436 cii. LABiAT.E (baker). [Coleus. 



41. C. xnaculatus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 210. A shrub 

 with hairy branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly ovate or sub- 

 rhomboid, J3- 4 in. long, 2-.'> in. broad, narrowed to a short petiole, 

 obtuse, irregularly and deeply crenate, subtomentose on both sides. 

 Inflorescence racemose, terminal, very long ; whorls remote, G-10- 

 flowered ; bracts ovate, subobtuse ; pedicels \ in. long, like the axis and 

 calyx clothed with long spreading hairs. Fruit-calyx 1 in. long ; tube 

 short ; throat densely hairy inside ; upper tooth ovate, acute, with flat 

 shortly decurrent edges ; the others lanceolate. Corolla bhie ; tube 

 bent down ; lower lip long. 



IVSozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; near Marangn, 5000 ft., 

 I'olkens, 429. 



42. C. aulihanensis, Schioeinf. c& Volk. Liste PL Somalis, 12. A 

 shrub 7-8 ft. hi^h, with fleshy rather thick branches, without leaves 

 at the time of flowering. Inflorescence racemose, terminal, subsessile, 

 glanduloso-villous ; whorls 4-5, approximate, 8-flowered ; flowers 

 strongly scented; pedicels J-| in. long. Calyx finally J in. long; 

 upper tooth broadly ovate ; lower subulate. Corolla above 1 in. long ; 

 lower lip large, acute, villous. Stamens as long as the lower lip. 



xrile ^and. Somaliland : in the country of the Aulihan tribe, Ghika. 

 Near C. igniarius, Schweinf. 



43. C. lasianthus, Gierke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 212. Perennial. 

 Stems villous. Leaves unknown. Inflorescence racemose, terminal, 

 dense ; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, obtuse, villous, thick, 

 nearly J in. long ; pedicels adpressed to the axis, villous, shorter than 

 the calyx. Calyx \ in. long, villous outside and at the throat inside ; 

 tube broad, short ; upper tooth round-apiculate, the edges scarcely 

 decurrent ; the rest subequal, deltoid, acute. Corolla-tube curved ; 

 lower lip much narrowed to the base. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Irangi district, Fischer, 507. 

 Allied to C. comosus and C. decumbens. 



44. C. longipetiolatus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. .214. An 

 undershrub, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, ovate- 

 elliptic, 4-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, 

 deeply serrate, ciliate, glabrous except on the principal ribs. Inflorescence 

 racemose, lax, terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves ; whorls few- 

 flowered; bracts small, linear; pedicels J-J in. long, clothed like the 

 axis with brown pubescence. Fi-uit-calyx \ in. long ; tube short, broad ; 

 upper tooth deltoid-ovate, acuminate ; edges scarcely decurrent ; lateral 

 teeth lanceolate- deltoid, acuminate ; lowest lanceolate, acuminate, 

 connate downwards. Corolla-tube bent down ; lower lip long, cymbi- 

 form. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usambara ; at Kwa Mshuza, 5000 ft., 

 HoUf, 9076 ! 



Near C. garckeanus, Vatke. 



