Plectranthus.'] cii. labiat.e (baker). K)7 



24. P. Emini, Garke in En(il. Jahrb. xix. 207. Stems branched, 

 pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, round-ovate, 1-1^, in. long, rather 

 thick, obtuse or subcordate at tlie base, acute, pubescent on both sides. 

 Inflorescence a lax racemose panicle ; whorls remote, 4-G-flowered ; 

 cymes sessile or shortly peduncled ; bracts small, ovate, acute ; pedicels 

 1 in. long, pubescent. Fruit-calyx 1 in. long; upper tooth ovate, acute, 

 the margins not decurrent ; lateral as long, lanceolate-deltoid ; lower 

 longer, lanceolate. Corolla bent down at the base. 



lHoxanib. Bist. (rertnan East Africa : Karagwe ; near Hukoba, Sfuhlmann, 

 3882. 



25. P. flacciduSy (jlurke iit Engl. Jahrb. xix. 200. 8tem long, 

 slender, erect, branched, fragile, slightly pubescent. Leaves long- 

 petioled, ovate, membranous, deeply crenate, obscurely pubescent, 

 1-2 in. long; petiole clothed with soft spreading hairs. Inflorescence 

 a very lax racemose panicle; branches long, slender; whorls 3-4- 

 flowered ; pedicels reaching \ in. long. Calyx finally I in. long ; upper 

 tooth small, orbicular; 4 lower short, deltoid. Corolla \ in. long. — 

 Coleus Jlaccidics, Vatke in Linnsea, xliii. 90. 



XtSozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usaramo; Haganioyo, Hildebrandf , 

 1261! Usarabara; Doda, ^o/.y/, 2980 ! 



'2Q. P. crenatus, GiXrhe in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 20S. Stems gland- 

 ular-pubescent or subtomentose. Leaves long-petioled, round-ovate, 

 2 in. long and broad, acute, rounded at the base, glandular-pubescent 

 or subtomentose on both surfaces. Whorls few-flowered ; pedicels long. 

 Flower-calyx \-\ in. long, clothed with long fine glandular hairs ; 

 upper tooth ovate, acute ; lateral shorter, lanceolate-deltoid ; lower 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla blue. 



lM:ozainb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usambara ; among shrubs in clearings 

 near Masheua, 4000 ft., Hoist, 8730. 



27. P. phryxotrichus. Briquet in Jhdl. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. GO. 

 An undershrub, with ascending dull green branches, clothed with long 

 crisped hairs, mixed with short adpressed pubescence. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, broadly ovate, under 1 in. long, acute or subobtuse, clo.sely 

 crenate, cordate or subcordate at the base, dark green and glabrescent 

 above, paler and pubescent beneath. Inflorescence racemo.se, lax, 3-4 

 in. long ; whorls simple, 2-G-flowered ; pedicels j in. long ; bracts small, 

 ovate-lanceolate, deciduous. Flower-calyx ^ in. long, clothed with 

 rigid or robust spreading hairs ; tube campanulate ; upper tootii ovate, 

 the rest lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla whitish-lilac, protruding l-\ 

 in. from the throat of the calyx ; lower lip ^ in. long. Stamens Anally 

 exserted. 



lao-wer Guinea ? Congo, Beivcvre, 862a. 



28. P. fragiliSy Baker. An annual, with slender erect simple 

 fragile obscurely pubescent stems 1 A-2 ft. long. Leaves long-petioled. 



