Coleus.] cii. LABIATE (baker). 427 



obtuse; lower acuminate, connate, shorter than the upper. Corolla 

 blue, J-J in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : near Bisciarckburg, Kling, 199, Biittner, 94, 

 690. 



This is known as the " Salaga Potato " by the colonists. 



7. C. elatus. Baker. A herb 5-G ft. high, with pubescent stems. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, acute, crenate, membranous, nearly 

 glabrous, 6 in. long, narrowed very gradually into a narrow wing to 

 the petiole. Panicles racemose, very lax, simple, axillary and terminal, 

 the end one reaching 8-9 in. long ; whorls distant, many-flowered, 

 pedicels short. Fruit-calyx J in. long; upper tooth ovate; lateral 

 small cusps, lower large cusps. Corolla red, ^ in. long ; lower lip 

 deeply concave, as long as the tube. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, 2000 ft., Mann, 584 I 

 laO'wer Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1661 ! 



8. C. mwenzoriensis. Baker. Stem slender, erect, pubescent. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 2-3 in. long, acute, not cordate at the 

 base, deeply crenate, membranous, thinly hairy on both surfaces. 

 Panicles racemose, simple, very lax, axillary and terminal, the end one 

 6 in. long ; lower whorls 6-8-flowered ; pedicels pubescent, ^-^ in. long ; 

 bracts small, ovate. Fruit-calyx glabrescent, i in. long ; tube cam- 

 panulate; upper tooth ovate-lanceolate, longer than the tube ; 4 lower 

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

 long as the tube. 



TTlle Iiand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, in forest shade, 8000-10,000 ft., 

 Scott-Mliot, 7556 ! 7798 ! 



9. C. decurrens^ GUrke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 215. Stems pubes- 

 cent, 3-4 ft. long. Leaves petioled, oblong, membranous, 4-5 in. long, 

 2-2J in. broad, acute or acuminate, decurrent at the base, serrate, 

 glabrous. Panicles racemose, branched at the base ; whorls distant, 

 6-8-flowered ; cymes sessile ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels short, clothed, 

 like the axis and calyx, with dense pubescence. Flower-calyx \-\ in. 

 long, naked at the throat inside ; upper tooth orbicular, obtus^e ; margins 

 scarcely decurrent ; lateral teeth deltoid, acuminate ; lower pair lanceo- 

 late-subulate, longer than the upper. Corolla bright yellow. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : by the side of a brook, near Huea, 3000 ft., 

 Freuss, 948. 



10. C. leptophyllus. Baker. Stems long, erect, slender, fragile, 

 slightly pubescent. Leaves petioled, oblong, membranous, deeply 

 crenate, nearly glabrous, cuneate at the base, 5-6 in. long, 2^-'.> in. 

 broad at the middle. Panicles racemose, lax, 6 in. long ; flowers usually 

 2 in a whorl ; pedicels erecto-patent, | in. long. Flower-calyx i in. long ; 

 fruit-calyx J in. ; upper tooth ovate, shorter than the oblong tube; 4 lower 

 as long, lanceolate. Corolla h in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. 



wile Z.and. British East Africa; collected in a journey Iroin Kibi to the Gulla 

 Country, Wakefield ! 



