42G cii. LABiAT.'E (baker). [Coleus. 



Calyx pubescent, J-J in. long ; upper tooth ovate, as lon^ as the 

 tube ; lower lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla above J in. long ; lower lip 

 deeply concave, oblong-navicular, nearly as long as the tube. — N. E, Br. 

 in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 11. C. tuherosas, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 185 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. ?>60, non Benth. C. palust7'is and 

 C. rivularis, Yatke, 1. c. 



Xlle Xiand. Abyssinia : Begeraeder ; near Gafat, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1X72 ! 

 1212 ! in marshes at Jau Meda, 8400 ft., Schimper^ 1186 ! Province of 8hire, near 

 Kouaieta, Quartin-JDillon ; in the province of Godjani, Quartin- Dillon ; and without 

 precise locality, Parkyns ! 



4. C. Kilimandschariy Giirke in Eiujl. llochgeblrgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 359. A perennial, with branchlets villous when young, pubes- 

 cent when mature. Leaves subsessile or shortly petioled, thick, 

 jfleshy, ovate-cune^ate, deeply crenate, the lower 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 

 broad, very hairy, canescent below. Panicles racemose, very long \ 

 whorls remote, subglobose, 0-10-flowered, Calyx densely clothed with 

 white hairs ; throat villous inside ; upper tooth ovate ; lower lanceo- 

 late-subulate. 



l^ozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, at Marangu, 4900 ft., 

 Volkens, 427 ! Meyer, 377, and in forest at about 8000 ft., Meyer, 116. 



5. C. comosus, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 183. An 

 undershrub, with a woody main stem and short densely pubescent 

 branches. Leaves sessile, obovate-cuneate, thick, fleshy, pubescent, 

 crenate in the upper half ; whorls aggregated into a short dense ter- 

 minal spicate panicle ; bracts small, orbicular, foliaceous ; pedicels 

 obsolete. Calyx hispid, \ in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper tooth 

 small, ovate; lower lanceolate. Corolla nearly 1 in. long; tube very 

 short ; lower lip very large, deeply concave. — Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 

 212; C. sjncatus, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 71, ex parte. C. caninns^ 

 Vatke in Linnsea, xxxvii. 318 (excl. syn. Both); Engl. Hochgebirgsfl^ 

 Trop. Afr. 359. 



Nile I.and. Eritrea : Cliagali, 3200 ft., Schiveinfurih Sf Riva, 1071 ! near 

 Acrur, 6000 ft., SchweinfuHh Sf Riva, 1339! Near Aidereso, 4O0Oft., Schwein- 

 furth ^ Riva, 2202! Abyssinia: Tigre ; Mount Semayatsi, 8000 ft., Schimper^ 622. 

 Mount Erareta, 11,300 ft., Schimper • Mount Aber, near Jenausa, Schimper, 1328, 

 in the province of Shire, Quartin- Billon ; near Wadela Village in south-east 

 Abyssinia, Steudner, 1422, and without precise locality, Schimper, 63 I 



G. C. salagensis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 220. Boot tuberous. 

 Stems branched, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, mem- 

 branous, ovate, 2-3 in. long, 1—1 J in. broad, acute, narrowed to the 

 base, nearly or quite glabrous on both sides, gland-dotted. Panicles 

 racemose, lax, terminal; w^horls G-10-flowered ; bracts ovate ; pedicels 

 J-J in. long. Calyx pubescent, naked inside at the throat; upper tooth 

 round-ovate, acute ; edges not decurrent ; lateral very short, round. 



