Plectra I dhu^.^ cii. labiat.* (baker). 103 



membranous, shortly pubescent on both sides, the lower 0-7 in. long, 

 3 in. broad at the middle. Inflorescence racemose, lax, 1 ft. or more 

 long ; flowers 15-20 in a whorl ; pedicels pubescent, finally \-\ in. long. 

 Fruit-calyx \ in. long ; upper tooth large, ovate ; 4 lower large cUsps. 

 Corolla \-\ in. long. 



XWozamb. Blst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Nukujumbii, in the 

 Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 365 ! 



8. P. stachyoides, Oliv. in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxix. 130, <. 81. A 

 perennial herb, with stout erect simple pubescent stems 3-4 ft. long. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, ovate or oblong, pubescent, conspicuously crenate, 

 the lower 3 in. long. Inflorescence a dense narrow terminal racemose 

 panicle, the end branch 6-8 in. long ; whorls many-flowered ; bracts 

 ovate, pubescent, foliaceous, J in. long ; pedicels short. Fruit-calyx 

 \ in. long; upper tooth ovate; 4 lower as long, deltoid-cuspidate; tube 

 campanulate, very hairy. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Madi, in woods, Speke Sf Grant, 732 ! 



9. P. Lastii, Baker. A perennial, with long simple slender 

 pubescent stems. Lower leaves nearly sessile, obovate-cuneate, ob- 

 scurely crenate, thick, pubescent, 1 in. long. Inflorescence racemose, 

 lax ; whorls many-flowered ; pedicels pubescent, longer than the calyx. 

 Flower-calyx pubescent, ^ in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper tooth 

 ovate, as long as the tube; 4 lower large, linear. Corolla J in. long. 



IMEozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; near Blantyre, Last ! 



10. P. floribundus, var. longipes, X. E. Br. in Kew Btdletin, 

 1894, 13. A shrub, reaching a height of 8-10 ft., without any leaves 

 at the flowering season. Leaves (seen only in the Natal type) sessile, 

 oblong, coriaceous, nearly entire, pubescent, 2-3 in. long. Inflorescence 

 a long lax terminal racemose panicle ; branches ascending, verticillate, 

 2-3 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, }-\ in. long, like the rhachis 

 rough with glands; bracts small, oblong, acute, persistent. Calyx finally 

 \ in. long, hairy and glandular ; tube campanulate ; upper lip ovate ; 

 lower teeth lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow, i-J in. long. 



TaO'weT Guinea. Angola : near the River Cunene, Johnston I 



IVIozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Lower Plateau, north of Lake Xyasa, 



Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills 10()0-2CX>0 ft., 



Meller ! Moravi country, west of Lake Nyasa, Kirk ! in woods near Blantyre. 



3000 ft., Scott! Missale, Nicholson! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 8^0 l 



Matabeleland : in the valley of the Umzingwane River, Baines ! 



The type, which has shorter pedicels, occurs in Natal and the Transvaal. 



11. P. minixnus, GUrke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 20.'). Stems erect, 

 very slender, pubescent^ 1-4 in. long. Leaves very small, shortly 

 petioled, ovate, crenate, rather thick, pubescent and dotted with black 

 glands on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, very short; cymes l-:'»- 

 flowered, sessile ; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, very small ; pedicels 

 j\-J- in. long, pubescent like the calyx. Fruit-calyx ,V-J in. long; 



