Coleics.] cii. LABiAT.E (bakeu). 421> 



15. C. buUulatus, Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Behj. xxxvii. CD. 

 Stem thinly clothed with short crisped pubescence. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, 1-2 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, crenate, pubescent on 

 both surfaces, bullate. Cymes subsessile, forming a lax racemose panicle 

 5-0 in. long ; pedicels tinally J-^ in. long ; bracts deciduous. Flower- 

 calyx I in. long ; upper tooth broadly ovate, with decurrent edges ; 

 lateral small, obtuse ; lower lip broad, membranous, emarginate. Corolla 

 protruded J in. from the throat of the calyx ; tube declinate : lower lip 

 \ in. long. Stamens not exserted. — Solenostemon biUlatnfi, Briquet in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xix. 180. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : Lunda ; Lulun Uivor, Pofjife, 356. 



16. C. lanuginosuSy IIochst.\ Benth. in DC. Frod. xii. 70. Root 

 bearing small tubers. Stem long, erect, branched, fragile, pubescent. 

 Leaves petioled, ovate, membranous, crenate, densely pubescent, 2-8 in. 

 long. Panicle racemose, long, lax, simple, axillary and terminal, the end 

 one 0-8 in. long ; whorls many-flowered : pedicels as long as the fruit- 

 calyx. Fruit-calyx densely hairy, \ in. long ; upper tooth large, ovate, 

 4 lower large, lanceolate. Corolla J in. long ; lower lip as long as the 

 tube. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, u. 184; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. 137; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 300; N. E. Br. in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 11. C. albidus, Vatke in Linnaea, xxxvii. 321 ; Engl. 

 1. c. 3(51. 



Xrile Iiand. Eritrea : Saganeiti, on the north side towards .Selet, 6500-7100 ft., 

 Sckiveinfurtk ^ Riva, 1184- ! Abyssinia: Tigre ; new Adowa, Schimper, 1915! 

 Aniba Sea, 6500 ft., Schimper, 251 ; Begemeder ; Mettaro, 800 ft., Schimper, 317 \ 

 near Magdala, Sfeudner, 1391 ; Mount Erareta, 11,700 ft., Schimper; Aman Eski, 

 Schimper^ 342 ; Samen ; Ghaba, Steudner, 1391 ; province of Shire, Quart in- Dillon ; 

 and witliout precise locality, Quart in- Dillon Sf Petit, 3 ! British East Africa : Unyoro, 

 Speke Sf Grant, 588 ! 



17. C. trichophorus. Briquet in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 130. A dwarf 

 little- branched herb. Stems very hairy, creeping at the base, then 

 suddenly ascending. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, rounded at the 

 base, membranous, crenate-dentate, with scattered short hairs on both 

 sides. Panicle racemose, 5-0 in. long; whorls distant ; pedicels \-\ in. 

 long, glandular-pubescent; bracts deciduous. Calyx campanulate, at 

 first J in., finally J in. long ; tube very villous ; teeth subulate, as long 

 as the tube. Corolla \-\ in. longer than the calyx. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia: Aman Eski Mountain, 6500 ft., Schimper, 342 of 1854 

 collection. 



Near C. lanuginosus, Hochst. 



18. Cobarbatus, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 71. An erect perennial 

 2-4 ft. high, with woody main stems and pubescent branches. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate or oblong, obtuse, crenate, cuneate at the base, 1-4 in. 

 long, very pubescent on both sides. Panicle racemose, lax, simple, J-1 ft. 

 long; whorls many-flowered; pedicels hairy, pubescent, reaching 1 in. 

 long ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, pubescent, deciduous. Fruit-calyx \ in. 



