Coleus.'] cii. LABiAT/E (bakeu). 437 



45. C. orbicularis. Baker. A shrub 4 ft. high. Stems stout, 

 woody, densely pubescent. Leaves petioled, orbicular, fleshy, crenate, 

 slightly pubescent, 8-4 in. long and broad. Panicle racemose ; branches 

 few, dense, the end one 5-6 in. long ; rhachis densely villous ; cymes 

 many-flowered, slightly compound ; pedicels reaching \ in. long. Fruit- 

 calyx J in. long, densely pubescent ; teeth small ; upper ovate ; lower 

 lanceolate. Corolla hairy, ^ in. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : province of Benguella, Welwitsch, 5619 ! 



4G. C. latifolius, Ilochst. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 71 Root 

 tuberous, Stems erect, simple, fragile, pubescent, 1 ft. long. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, membranous, pubescent, 1-3 in. long, 

 cuneate at the base. Inflorescence racemose, lax, simple, 4-6 in. long ; 

 cymes sessile, many-flowered, dense, slightly compound ; pedicels as 

 long as the calyx. Fruit-calyx J in. long ; tube campanulate ; upper 

 tooth large, ovate ; lateral shorter, orbicular ; 2 lower acute, connate 

 high up. Corolla J in. long ; lower lip longer than the tube. — A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 184; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 361. 



liflle Ziand. Abyssinia : Samen ; in fissures of rocks near Gapdia, 4000-7000 ft., 

 Schimper, 825! Gafta, Schimper, 1228! Begemeder ; near Sanka Berr, 7500 ft., 

 Schimper, 1225 ! In the province of Shire, Quartin- Dillon, and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 645 ! 



Var. madiensis, Baker. Stems branched. Leaves smaller, truncate at the base. 

 Cymes laxer. Calyx smaller. — C. latifolius, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 137. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Madi, common, Speke Sf Q-rant! 



Perhaps a species distinct from the Abyssiniaa plant. 



47. C. dysentericus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 10. Root 

 globose, tuberous. Stem short, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves petioled, 

 fleshy, oblong, obtuse, shallowly crenate, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, narrowed 

 very gradually to the petiole. Inflorescence racemose, very lax, 3-5 in. 

 long ; whorls distant, globose, sessile, shghtly compressed ; pedicels 

 short, pubescent. Flower-calyx yV in. long, pubescent ; tube campanu- 

 late ; upper tooth large, ovate ; lower teeth small, deltoid. Corolla 

 \ in. long, hairy outside. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Yoruba, Barter, 846 ! 



Cultivated and used in cases of dysentery under the name of " Krodyn." 



48. C. nervosus. Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 185. A tall herb, 

 with ascending pilose branches. Leaves petioled, oblong, H-2 in. long, 

 subobtuse, narrowed to the base, regularly crenate, green on both 

 surfaces, pubescent especially beneath. Inflorescence racemose, 2-4 in. 

 long; cymes nearly sessile; pedicels very short; bracts deciduous. 

 Calyx in flower h lin., in fruit ^-J in. long ; upper tooth ovate; lateral 

 teeth small ; lower lanceolate, connate downwards. Corolla protruding 

 \ in. from the throat of the calyx ; upper lip small, minutely 3-lobed ; 

 lower J in. long. Stamens included. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Kasongo; near the Lomami Kiver, Pogge, 

 1034. 



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