Coleus.] cii. LABiATyE (baker). 443 



69. C. concinnus, Baker. Stems slender, erect, fragile, shortly 

 pubescent. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, membranous, truncate at 

 the base, IJ in. long, shortly pubescent. Panicle very lax, terminal, 

 J ft. long ; cymes lax, peduncled ; pedicels short. Fruit-calyx ^ in. 

 long; tube cam panulate ; teeth small; upper tooth ovate ; lower teeth 

 lanceolate. Corolla J in. long; lower lip longer than the tube. — 

 Germanea concinna, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI, Welw. i. 8G1. 



ILower Guinea* Angola : province of Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft., Wel- 

 witsch, 5533 ! 



70. 0»ten\ixc?ivlis^ Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 211. Stems 

 annual, slender, pubescent, erect, much branched, 1 ft. long. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate, crenate, pubescent, moderately j&rm, J-1 in. long. 

 Panicle J ft. long or more, very lax, terminal ; cymes lax, peduncled ; 

 pedicels short, pubescent. Fruit-calyx pubescent, J in. long ; upper 

 tooth ovate, small ; lateral teeth small cusps ; lower larger cusps. 

 Corolla J in. long; lower lip longer than the tube. — Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 361. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1939 ! 



71. C. cunenensiSy Baker. .A perennial, with firm slender 

 densely pubescent stems. Leaves petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, small, 

 densely pubescent. Panicles terminal, very lax ; lower cymes few- 

 flowered, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels short. Flower-calyx pubescent, 

 ^ in. long ; upper tooth small, ovate ; lateral teeth small cusps ; lower 

 large cusps. Corolla | in. long ; lower lip as long as the tube. 



XiOwer Guinea. Angola : near the River Cunene, Johnston ! 



72. C. viridiSy Briqiuet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 181. A tall herb, with 

 green glabrescent branches. Leaves with a long petiole, ovate, \l-'2 in. 

 long, acute or acuminate, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, irregu- 

 larly crenate, green and glabrescent on both surfaces. Inflorescence 

 racemose, reaching 8 in. long ; cymes many-flowered, lower distinctly 

 peduncled ; pedicels \ in. long ; bracts deciduous. Fruit-calyx |-^ in. 

 long ; upper tooth ovate ; lateral teeth short, minutely cuspidate ; lower 

 acuminate. Corolla protruding \ in. from the throat of the calyx ; upper 

 lip very small ; lower large. Stamens included or slightly exserted. 



South Central. Conj^o Free State : Lnnda ; Mussumbn, Popge, 3G5. 



73. C. shirensis, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 216. A perennial 

 herb, with densely pubescent branches. Leaves petioled, broadly ovate, 

 membranous, 2-3 in. long, acuminate, rounded at the base, deeply 

 crenate, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Cymes many- 

 flowered, very compound, forming a long narrow panicle; bi-acts small, 

 deciduous; rhachis and pedicels very hairy, the latter \-^ in. long. Fruit- 

 calyx hairy, \ in. long ; upper tooth ovate ; lateral teeth shorter, oblong, 

 obtuse ; lowest acute, connate nearly to the apex. — PUctranthus glandu- 

 losiis, Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. ;i7, not of Hook. f. 



Mozamb. Bist. Britisli Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Jf^^y/c .' 

 and without precise locality, Buchanan, 376 and 002 of 1891 collection ! 



