'^>76 cii. LABIATE (baker). [OrthosiphoYi. 



protruded \ in. from the throat of the calyx. Style entire, clavate at 

 the apex. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Marques, 25, 6-i. 



Henrique?, in Bolet. Soc. IJrot. xvi. 70, reduces this to O. IVelwitschii, Rolfe. 



41. O. Welwitschii, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xi. 88. Perennial. 

 Stems erect, finely pubescent, simple or branched, 1-1 i ft. long. 

 Leaves oblong, l-lj in. long, shortly petioled, entire or obscurely 

 serrate, pubescent on both sides. Racemes long, lax ; flowers about 4 

 in a whorl ; rhachis pubescent ; pedicels short, ascending ; upper bracts 

 large, bright red, ovate, acute, persistent. Calyx finally I in. long; 

 upper lip orbicular, shoiter than the tube ; 4 lower teeth large cusps. 

 Corolla-tube half as long again as the calyx ; lips small. Stamens 

 exserted beyond the corolla-lips. — C. adornatus, Briquet in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xix. 176. 



Zio-wer Guinea. ' Angola : province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5519 ! 5520 ! 5555 ! 

 Ambaca ; Lutete Savannah, Buchner, 570 ; Malange, Marques, 7 ! Mechoio, 166 ; 

 between Sanza and Malange, Pogge, 349 : Quissange, Archieta, 41. 



Briquet, 1. c, describes 3 varieties, chlorochrous. oblongifolius, and rotundifolius. 



42. O. Kirkii, Baker. Perennial. Stems finely pubescent, 1-2 ft. 

 long, simple or branched. Leaves 2-4 to a node, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, sessile or shortly petioled, entire or serrate, 

 firm, obscurely pubescent on both sides. Racemes dense at the top, 

 lax towards the base; pedicels very short ; upper bracts large, linear, 

 dark purple. Calyx finally \ in. long ; upper tooth orbicular ; lower 

 teeth with large cusps. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 

 much exserted. 



srile Ziand. British East Africa : Nyika country, near Moiiibasa, Wakefield. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 between Unango and Mtonia, east of Lake Nyasa, Johnson ! British Central Africa : 

 Nyasaland ; vvest shore of Lake Nyasa, at the foot of K<nvirwi H\\\, Kirk ! Mount 

 Chiradzulu, Metier ! Manganii Hills, Meller ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 

 Mount Zomba and vicinity, 2800-3500 ft., Whyte! Tanganyika Platean, at Fort 

 Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Mlanji, Whyte. 



43. O. EUiottiiy Baker. Perennial, sufFruticose. Stems slender, 

 simple or branched, very hairy. Leaves small, ovate, or oblong, entire, 

 nearly sessile, densely hairy on both sides. Raceme finally long and 

 lax ; flowers 2 to a whorl ; rhachis densely hairy ; pedicels short ; upper 

 bracts orbicular, persistent, bright red, \ in. diam. Calyx finally \ in. 

 long ; upper tooth ovate, obtuse, much shorter than the tube ; lower teeth 

 with large cusps. Corolla-tube a little longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 not exserted beyond the corolla-lips. 



nXozaml). Slst. Matabeleland, Elliott ! 



Imperfectly known species. 



44. O. grandifloniSy Terracciano in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1892, 424. 

 Leaves undulato-crispate, canescent at the base. Pedicels slender, 



