456 cii. LAiiiAT^ (baker). [Ccdamintha. 



Nori, Sleudner, 1438; Begemeder; Debra Tabor, 8700 ft., Schimper, 1144! Urahut; 

 Erareta Mountain, 11,000 ft., Schimper, 722. 



4. C. paradoxa, Vatke in Lin^icea, xxxvii. :^27. A perennial herb, 

 with many slender ascending hairy stems 1 ft. long. Leaves obscurely 

 petioled, thin, ovate, obtuse, faintly crenate, nearly glabrous, 1-1 J in- 

 long. Whorls condensed into a short oblong terminal spicate panicle. 

 Calyx ^-J in. long ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla-tube as long as 

 the calyx ; limb short. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 366. 



DTlle Xiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Debra Tabor, 8600 ft., Schimper, 1546 ! 



27. MERIANDRA, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1194. 



Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, 10-ribbed ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip 

 3- toothed ; lower ^ifid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; limb with 4 sub- 

 equal lobes. Perfect stamens 2 ; anthers with two shortly stipitate 

 cells ; posticous stamens represented by 2 small staminodia. Disk 

 equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules obovoid-oblong, smooth. — 

 Erect shrubs. Leaves rugose, crenulate. Whorls many-flowered, spaced 

 out or dense. Flowers small. 



Species 2, botb Indian, one of them also in Africa. 



1. M. bengalensis, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 262. A much- 

 branched erect shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with densely pubescent branches. 

 Leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, rugose, minutely 

 crenate, with a scent like those of Salvia officinalis, but stronger. 

 Whorls very dense, globose, forming long racemose panicles at the end 

 of the branches ; lowest bracts as long as the flowers. Calyx densely 

 pubescent, J in. long. Corolla white ; tube as long as the calyx ; limb 

 small.— A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 191 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 

 653 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 367. Salvia abyssinica, R. Br. 

 in Salt, Abyss. Append. 62. S. schimper iana, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. 

 Abyss. Exsicc. No. 1781. 



Wile Xiand. Eritrea : Saganeiti, 7100 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 1213 ! 

 Degerra Valley, near Saganeiti, 7100 ft., Schweinfurth Sf i2im, 1254! Abyssiniai : 

 on the higher mountains of the Province of Urahut, Schimper, 1781 ! and without 

 precise locality, Salt, Ruppell. 



Also ill Arabia and India, where it is commonly cultivated for its sage-like leaves. 



28. SALVIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1194. 



Calyx-tube funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip entire or 3- 

 toothed ; lower lip bifid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate ; 

 upper lip concave, entire or emarginate ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 2, arcuate; filaments short; connective forked, one branch 

 only bearing a perfect cell, the other usually a small rudimentary one ; 

 2 minute staminodia often present. Disk usually produced on one side. 

 Style bifid at the apex. Nucules ovoid-triquetrous, smooth. — Herbs or 



