Plectranthtbs.'] cii. labiat.*: (baker). 411 



lower small cusps. Corolla J in. long ; cylindrical portion of the tube 

 longer than the calyx. 



xrile Ziand. British East Africa: Bongo; Gir, Schueinfurlh^ 24901 



41. P. glandulosuSy Hook.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Vi. 17, vii. 210. 

 A much-branched erect herb, 8-10 ft. high, with slender pilose 

 branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, cordate ovate, acute, deeply crenate, 

 membranous, glabrous, the lower 4-5 in. long and nearly as broad. 

 Inflorescence an ample, decompound, terminal panicle ; lower branches 

 bracteated at the base by large leaves ; branchlets slender, glandular- 

 pubescent; lower whorls of the branchlets of few-flowered peduncled 

 cj'^mes ; pedicels longer than the calyx. Flower-calyx y^g— yV in. long ; 

 tube very short ; upper tooth large, ovate ; lower smaller, ovate ; 

 fruit-calyx | in. long ; lower teeth large cusps. Corolla | in. long ; 

 lower lip nearly as long as the tube. 



upper Guinea. Cameroona : Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 2029 ! 

 Fernando Po, 7000 ft., Mann, 318 ! 



42. P. eleganSy Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 8G. 

 Stem erect, perennial, hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 1-i in. 

 long, acute, cuneate at the base, crenate, scabrous and dark green above, 

 pubescent beneath, with prominent veins. Cymes shortly peduncled, 

 2-8-flowered, forming a long narrow panicle; pedicels J in. long; 

 bracts small, ovate, acute. Calyx minutely hairy, broadly campanulate, 

 yV in. long ; upper tooth ovate, obtuse, the othei-s acuminate. Corolla 

 3-4 lin. long. Stamens exserted. 



Mozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, WAyte. 



43. P. parvus, Oliv. in To'ans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 347. 

 An erect annual, with the habit of Circcea ailpina, with slender fragile 

 simple or branched hairy stems ^ ft. long. Ijeaves long-petioled, ovate, 

 acute, membranous, crenate, hairy, 1-1 J in. long. Inflorescence race- 

 mose, short ; lower cymes compound, few-flowered ; pedicels longer than 

 the calyx. Flower-calyx ^ in. long; upper tooth short, ovate ; lower 

 small, acute. Corolla \ in. long. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 



44. P. Johnstonii, Baker. An erect herb, with slender pilose 

 branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, crenate, mem- 

 branous, slightly pubescent, the lower 2-3 in. long. Panicle small, 

 racemose, short ; cymes few-flowered, shortly peduncled ; branchlets 

 very slender, densely pubescent; pedicels long or short. Flower-calyx 

 \ in. long; tube campanulate, pubescent; upper tcwth ovate; lower 

 as long, lanceolate. Corolla mauve-lilac, J in. long ; lower lip oblong, 

 deeply concave, as long as the tube. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, «9 ! 



45. P. pratensiSy Gurhe in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 201. Stems nearly 

 2 ft. long, erect, branched, pubescent or subtomentose. Leaves long- 



