444 cii. LABIATE (baker). [CoklLS. 



74. C. scandens, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 221. Stems scandent, 

 pubescent, much-branched ; branches slender, divaricate. Leaves long- 

 petioled, round-ovate, membranous, lJ-2 in. long, acute, rounded at 

 the base, deeply crenate, pubescent on both sides. Inflorescence 

 racemose, secund, dense, long-peduncled ; cymes sessile, 2-3-flowered ; 

 bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels short, pubescent like the calyx. 

 Fruit-calyx J in. long ; teeth subequal, lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla blue. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa Mshuzn, 4000 ft., 

 Hoist, 9119 ! 9120a 1 Kilimanjaro: at Marangu, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1431 ! 



75. C. dissitifloruSy Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 217. A peren- 

 nial herb, with slender stems 3-4 ft. long and glandular-pubescent 

 branches. Leaves long-petioled, ovate-rhomboid, membranous, 2-2-J in. 

 long, cuneate at the base, crenate, glabrous above, pubescent and gland- 

 dotted beneath. Inflorescence racemose, simple, terminal, very lax ; 

 cymes compound,' 5-7-flowered; pedicels long, glandular-pubescent; 

 bracts ovate, persistent, foliaceous. Calyx in flower \ in., in fruit above 

 J in. long, pubescent, naked inside at the throat ; upper tooth broadly 

 ovate, acute, its edges slightly decurrent ; lateral teeth shorter, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate ; lower long, linear. Corolla violet, with a slender 

 tube longer than the calyx. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : between Buea and Mimbia, 3000 ft., Preuss, 1055 ! 



7G. C. 'Prenssiif Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 219. Stems 6-7 ft. 

 long, branched, pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, mem- 

 branous, about 5 in. long, 3 in. broad, acuminate, rounded or narrowed 

 to the base, deeply toothed, quite glabrous on both sides, dotted with 

 black glands below. Inflorescence racemose, lax ; whorls remote ; cymes 

 long-stalked, 5— 9-flowered ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; pedicels long. 

 Calyx pubescent, \ in. long in fruit, naked inside at the throat ; upper 

 tooth broadly ovate, its edges reflexed and rather decurrent ; lateral 

 teeth lanceolate- deltoid ; lower deltoid, acute, connate, finally inflexed. 

 Corolla blue. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near Buea, 2000-3000 ft., Preuss, 569, 691; 

 and without precise locality, Dusen, 309. 



77. C. punctatus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 291. A perennial 

 herb, with long stout pubescent stems. Leaves ovate, acute, broadly 

 rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, inciso-crenate, membranous, green 

 and pubescent on both surfaces, copiously dotted with black glands 

 beneath ; petiole long. Cymes with an elongated pubescent axis, 

 forming an ample panicle J ft. long, 2 in. diam. ; pedicels moderately 

 long, ascending ; bracts obsolete. Calyx finally J in. long ; tube very 

 short, densely pilose ; teeth ovate, the upper the longest. Corolla | in. 

 long ; tube decurved and dilated in the upper half ; upper lip small, 

 erect ; lower large, deeply concave. Stamens reaching the tip of the 

 lower lip. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Moero Plateau, south-west of Lake 

 Tanganyika, Carson, 25 of 1894 collection ! 



