jEolanthiiAi.^ cii. labiate (baker). 393 



14. JE. fruticosuSy Giirke in Enyl. Pfl. Osl-Aj'r. C oiO. An 

 undershrub, with glabrous branched steins. Leaves distinctly petiolcd, 

 ovate, IJ-^ in. long, acute, narrowed to the base, membranous, obso- 

 letely crenate, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers sessile ; bracts lan- 

 ceolate, acute, pubescent. Calyx truncate, accrescent, circumsciijsile. 



BSozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: (ionda, Bohm, 1080a. 



15. .ffi. elsholtzioides. Briquet in Enyl. Jahrh. xix. 1H7. 

 Annual. Stems much-branched, from a decumbent base, densely 

 pubescent upwards. Leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, thin, glabrous, 

 fleshy, inciso-crenate, 1-2 in. long. Panicle small; end spikes oblong, 

 1-1 J in. long; lateral spikes shorter, on short ascending peduncles; 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, imbricate, acute, foliaceous, pubescent, \-\ in. 

 long. Calyx campanulate, obscurely bilabiate, ^ in. long. Corolla J in. 

 long ; lower lip oblong, as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the 

 lower lip. 



XiOwer Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, li'eliri/sch, TAlHl 5479! 



16. JG. panganensis, Giirke in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. (\ o4«;. Stem 

 herbaceous, pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1-1 A 

 in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, thin, rather fleshy, irregularly 

 crenate, pubescent on the prominent ribs on both suifaces, glabrous 

 between the ribs. Inflorescence branched ; branches erect ; bracts 

 ovate-lanceolai e, sessile. Calyx pilose, truncate or nearly so, accrescent , 

 circumscissile. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Pangani, Siuhlmann,\12. 



17. ^. Njassse, Giirke in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. o46. Stems 

 shrubby, glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1-H in. long, 

 acute, cuneate at the base, crenate, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes 

 short, forming an ample panicle ; flowers sessile ; bracts broadly ovate, 

 cuspidate, ~ in. long, tinged with purple. Calyx tubular, rather pilose, 

 \ in. long, obscurely lobed, circumscissile above the persistent base. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Haranisalc, yichohon .' 

 Plateau of Mount Zomba, 5000-6000 ft., W/tt/fe ! and without jirecise locality, 

 Buchanan, 524 ! 529 ! 



18. -ffi. Stormsiiy Giirke in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Si>(>. Stem and 

 branches pubescent. Leaves petioled, obovate-spathulate, 2 in. long, 

 obtuse, narrowed to the base, irregularly serrate, flei^hy, pubescent on 

 both surfaces. Bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx ; flowei-s sessile. 

 Calyx globose, pubescent, truncate, obliquely circumscissile; persistent 

 base oblong. Corolla unknown. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Karema, on Lake Tanganyika, Storms. 13. 



10. JB. heliotropioides, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x.xix. L57, 

 t. 82. An annual, with much-branched robust stems 2 ft. long and 



