374 cii. LABIATE (baker). [OrthosipkoTi . 



33. O. Cameroni, Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1805, 72. Perennial; 

 stems short, slender, erect, simple, finely pubescent. Leaves sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, minutely toothed, slightly pubescent, 1-1 J in. 

 long. Whorls few, few-flowered, forming a very lax terminal raceme ; 

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

 campanulate, pubescent; upper tooth short, broad, obtuse; lateral and 

 lower teeth minute cusps. Corolla-tube a little longer than the calyx; 

 lower lip \ in. long. Stamens much exserted. 



Mozaxnb. Dlst. Lake Tang'anyika, Cameron ! British Central Africa : 

 Uruiigu ; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Nutt ! Carson I 



M. O. iodocaljTX, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 174. Suflfruticose 

 at the base ; branches reddish, subglabrous. Leaves petioled, oblong, 

 lj-2i in. long, acute or subacute, narrowed to the base, regularly and 

 deeply crenate, glabrous on both surfaces, green above, glabrous beneath. 

 Raceme 4 in. long, moderately dense ; bracts deciduous; axis shortly 

 pubescent; pedicels finally J in. long. Flower-calyx violet, \-\ in. 

 long ; upper tooth ovate, scarcely decurrent ; lower teeth setaceous. 

 Corolla protruding ^ in. from the throat of the calyx ; lower lip -J in. 

 long. Stamens exserted. 



Jtovrex Guinea. Angohi : at the River Knango, Pogge, 353. 



35. O. breviflorus, Vatke in Liimcpa, xliii. 88. Perennial. Stems 

 slender, simple, densely pubescent. Leaves shortly petioled, cordate- 

 ovate, acute, membranous, green and hairy on both sides, lJ-1 in. long. 

 Whorls numerous, many-flowered, forming a moderately dense terminal 

 raceme 3-4 in. long ; bracts, except the lowest, small ; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx. Calyx J in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth 

 obovate, longer than the tube ; lower about as long, deltoid or lanceolate. 

 Corolla but little longer than the calyx. Lower stamens exserted. Style 

 not capitate, as described by Vatke. 



Urile Ziand. British East Africa : Taita ; Ndara Plain, Hildehra^idt, 2414 ! 



36. O. linearis, Benth. in Hook. Ic. FL t. 1274. Stems very 

 slender, square, glabrous. Leaves sessile, narrow linear, glabrous, 

 1-nerved, 1 in. long; margins revolute. Raceme very long; whorls 

 2-6-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx 

 \ in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper lip orbicular, shorter than the 

 tube; lateral teeth deltoid, with a small cusp; lower small, subulate. 

 Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, cylindrical, with a dilated 

 throat. Stamens much exserted ; anticous filaments connate above the 

 middle. — Rolfe in Gates, Matabeleland, ed. 2, 407. 



Mozaml). Bist. Matabeleland, Oaten 1 



37. O. liebrechtsianus. Briquet in Bull. Hoc, Boi.Belg. xxxvii. 

 84. A perennial herb or undershrub, with ascending pubescent or sub- 

 glabrous branches. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. 

 long, obtuse, crenate, narrowed to the base, daik green above, light 



