41 G cii. I,ABlAl^'^: (bakeii). [Plectranihus^. 



lanceolate, subeciual. Corolla I in. long; tube very slender, three 

 times the length of the calyx. 



XtXoxamb. Dlst. Hritisli Centra! Africa : Nvasalaiul ; near the River Shire, 



Kir/c ! Zambesi {f). Kirk ! 



iV>. P. betonicsefolius, Jkiker in Kew Balletin, 181)5, 72. Stem 

 herbaceous, perennial, 2-:> ft. long ; branchlets clothed with white down. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, the lower 1 i -2 in. long, crenate, green 

 on the face, clothed with white pubescence beneath. Peduncle long, 

 naked. Inflorescence a dense simple cylindrical racemose panicle, 3 in. 

 long ; axis densely pilose; bracts ovate, cuspidate. Calyx yV in. long, 

 densely clothed with purple woolly hairs ; teeth subequal, deltoid. 

 Corolla pubescent, 0-7 lin. long ; tube much longer than the calyx, 

 dilated in the upper half ; upper lip small ; lower large, very concave. 

 Stamens included. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, south of Lake 

 Tanganyika, 5000 ft , Carson, 64, 79 ! Nutt ! 



08. P. horridus. Baker. A coarse herb, with the habit of Urtica 

 diolca. Stems erect, simple, with spreading white bristly hairs. Leaves 

 ovate, membranous, pubescent, deeply crenate, 2-;> in. long ; petiole 

 long, clothed with bristles like those of the stem. Inflorescence race- 

 mose, lax, simple, 8-4 in. long ; flowers about six in a whorl ; rhachis 

 coarsely pubescent ; pedicels unequal, some longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx ji.T-J in. long; teeth ovate-lanceolate, subequal. Corolla J in. 

 long ; tube scarcely longer than the calyx. — Germanta horrida, Hiern, 

 Cat. Afr, PI. Welw. i. 808. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5537 I 

 5613 : 



04. P. pubescens, Baker. An erect perennial, with branched 

 densely pubescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly ovate, 

 about 1 in. long, acute, shallowly cordate at tlie base, deeply crenate, 

 membranous, green and densely pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls 

 lax, arranged in a long racemose panicle ; bracts minute ; pedicels 

 pubescent, | in long. Fruit-calyx pubescent, J in, long ; teeth small, 

 subequal, deltoid oi- lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla I in. long. Stamens 

 included. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Whyie ! Nyika Plateau, 7000 ft., Whiff e! 



65. P. nyikensis. Baker. A much-branched undershrub, with 

 woody pubescent branches. Leaves shortly petioled, broadly ovate or 

 suborbicular, |-1 in. long, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, firm, 

 green and pubesceiit on both surfaces. Cymes few flowered, umbellate, 

 arranged in a moderately long lax racemose panicle ; bracts small, ovate, 

 foliaceous ; pedicels densely pubescent, /. in. long. Calyx densely 



