430 CII. LABIATyE (baker). [Cohus. 



long, pubescent, campanulate ; upper tooth suborbicular, mucronate, 

 as long as the tube ; 4 lower small cusps. Corolla bright blue, 

 J in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 183 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1432 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 137 ; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 625 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 359 ; N. E. Br. 

 in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 10. C. Forskohlii, var. adoensis, Briquet in Ann. 

 Jard. Gen^v. ii. (1898) 235. Plectranthics barbatiis, Andr. Bot. Rep. 

 t. 594. Ocimum ciivereum, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss., App. 64. 



vile ILand. Nubia : Erkowit Mountain, near Suakin, Schiceinfurth, 229 ! 

 Eritrea : Ginda, 3000 ft., Sehweinfurth, 390 ! Bogos ; Atirba, near Keren, Steudner, 

 1392 ! Lalasse Mountain, near Keren, Steudner, 1400. Abyssinia : Tigre ; near 

 Adovva, Schimper, 333! Mount Sholoda, 7000 ft., Schimper, 284; province of 

 Wojerat, Petit ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 502 ! Plowden ! British 

 East Africa : Uganda ; in cultivated ground, Wilson, 124 ! 



AKozamb. 91st. (lerman East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Mininga, Speke Sf Qrant, 

 73 ! 



Also in Tropical Asia. 



Var. Schimperi, Baker. A low alpine form, with very woody main stems and 

 shortly densely pubescent branches, leaves, and flowers. — C Schimperi, Vatke in 

 Linnsea, xxxvii. 320; Engl. 1. c. 360. C. rupestris, llQch^X. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 

 No. 2172. 



Xrile Ziand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; summit of Mount Semayata, 9800 ft., Schimper, 

 618 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 41 ! 



19. C. gomphophyllus. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 225. A 

 perennial herb, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves petioled, 

 obovate-cuneate, the lower lJ-2 in. long, shallowly crenate, membra- 

 nous, densely pubescent on both surfaces. Panicles racemose, long, 

 lax ; whorls ebracteate, 10-1 2- flowered; pedicels longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx pubescent, finally \ in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper lip ovate, 

 the others lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; upper 

 lip small ; lower oblong, 4-5 lin. long. Stamens not exserted beyond 

 the lower lip. 



irile Xtand* British Soraaliland : Golis range, Mrs. IE. Lort-Phillips ! 



20. C. flavovirens, Gurke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 347. Stem 

 villous, with jointed hairs. Leaves petioled, lanceolate or oblong, 

 narrowed to the base, acute, crenate, moderately thick, yellowish -green, 

 pubescent and furnished with yellow glands on both surfaces. Panicles 

 racemose, dense, terminal ; bracts ovate, acuminate, villous ; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx accrescent, villous outside and at the 

 throat inside ; upper tooth suborbicular, the others subulate, subequal. 

 Corolla violet. 



BSozamb. Blst. Kilimanjaro : near Lake Chala, 3000 ft., Volkens, 1771. 



21. C. Schinzii, Giirke in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 555. A tall herb, 

 with a- simple or slightly branched rather thick stem, clothed with long 

 spreading hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong or obovate, the lower 



