438 cii. LABiATiE (bakek). [Coleus. 



49. C. poggeanuSy Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 182. A tall 

 herb, with slightly pilose brauches. Leaves dibtinctly petioled, broadly 

 ovate, above 1 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, regularly crenate, 

 green and subglabrous on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose. 6 in. 

 long, lax downwards ; lower cymes very shortly peduncled ; pedicels 

 yV-J in. long ; bracts lanceolate, more or less persivStent. Fruit-caiyx 

 \ in. long; upper tooth ovate, shortly decurrent; lateral teeth truncate ; 

 lower acuminate. Corolla protruding J in. from the throat of the 

 calyx ; upper lip very small ; lower J in. long. Stamens not exserted. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Lunda ; Mussumba, Pogge, 364. 



50. C. silvaticus, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 213. Stems erect, 

 branched, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, membranous, ovate, 1-1^ 

 in. long, rounded or narrowed at the base, acuminate, deeply serrate, 

 glabrous above, pubescent when young beneath. Inflorescence race- 

 mose, branched ; whorls remote, 8-14-flowered ; cymes sessile or shortly 

 peduncled ; pedicels \~\ in. long, pubescent like the axis. Upper tooth 

 of the calyx round-ovate, obtuse ; edges slightly decurrent ; lateral teeth 

 shorter, oblong, obtuse or cuspidate ; lower very long (J in.) subulate, 

 connate downwards. 



SCozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; on the border of the 

 forest of tall trees. Hoist, 3704, 3708. 



51. C. floribundus. Baker. An erect perennial herb, with shortly 

 pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, ovate, acuminate, deeply crenate, 

 membranous, pubescent, those at the base of the panicle 2 in. long. 

 Inflorescence a lax ample panicle, above 1 ft. long, with ascending 

 branches, slightly compound downwards ; pedicels i^2~i ^°- ^^^^j densely 

 pubescent. Flower-calyx densely pubescent, J in. long ; teeth sub- 

 equal, as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla | in. long ; lower lip 

 as long as the tube. 



xrile Xiand. Abyssinia : without precise locality, Schimper, 21 of 1863 collec- 

 tion ! 



52. C. garckeanns, Vatke in Linncea, xxxvii. 323. A tall herb, 

 with erect fragile pubescent stems. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, acute, 

 deeply crenate, membranous, 4-5 in. long, slightly hairy on both sides. 

 Inflorescence racemose, lax, cylindrical, 1 ft. long; cymes many- 

 flowered, distant, sessile, slightly compound ; pedicels pubescent, some- 

 times J-| in. long. Flower- calyx J- J in. long ; upper tooth ovate, as 

 long as the tube ; 4 lower teeth as long, lanceolate. Corolla nearly 

 1 in. long ; lower lip longer than the tube. — Engl. Hocharebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 361. 



wile Ziand. Abyssinia: Begemeder; in the valley of the River Reb and on 

 the surrounding mountains, 7000-8000 ft., Schimper, 1193 ! 



53. C. betonicoides. Baker. Stem erect, branched, shortly 

 pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, crenate, cuneate at the base, 

 not very thin, 1-2 in. long, pubescent on both sides. Inflorescence 

 racemose, 8-9 in. long; wh^^rls distant, dense, globose, sessile, slightly 



