Flecti'tinthus.]^ cii. labiat.+: (bakeu). 41;; 



49. P. albus, Giirke in Knyl. Jahrh. xix. 2<»2. Stems branclied, 

 1)-10 ft. long; branchlets pubescent or sul)tomentose. Leaves mem- 

 branous, distinctly petioled, '2-2}^ in. long, ovate, cordate or rounded at 

 the base, acute, crenate, pubescent on both sides. Inflorescence a race- 

 mose panicle ; whorls remote, G-fiowered ; cymes distinctly peduncled ; 

 pedicels ^-1 in. long; bracts ovate, acute. Fruit-calyx \-\ in. long, 

 declinate, pubescent; upper tooth broader, deltoid-ovate, acute, the 

 others shorter, subeciual, deltoid, acute or acuminate. Corolla white, 

 finely pubescent. 



XMCozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Kilimaiijiiro, .lOOO-GOOO ft. rolkens 

 744. 



Near P. laxiflorus, Benth. 



r)0. P. violaceus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 201. Stems erect, 

 branched, 6-7 ft. long; branchlets glandular-pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous, long-petioled, ovate, the lower "> in. long, 3-4 in. bi-oad^ 

 acute or acuminate, rounded at the base, strongly crenate, glabrous on 

 both sides. Inflorescence a lax racemose panicle ; cymes distinctly 

 peduncled; whorls 6 - flowered ; pedicels \-\ in. long; bracts small, 

 oblong-lanceolate. Fruit-calyx \ in. long, declinate, glandular-pubes- 

 cent ; upper tooth largest, ovate-deltoid, acute, the others rather 

 shorter, deltoid, acute, subequal. Corolla violet. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usambara : Lutiiidi, o(XX> ft.. Hoist, 

 3317 ! 



Near P. laxiflorus, Benth. 



51. P. hylophilus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 2Mo. Steins 

 branched, G-7 ft. long; branchlets glandular-pubescent. Leaves long- 

 petioled, membranous, ovate, the lower 4 in. long, 3 in. broad, cordate 

 or subcordate at the base, acuminate, deeply serrate, both sides sparsolv 

 clothed with adpressed hairs. Inflorescence a lax racemose panicle ; 

 cymes 3-flowered, distinctly peduncled ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 pedicels J in. long, glandular-pubescent, as are the calyx and rliachis. 

 Calyx very accrescent, finally ^ in. long ; upper tooth broader, ovate- 

 deltoid, acuminate ; lateral shorter, lanceolate, acuminate ; lower longer, 

 sub-rigid, subulate. Corolla violet, 4-5 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Catiieroons: near Mann's Spring, 72(XMt., P/vm,v.v, 815 I 



52. P. orbicularis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 2(i."J Stems 

 but little branched, pubescent, 1^ ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, orbi- 

 cular, membranous, 1-2 in. long and broad, obtuse or cuspidate, dee]>ly 

 cordate at the base, deeply toothed, glabrous, gland-dotted beneath. 

 Inflorescence racemose, lax; whorls distant, (l-flowered : cymes shortly 

 peduncled ; bracts round or broadly ovate ; pedicels J in. long, shortly 

 pubescent, as are the calyx and axis. Fruit-calyx \ in. long; upper 

 tooth broadly ovate, cuspidate ; lateral teeth deltoid, acuminate : lower 

 lanceolate-deltoid, acuminate, longer than the upper. Corolla declinate. 



XVIozamb. Bist. Zanzibar, <SV«A/;nrt'WM, S2(). (ierinan East Africa : rsainl):ira : 

 Upanga Swamp, 7/o/.sV, 41 59. 



