392 cii. LAKiAT.E (baker). [yEolanthus. 



Flowers in panicled divaricate spikes; bracts up to 1 in. long, usually 

 smaller. Calyx very small, subtruncate at the mouth. Corolla violet, 

 ^ in. long ; lower lip deeply 8-lobed. 



IbOTirer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, on gneiss rocks by the streams of 

 the PrgDsidinm, Welwifsch, 1630, 5591. 



10. IG. Candelabmxn, Briquet in Enyl. Jahrh. xix. 18G. An 

 undershrub, with thinly pubescent young branches. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, ovate-oblong, Ij in. long, 1 in. broad, obtuse, cuneate at the 

 base, subentire, irregularly sinuate, fleshy, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Inflorescence candelabriform ; cymes with a long peduncle, 

 usually trifid at the apex ; flowers crowded, sessile ; bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, persistent, \-\ in. long. Flower-calyx | in. long, almost 

 truncate. Corolla protruding \-\ in. from the throat of the calyx ; 

 lower lip \ in. long. Stamens exserted. 



&ower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, Mechoic, 14fi. 



11. .SS. nyikensiS) Baker in Kew Bulletin, 181)8, IGO. An erect 

 undershrub. Branchlets slender, ascending, pubescent. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, suborbicular, 1-1^ in. long, membranous, deeply inciso-crenate, 

 cuneate and entire at the base, green and pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Spikes short, dense, forming a lax terminal panicle ; bracts ovate, acute, 

 \-\ in. long, membranous, pubescent. Calyx very short ; lips ovate. 

 Corolla I in. long; tube cylindrical, much longer than the calyx; lips 

 small. Stamens as long as the corolla. 



XMCozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Xyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Whyfe, 119! 



12. .ffi, cuneifolius, Bciker. A shrub, with thick straight woody 

 glabrous stems. Leaves long-petioled, oblong or rhomboid, crenate in 

 the upper half, thick, rather fl.eshy, glabrous. Panicle moderately 

 large ; branches short, erecto-patent, simple, the lower arising from 

 full-sized leaves ; spikes short, oblong ; bracts ovate, acute, imbricate, 

 foliaceous, \ in. long. Calyx campanulate, ^V in. long. Corolla \ in. 

 long ; tube very slender ; lower lip rather shorter than the tube. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Welwxtsch,h\%0\ 



lo. JE. buchnerianus, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 187. A 

 branched undershrub ; branches terete, minutely pubescent when young. 

 Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, 1-1^- in. long, |-j in. broad, cuspidate, 

 rounded or narrowed to the base, irregularly crenate, fleshy, pubescent 

 on both surfaces. Inflorescence very compound, C-8 in. long ; cymes 

 elongated, above 1 in. long ; flowers sessile ; bracts ovate, pilose, coloured, 

 much imbricate, yV to \ in. long. Flower-calyx pilose, campanulate, 

 bilabiate, \ in. long. Corolla protruded \ in. from the throat of the 

 calyx; lower lip \-\ in. long. Stamens much exserted. 



Sontli Central. Congo Free State : rocks of the Bango, in savannah, Buchner, 

 571. 



