390 cii. LABIATE (baker). [^E ola7ithns , 



Calyx caitjpanulate. 

 Leaves sessile. 



Stems woody 36. ^. crypt anihus. 



Stems tiot woody 37. J5^. con glome ratns. 



Leaves petioled 38. ^.fiorilmndus. 



Leaves obovate . 39. jE. ohtusifolius. 



1 . 2R. ambustus^ Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 138, t. loi\,fig. B. 

 An erect much-branched annual, with stems a foot long and slender 

 pubescent branchlets. Leaves sessile, ascending, thick, linear, 1-1 J in. 

 long, glabrous on both surfaces, with rather revolute edges. Spikes 

 numerous, slender, elongated, erect ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, ascending, 

 imbricate, foliaceous, ^r in. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, shortly 2-lobed. 

 Corolla ;! in. long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; lower lip oblong, as 

 long as the tube; upper shorter, cuneate. Stamens as long as the 

 lower lip. — Burkill & Wright in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 271. 

 Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Madi, growing on rocks. Grant ! 



'2. JE. virgatuSy Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 1-lG. A much- 

 branched erect annual, with stems 1-1 J ft. long and pubescent branch- 

 lets. Leaves sessile, linear, ascending, entire, glabrous, 1-2 in. long. 

 Spikes slender, elongated ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, ascending, imbricate, 

 \ in. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, obscurely lobed. Corolla ^— J in. long; 

 lower lip oblong, shorter than the tube ; upper half as long as the 

 lower. Stamens longer than the lower lip. — Burkill & Wright in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 272, figs. 5 and G. 



mile Ziand. British p]ast Africa : Bongo : at Uurfala, SchweinfurtTi, 2225 ! 



Perhaps only a variety of jE. amhustm. 



'^. JB. pinnatifidus, Hochst. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 80. An 

 annual, with slender erect glabrous simple or branched stems 4-8 in. 

 long. Leaves sessile, membranous, lanceolate or oblong, entire or cre- 

 nate or deeply pinnatifid. Panicle small ; spikes short, the side ones 

 shortly peduncled ; bracts oblong, foliaceous, imbricate, \ in. long. Calyx 

 short, campanulate. Corolla | in. long ; lower lip obovate, longer than 

 the tube. Stamens as long as the lower lip. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 186 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 362. 



17ile Zianda Abyssinia : on mountains in the province of Sana, Schimper, 1604 ! 

 province of Shire, Quart in- Billon (ex Richard) ; Tigre ; Mettgalo Mountain, 

 Schimper, 62 (ex Engler) ; and without precise locality. Petit ! 



4. HI, prittwitziaxms, Giirke in Gotzen, Durch Afrika von Ost 

 nach West, ^'Sonderabdr. 8. Stem pubescent. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 ^-| in. long, obtuse, entire, fleshy, pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes 

 spicate ; flowers sessile ; bracts broadly ovate, obiuse, densely pubes- 

 cent, -J in. long. Calyx subcampanulate, subvillous, .^ in. long; 

 throat truncate. Corolla subvillous. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Kirunga Volcano, north of Lake Kivu, 

 650U ft., Ootzen, 14. 



