Plectranthus.] cii. labia'i\+: (bakeji) 415 



pubescent, oblong, crenate, with an entire cuneate base. Bi-anches of 

 the panicle laxer than in P. Ci/li7ulraceii.s, the end one 5-6 in. long, one 

 or few to a stem ; flowers in dense globose whorls ; pedicels very sh'ort ; 

 bracts small, ovate, pubescent. Flower-calyx yL i^- lo»g» densely 

 clothed with short white hairs; tube campanulate ; teeth^ 8ube<|ual, 

 short, deltoid. Corolla hairy, twice as long as the calyx. - A. Rich' 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 181 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 127- Engl 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358. ' 6 • 



irile Iiand. Abyssinia: Sameii ; iieiir .laja (Dschadsclia), (loix) ft,, Srhimper, 

 .S87, and without precise locality, Schimper, 14/) I 11)25 : 



58. P. sanguineus, Britten in 2'rana. Linn. Soc. Hot. ser. 2, Jiot. 

 iv. oG. A shrub with pubescent woody branches. Leaves developed 

 after the flowers, only seen in a young state, subsessile, orbicular, with 

 a cuneate base, crenate, pubescent. Inflorescence a very dense short 

 terminal racemose panicle ; rhachis densely hispid ; w horls many- 

 flowered, simple; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, J in. long, 

 densely hairy, exuding (like the bud-scales, corolla and stamens) bright 

 red resinous drops ; teeth lanceolate, subequal, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla J in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. 



Xtlozamb. Uist. British Central Africa : Nvasaland ; Mount Mlanie, 6000 ft 



Whyte ! 



50. P. primulinus. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 181)5, 1^92. Stems 

 perennial ; branches long, softly woody. Leaves unknown. Inflores- 

 cence a short very dense oblong racemose panicle 1 h-'2 in. long ; cymes 

 sessile ; pedicnls very short. Calyx finally J in. long, densely pilose ; 

 tube campanulate ; teeth linear, equal, longer than the tube. * Corolla 

 pale yellow, pilose, |- in. long ; tube rather longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens reaching the tip of the lower lip of the corolla. 



l^ozamb. »ist. British Centra) Africa . Moero Plateau, south-west of Lake 

 Tanganyika, Carson, 36 ! 



60. P. densus, X A\ Broirn in Kew Bulletin, 181)4, li>. An under- 

 shrub, with erect woody pubescent branches. Leaves unknowji. 

 Inflorescence a racemose panicle ; branches dense, 1-1.\ in. long; bracts 

 obovate or oblanceolate, ^— J in. long, twice as long as the pedicels. 

 Calyx '2-'2h lin. long, with 5 sube(|ual lanc-eolate acuminate teeth. 

 Corolla 5 lin. long. 



Mozamb. Bist. (xerman East Africa: Higher IMateaux north of Lake .\\nsa, 

 Thomson 1 



01. P. stenosiphon, Baker. An annual, with erect simple 

 slender glabrous stems 1-1 ^ ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, mem- 

 branous, ovate, crenate, obscurely pubescent, 2-3 in. long ; petiole 

 longer than the blade. Inflorescence racemose, moderately dense, 3-4 in. 

 long; flowers 5-G in a whorl ; bracts minute ; pedicels short, pubescent. 

 Calyx pubescent, iV~iV ^^' ^^"is J ^'^''^® campanulate; teeth ovate- 



