388 cii. LABiAT.E (baker). [Icomum. 



truncate. Corolla pubescent, \ in. long ; tube dilated in the upper 

 half; upper lip small, recurved ; lower small, oblong, concave. Stamens 

 included. — Plectranthus ? siibacaulis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 73. 



Mozaxnb. Dist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, south of Lake 

 Tanganyika, Carson, 33 ! 65 ! 



3. I. \\ne?ireyBurkillin Joitrn.Linn.Soc. xxxiv. 270, <. Q,Jigs. 3 and 4. 

 Perennial. Stem slender, erect, wiry, pubescent, G-8 in.long, leafy from 

 near the base to the apex. Leaves alternate, sessile, narrowly linear 

 with slightly revolute edges, moderately firm, entire, glabrous, J- J in. 

 long. Spike short, simple, terminal, moderately dense ; bracts like 

 reduced leaves. Calyx campanulate, J lin. long, densely pubescent, 

 truncate. Corolla J in. long ; tube longer than the lips, curved, dilated 

 in the upper half ; upper lip small, erect ; lower larger, deeply concave. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the upper lip; anthers globose, very small. 



lUIozamb. Blst.' British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, near Fort Young, 

 Nicholson I 



4. I. salicifolium, Burkill in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 270, t. 6, 

 figs. 1 and 2. A perennial herb. Stems short, slender, decumbent, 

 terete, densely pubescent. Leaves sessile, linear, 1-lJ in. long, entire, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous oi- slightly pubescent. Spikes dense, 1-3 in. 

 long, forming a dense terminal panicle ; bracts linear, as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx pubescent, cylindrical, J in. long; lips very short. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lips small ; upper oblong ; lower 

 orbicular. Stamens included in the lower lip. —jEolanihus salicifoliuSy 

 Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 161. 



Mozaxnl). Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000— 

 7000 ft., Whyte, 107 ! 



12. -5IOLANTHUS, Mart.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1176. 



Calyx very small, campanulate, truncate at the throat or obscurely 

 bilabiate, finally circumscissile near the base. Corolla-tube much longer 

 than the calyx, subcylijidrical or narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb bi- 

 labiate ; upper lip rather shorter, 4-lobed ; lower rather longer, oblong 

 or obovate, not deeply concave. Stamens 4, didynamous, declinate ; 

 filaments free; anther-cells confluent. Disk glandular. Style shortly 

 bifid. Nucules compressed, smooth. — Annual or perennial herbs or small 

 shrubs. Leaves various in shape and texture, sessile or petioled. 

 Cymes panicled, condensed or elongated ; bracts persistent, small or 

 larger, foliaceous, imbricate. Corolla small, lilac. 



Four additional species at the Cape, and one of which the native country is not 

 known. 



Cryptanthi. — Cymes not capitate. Bracts large, 



almost hiding the flowers. 

 Leaves sessile. 

 Annuals. 



Leaves linear, entire. 



Bracts i in. long ...... 1. JE. ambvstus.. 



