Micromeria.] cii. labiat^e (baker). 453 



Erarota Mountain, 10,700 ft.. Schimper, 765 of 1862 collection ; Ankober, Roth, 508 ! 

 between Yenitclia (Jennija) and Sebit, north of Magdala, Steudner, 1431 ; and without 

 precise locality, /S't'Aimjtjer, 4 ! 765! 792! Flowden ! Britislj Somaliland: Darra-as, 

 5000 ft.. Miss Edith Cole ! 8errut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Uildebrandl, 

 1564! British East Africa : Uuwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., iicott- Elliot, 7765! crater 

 south of Lake Naivasha, 7000-8000 ft., Thomson! Machakos, 5000 6000 ft., Scoit- 

 Elliot, 6617! Kikuyu, Scott-Elliot, 6608! Guaso Mairi and Lanjoro, south of 

 Guaso Thegu and at the west foot of Mount Kenia, Gregory. 



JaOvreT Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; Humpata, Johnston! Cunene River, 

 Johnston ! 



Mozaznb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; at 4000-6000 ft,, Johnston, 

 98! 99! 194! between Marangu and Majame, 4500-9000 ft., Meyer, 110, 349; at 

 Mue River, above 9000 ft., Meyer, 244; Kifinika Volcano, 10,000 ft., Volkens, 940 ! 

 and on the Plateau, 12,600 ft., Volkens, 1 197 ! Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Hoht, 

 9079! Lower Plateau north of Lake Nyasa, Thotnson ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 mountains east of Lake Nyasa, Johnson ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., TFhyte ! Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500- 

 4000 ft., Whyte ! Zomba Plateau, 4800 ft., TFhyte ! Mount Malosa, Cameron, 10 ! 



Also in South Africa and India. 



2. M. longiflora, Ilochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. Xo. 2192. 

 A much-branched perennial herb with firm slender trailing stems, pubes- 

 cent upwards. Leaves nearly sessile, firm, lanceolate, pubescent, entire, 

 the lower J-1 in. long. Cymes 3-6-flowered, shortly peduncled in the 

 axils of produced leaves. Calyx densely pubescent, j in. long ; teeth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla J-| in. long ; tube longer than 

 the calyx, funnel-shaped at the throat. — M. unguentaria, Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. 124 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 865. 



xrile Xiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; mountains near Jaja, 5700 ft., Schimper, 

 2192! 



3. M. abyssinica, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 224. A much- 

 branched perennial herb. Stems slender, ascending, finely pubescent, 

 1-2 ft. long. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, crenate, 

 finely pubescent, the lower 1-lJ in. long. Whorls many, distant, 

 sessile, many-flowered, only the lowest subtended by large leaves ; 

 pedicels ^-| in. long. Calyx nearly \ in. long ; tube cylindric, 

 strongly ribbed ; teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla-tube not longer than 

 the calyx. — Avetta in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60. Melissa ahys- 

 sinica, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 326 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 365. 



Nile Z.and. Eritrea : Saganeiti, in Marakhat Valley, 6800-7100 ft., Schtrein- 

 furth Sf Eiva, 1715 ! Abyssinia : Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 326 ! 1846 ; 

 kdow A, Quartin- Billon (^ Petit ! Samen; below Debra Eski, ibVAim^^^r, 159 ; Ghaba 

 (Gcba River ?), Steudner, 1432 ; Amba Sea, 6500 ft., Schimper, 379 ; Lotho, 8900 W., 

 Schimper, 4:1b ; Shoa ; CorH, Ragazzi, Let-Maretia, Ragazzi; and without precise 

 \ocA\\ty , Petit ! Plowden ! *SMmper, 948 ! Roth, 512! British Somaliland : Scrrut 

 Mountains, near Maid, 5200-5800 ft., Hildehrandt, 1424! 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at Marangu, 4600 ft., 

 Volkens, 268! at 6000 ft., Johnston! Smith! Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, Uolst, 

 9160! 



Also in Arabia. 



