Salvia.] cii. labiate (baker). 459 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea : Marakhat Valley, near Sagiineiti, 6800-7000 ft., Schwein- 

 furth Sf Riva^ 1683 ! Abyssinia : Saraen ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 565 ! Jebucl- 

 Gerara and Sokota, Rohlfs Sf Stecker • Shoa ; Antoto, Ragazzi ; and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 856 ! Roth ! 



Moasamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6000-8700 ft., Johnston ! 

 Volkens, 1331 ! Usarabara : Mlalo, ex GHirke. 



6. S. Hochstetteri, Baker. A perennial herb, with short erect 

 pubescent stems. Leaves (both basal and those of the stem except the 

 uppermost) deeply pinnatifid, thin, slightly pubescent ; basal distinctly 

 petioled ; upper stem-leaves small, ovate, simple, sessile. Whorls 6- 

 flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles ; bracts very small ; pedicels 

 very pubescent. Calyx under ^ in. long ; lips short ; upper with 3 

 cusps ; lower with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla-tube as long as 

 the calyx ; lips very short, upper oblong. — aS'. scabray Hochst. in Schimp. 

 PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 276 ; A. Kich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 193, not of 

 Thunb. S. nUotica, var. scabray Vatke in Linnaea, xxxvii. 329 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Air. 868. 



irile X>and. Abyssinia : Tigre ; near Adowa, by streams in low-lying valleys, 

 Schimper, 21 Q\ Dembea ; 3 exxdA, Steudner, l^QO\ Shoa; Ankober, 22o<A .' 



Imperfectly knoum species. 



7. S. Tnrdi, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 194. A shrub, with 

 tomentose virgate bi-anches. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, usually 

 obtuse, with a cuneate entire base, soft and tomentose on both sides. 

 Flowers aggregated in the axils of the leaves; whorls with a short 

 common peduncle; bracts linear. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, villous; 

 upper lip longest, broader than long, very obtuse ; lower obsoletely and 

 unequally 4-toothed. 



Included in A. Richard's Tent. Fl. Abyss., without any locality or name of col- 

 lector. 



The American iS. coccinea, Linn., was found by Moller iu the Island of St. Thomas, 

 and S. pseudo-coccinea, Jacq., by Welwitsch in Angola. 



29. NEPBTA, linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1199. 



Calyx-tube cylindric, with 15 distinct ribs; teeth 5, subec|ual. 

 CoroUa-tube dilated at the throat ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip concave ; 

 lower 3-lobed, the central lobe the largest. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 arcuate ; upper pair the longest ; anther-cells 2, divergent. Disk equal 

 or produced on the lower side. Style shortly bifid. Nucules ovoid, 

 obtuse, small.- — Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually ovate, 

 crenate, sessile. Whorls many-flowered, forming long racemose panicles 

 at the top of the stem. 



Species 120, concentrated in India and the North Temperate zone of the Old 

 World. 



