent, J-1 in. long. 

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

 pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx finely pubescent, finally ^-\ in. 

 long : tube oblong ; upper tooth ovate, shorter than the tube ; lateral and 

 lower large, cuspidate from a deltoid base. Corolla-tube half as long 

 again as the calyx ; limb small. Stamens not exserted. 



If lie Xiand. Somaliland : Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 4900 ft., Hildehrandt, 

 1428 ! 



27. O. Hildebrandtii, Baker. An erect branched perennial, with 

 subglabrous stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, 

 obtuse, crenate, about 1 in. long. Whorls few-flowered, forming a lax 

 terminal raceme ; bracts minute ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 

 Flower-calyx J in. long ; tube oblong, slightly pubescent ; upper lip very 

 small, obtuse ; lateral teeth deltoid ; lower larger, lanceolate-cuspidate. 

 Corolla-tube subcylindrical, much longer than the calyx ; lobes small. 

 Stamens not exserted.— 0. australis, Vatke in Linnsea, xliii. 86, not 

 xl. 179. 



Jflle Xiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, HiUehrandt, 2746 ! 



28. O. coloratus, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 86. Perennial. Stem 

 erect, pubescent, simple or branched, under 1 ft. long. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate or oblong, crenate, pubescent, 1-lJ in. long, cuneate and entire 

 at the base. Kacemes lax or moderately dense ; bracts- minute, decid- 

 uous ; flowers 3-6 in a whorl; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx 

 very hairy, \ in. long ; upper tooth oblong, shorter than the tube ; latera) 

 teeth small -cusps ; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube subcylindrical, half 



