Calamijitha.] cii. labiate (baker). 455 



Species 40, concentrated in tbe North Temperate zone of both hemispheres. 



Whorls of flowers lax, axillary. 



Whorls from the upper nodes only. 



Leaves flat . . . . . . . 1. C. simensis. 



Leaves with revolute edges . . . 2. C. Kilimandschari. 



Whorls from nearly all the nofJes . . 3. C cryptaniha. 



Whorls of flowers condensed into an oblong head . . 4. C. jmradoxa. 



1 . C. simensiSy Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 230. A much-branched 

 perennial herb, with spreading slender pubescent stems 3-12 in. long. 

 Leaves obscurely petioled, ovate or suborbicular, faintly crenate, pubes- 

 cent, J-J in. long. Whorls about 6-flowered, lax, the lower or all sub- 

 tended by developed leaves ; pedicels densely hairy, ^-J in. long. Calyx 

 J- J in. long; tube cylindric, hairy; teeth small, those of the upper 

 lip lanceolate, those of the lower lip larger, lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla 

 J in. long ; limb short. Stamens included. — A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 

 ii. 190; Engl. HochgebirgsE. Trop. Afr. 366; Avetta in Ann. Lstit. 

 Bot. Roma, vi. 61 (including var. ohtusifolia). Melissa alpi7ia, var. 

 simensis, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 366. Xepeta 

 Ehlersi, Schweinf. in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368 (name only). 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000-10.500 ft., Mann, 

 1293 ! 1302 ! 2031 ! Upper Slopes, 8000 ft., Johnston^ 21 ! 49 ! Fernando Po ; 

 Clarence Peak, 8,500 ft., Mann, 617 ! 



srile Ziand. Abyssinia : Samen ; on rocks in the middle region of Mount 

 Bachit, Schimper, 999! Urahut district, on Erareta Mountain, 9800 ft., Sckimper, 

 721! Wojerat district, Pe^rY ; Shoa; Let-Marefia, 5a^azzi; Autoto, JZa^azzi ; and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 107 ! Roth, 519 1 



nXozazul). I>ist. Gentian East Africa : Lower Plateau north of Lake N^asa, 

 Thomson ! Kilimanjaro, 3000-8000 ft., Kersten, Meyer. 



2. C. Kilimandschari, Giirke in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Ajr. 

 366. A perennial herb, with slender creeping pubescent stems. Leaves 

 petioled, suborbicular, \-\ in. long, thick, pubescent on both sides, with 

 a revolute obscurely crenate margin. Inflorescence as in C. simensis. 

 Calyx |-i in. long ; lower teeth subulate ; upper shorter. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



MEozaznb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; near Johannes Gorge, 

 12,300 ft., Volkens, 1194 ! from Mue River to the limit of vegetation, 9000-13,000 ft., 

 Meyer, 234. 



3. C. cryptantha, Vatke in Linnoeay xxxvii. 328. A perennial herb, 

 with slender diffuse pubescent stems 1-1| ft. long. Leaves petioled, 

 thin, broadly oblong with a cuneate base, conspicuously crenate, finely 

 pubescent, J-1 in. long. Flowers few in a whorl, produced in the axils 

 of the leaves all down the stem ; pedicels pubescent, as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx \-\ in. long ; teeth small, of the upper lip ovate, of the lower 

 lanceolate. Corolla small and stamens in part sterile in some of the 

 specimens seen. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 366. 



M-lle Xiand. Abyssinia : Wojerat district, Quartin- Dillon (f Petit, 2 ! Samen : 



