39C cii. LABiATiE (baker). \^Ji}olanthus. 



28. .SS. Medusa, Baker. Stem v/oody, straight, slender, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves distinctly petioled, small, thick, oblong, obscurely 

 toothed, pubescent. Panicle short, with two remote lower branches ; 

 branches short, ascending, very compound ; spikes slender, secund, at 

 most 1 in. long; bracts obsolete. Calyx globose, h lin. long, densely 

 clothed with white hairs. Corolla not seen. 



BXozaznb. 3>l8t. Portuguese East Africa : mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson ! 



21). .ffi. xnyrianthus. Baker. A tall erect perennial herb, with 

 subglabrous purple stems. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong-cuneate, 

 2-3 in. long, obtuse, distinctly crenate, cuneate at the base, the blade 

 decurrent on the petiole, subcoriaceous, green and nearly glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Inflorescence a nearly leafless lax thyrsoid panicle 1 ft. 

 long ; cymes peduncled, very compound ; branches lax, scorpioid ; flower- 

 bracts linear, longer than the calyx. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, 

 ^ in. long ; teeth minute. Corolla | in. long ; tube slender, subcylin- 

 drical ; upper lip as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the lip. 



XWozamb. Slst. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, south of Lake 

 Tanganyika, oOOO ft., Nntt ! 



oO. .ffi. Welwitschii, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 188. A 

 shrub, with woody glossy glabrous brown branches. Leaves small, 

 petioled, oblong, acute, subentire, thick, fleshy, glabrous. Panicle 

 short; branches few^, 2-3-furcate ; spikes very lax, at most 1 in. long; 

 bracts small, green, lanceolate or oblong. Calyx campanulate, obscurely 

 bilabiate, ^V in. long. Corolla J in. long; lower lip nearly as long as 

 the tube. Stamens not longer than the lower lip. — Hiern, Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 868. 



Jaovrer Guinea. Angola : province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5481 ! 5482 I 



31. .ffi. Buettneri, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 222. Stems erect, 

 branched, 1-1 i ft. long, perennial, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, oblong, rarely ovate, narrowed to the base, sub- 

 obtuse, 2 in. long, under 1 in. broad, membranous, entire or obscurely 

 crenate, glabrous on both sides. Bracts ovate, pilose, gland-dotted, yV 

 in. long. Calyx pilose, truncate, ^ lin. long in the flowering stage, in 

 fruit iV-yV '^^'i ^^® lower part persistent, shield-shaped. Corolla J-J in. 

 long ; tube narrow ; upper lip 4-lobed, lower cymbiform. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : near Bismarckburg, Butiner, 235, 250 ! in the 

 Ketschenko Steppe, Biiitner, 349. 



32. JE. petasatus. Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 0)2. A 

 tall herb. Stem robust, minutely pubescent ; internodes long. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, oblong, J- J in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 

 entire or obscurely denticulate, green, pubescent. Spikes 2-3 in. long; 

 whorls 1 -flowered ; internodes short; bracts obovate, ^V~iV ^^- ^^^&- 

 Calyx in flower y\ in., in fruit \ in. long ; lobes very small. Corolla 



