yEolanthus.] cii. labiat.-e (haker). iV.Kf 



foliaceous. Calyx campanulate, not lobed, ^\, in. long. Corolla | in. 

 long ; lower lip oblong, as long as the slender tube, w itli a pair of acute 

 teeth at the base. Stamens not protruded beyond the lower lip. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, ll'elwilsch, 1628, 5595 I 



24. lE^, repens, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. >Soc. xxix. 137, t. 13(;,y?y. A. 

 A perennial herb, with many erect branches from a decumbent woody 

 main stem ; branchlets very slender, pubescent. Leaves sessile, firm, 

 pubescent, subentire, oblong or oblanceolate, the lowest 1 in. long. 

 Panicle 2-6 in. long ; branches slightly compound ; spikes i-1 in. long ; 

 rhachis and small lanceolate bracts densely pubescent. Calyx very 

 small, pubescent, truncate. Corolla hairy, ^ in. long ; lower lip concave, 

 shorter than the funnel-shaped tube. Stamens not longer than the 

 lower lip. 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Karagwe, on rockv moist ground, 

 Speke Sf Grants 150 ! 458 ! 



25. IE, serpiculoides, Baker. A perennial, with slender decum- 

 bent slightly pubescent stems, rooting from the lower nodes. Leaves 

 sessile or shortly petioled, small, oblong, entire, pubescent. Panicle 

 small ; branches very compound ; spikes very slender, at most 1 in. 

 long ; bracts very small, lanceolate ; rhachis hollowed out opposite the 

 flowers. Calyx yV in. long, circumscissile above the base. Corolla 

 not seen. 



XMIozaml}. Dlst. Britisli Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan ! 



20. IB, sedoides, Hiern, Cat. Afr. PL Weliv. i. 870. A perennial, 

 with trailing stems and pubescent branches. Leaves small, sessile, 

 oblong, entire, densely pubescent. Panicle small, with several forked 

 ascending subsecund densely pubescent branches; bracts small, folia- 

 ceous, oblong, densely pubescent. Calyx densely pubescent, ^\. in. 

 long. Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, much dilated at the throat ; 

 lower lip with a sharp tooth on each side at the base. — Oxyotis sedoides, 

 Welw. herb. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, 2100-3800 ft., U'rl- 

 witsch, 1629 ! 5594 ! 



27. .ffi. nodosus, Hiern, Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. >^(^>^. Stem stout, 

 woody, stiffly erect, brown, glossy, glabrous. Leaves subsessile or 

 shortly petioled, ovate or oblong, thick, obscurely crenate, IJ in. long, 

 subglabrous above when mature, pubescent mainly beneath on the 

 very ascending veins. Panicle lax, very large (8-1) in. long); branches 

 distant, very compound, erecto-patent ; spikes very lax, the largest 

 1-U in. long; bracts small, lanceolate. Calyx oblong, I in. long, 

 slightly lobed. Corolla twice as long as the csxXyx.— Oxyotis nodosa, 

 Welw. herb. 



X^ower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, 2100-3800 ft.. U'd- 

 ivitsch, 1627 ! 5596 ! 



