458 cii. LABiATiE (baker). [Salvia. 



Trop. Afr. 367. S. hypoleitca^ Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 

 Exsicc. No. 1916. 



J711e Land. Abyssinia : Tigre ; at the village of Hazabo, near Axum, 7000- 

 8000 ft., Schimper, 1916! Samen ; Doqua, Steudner, 1394! Province of Wojerat, 

 Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit, 18 ! Shoa ; Aliu Amba, near Ankober, Roth, 526 ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 3 ? 



Also in Arabia. 



4. S. nndicauliS) Vahl ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 294. A peren- 

 nial herb, with most of the leaves concentrated in a basal rosette, and 

 with a short slightly pubescent stem. Leaves linear-oblong, thick, 

 rugose, crenulate, l|-2 in. long, densely pubescent beneath. Whorls 

 about 6 -flowered, forming a lax racemose panicle ; bracts small ; pedicels 

 very short. Calyx very hairy, \ in. long; lips as long as the tube; 

 upper entire or elnarginate; lower deeply bifid. Corolla-tube as long 

 as the calyx ; upper lip arched, J in. long ; lower much shorter, 

 deflexed. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 367. S. abyssinica, Hochst. 

 in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 160; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 192. 

 aS'. congesta, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 194 ; Vatke in Linnaea, xliii. 

 93. 



Wile &aod. Eritrea : Habab, Hildehrandt, 436, near Saganeiti, 6500-7000 ft., 

 Schweinfurth <^ Riva, 811 ! 852 ! near Acrar,610O ft., Schweinfurth, 1003 ! Abyssinia : 

 Tigre ; near Adowa, Schimper, 160 ! Mai Samia, near Adowa, Rohlfs Sf Stecker, 

 Abba Gerima, near Adowa, 6800 ft., Schimper, 642 ; Samen; Bachit Mounta.in, 

 Schimper, 99; Katz, Rohlfs Sf Stecker; Urahut district, Schimper, 597, Eraieta 

 Mountain, 11,300 ft., Schimper; and without precise locality, Quartin- Dillon ^ 

 Petit, 21 ! 23 ! Schimper, 855 ! 857 ! British Somaliland ; Serrut Mountains, near 

 Maid, 5800 tt., Sildebrandt, 1420! and without precise locality. Miss Edith Cole! 

 Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 



Also in Arabia. 



Var. nubia. Baker. Stem longer, bearing several pairs of oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves. — S. nubia, Ait. ; Benth. in DC. Prod, xii, 295. 



irile &and. Nubia, Forster ! Eritrea: Bogos; Ainsaba Valley, Steudner, 

 1387 ! Abyssinia : on Mount Bachit and in fields near Enjedcap, Schimper, 541 ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 859 ! 



5. S. nilotica, VaM ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 350. A perennial 

 herb, with long erect pubescent branched stems. Lower leaves petioled, 

 lyrate, | ft. long, thin, pubescent ; upper sessile, ovate, entire. Whorls 

 about 6-flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles; bracts small, green, 

 ovate ; pedicels short. Calyx J in. long ; tube funnel-shaped, pubes- 

 cent ; lips shorter than the tube ; upper with 3 small cusps ; lower 

 with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla pale blue; tube as long as the 

 calyx ; upper lip oblong, concave, ^ in. long ; lower very small, broad, 

 with reflexed edges and an emarginate central lobe. — A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 193; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 3G8 ; Avetta in 

 Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60, S. ahyssinica, Jacq. Ic. t. 6. S. pungena^ 

 Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 565. 



