Coleus.] cii. LABIATE (baker). 438 



1 in. long; upper tooth round-ovate, apiculate ; edgefe not decurrent ; 

 lateral teeth lanceolate, as long as the upper ; lower longer, lanceolate, 

 very acuminate. Corolla blue, more than twice the length of the 

 calyx. 



lVXozaiiib> Dist. (ierman Kast Africa : Usauibara ; Kwa M.slmzii, 2()0() ft., 

 Hoist, 8895 ! 



30. C. Camporum, Gui-ke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 214. Stems ^-4 ft. 

 long, glabrescent below, pubescent upwards. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 fleshy, broadly ovate, 8-4 in. long, lJ-2^ in. broad, obtuse or subacute, 

 narrowed to the base, irregularly and deeply crenate, pubescent above, 

 tomentose below. Inflorescence racemose, simple, terminal ; whorls 

 remote, 6-10-flowered ; bracts broadly ovate or orbicular, acuminate; 

 pedicels J-J in. long, clothed, like the calyx and axis, with long spreading 

 hairs. Fruit-calyx ^ in. long ; upper tooth round, obtuse ; edges slightly 

 decurrent ; the other teeth subequal, rather shorter than the upper, 

 lanceolate-deltoid, acute, the lateral pair rather broader than the lower 

 pair, which are not connate. 



XMEozaxab. Dlst. German East Africa : at the foot of llhinoceros Hill, near 

 the ford of the Pangani, 2500 ft., Volkens. 



31. C. gymnostoxnus, Gurke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 212. Perennial. 

 Branches tomentose. Leaves distinctly petioled, thick, ovate, narrowed 

 to the base, 2-2|- in. long, 1 J-2 in. broad, obtuse or acuminate, crenate, 

 subtomentose on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, terminal only; 

 whorls 6-10-flowered ; pedicels J in. long, clothed like the axis with 

 spreading whitish hairs. Calyx \ in. long ; tube broad, short, tomentose 

 outside, naked within ; upper tooth orbicular-cuspidate, with shortly 

 decurrent edges ; the others lanceolate, acuminate. 



Mozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : without precise locality, Fischer, 333. 



32. C. Welwitschii, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 185. A shrub, 

 with trailing woody main stems and pubescent ascending branches. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, ovate, with a cuneate base, obtuse, crenate, densely 

 pubescent, 1-1 J in. long. Inflorescence racemose, long, la.x, simple; 

 whorls globose, many-flowered ; pedicels short ; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 protruding beyond the young flowers. Flower-calyx | in. long ; tube 

 campanulate ; upper tooth ovate, as long as the tube ; lower tooth ovate, 

 much shorter. Corolla \-\ in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5585 ! 

 5589 ! 



33. C. cuneatus, Baker f. in Journ. Bot. 1890, G4. Stems erect, 

 woody, clothed with red or fulvous pubescence. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 cuneate or cuneate-ovate, i-H in. long, coriaceous, serrate or crenate 

 upwards, entire near the" base, minutely buUate beneath. Whorls 

 simple ; lower nearly 1 in. apart ; pedicels pubescent, longer tliaii the 

 flower-calyx. Calyx hairy; upper tooth ovate, acute; lower triangular, 



