464 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Achyrospemium. 



1. A. radicanSy Gurke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 343. An under- 

 shrub, with a rooting base and pubescent branchlets. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, ovate, 4-8 in. lon^:^, acuminate, cuneate at the base, membra- 

 nous, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls congested in short dense 

 heads arising from old leafless branches ; bracts small, ovate. Calyx 

 \ in. long ; tube funnel-shaped ; teeth small, deltoid, unequal. Corolla 

 red, pubescent, 3-4 times the length of the calyx. Nucules furnished 

 with narrow spathulate obtuse ciliate scales. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Lutindi, Hoist, 3294 ! 

 Gonja, KoUt, 4219 ! 



2. A. Carvalhi, Gurke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 343. An under- 

 shrub, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves with a long petiole, ovate, 

 4-8 in. long, acuminate, narrowed to the base, membranous, serrate, 

 pilose on both surfaces. Whorls congested in short dense heads arising 

 from old leafless branches ; bracts ovate, acuminate, villous. Calyx 

 pubescent, sub-bilabiate ; teeth deltoid, acute, unequal. Corolla red, 

 pubescent. 



Mozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa: Gorongosa district, Carvalho. 



3. A. laterale. Baker. An erect perennial, with long finely pubes- 

 cent woody stems. Leaves all near the apex of the stem, long-petioled, 

 cordate, acute, thin, deeply crenate, 3-4 in. long, pubescent on both 

 sides. Panicles several, sessile on the stem below the leaves, ascending, 

 dense, oblong-cylindric, 1-1 J in. long; pedicels very short; bracts 

 ovate, membranous, small, green. Calyx \ in. long, hairy ; tube oblong; 

 teeth ovate, shorter than the tube. Corolla reddish. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; on the top of VVirandi, 

 near Blantyre, Buchanan, 98 ! 



The Javan A. densiflorum, Blume, is given by Dr. Henriques (Holet. Soc. Brot. x. 

 150) as occurring in the Island of St. Thomas, where it has been collected by Quintas. 



4. A. oblongifolium, Baker. A perennial, with short slender 

 densely hairy erect stems. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong with a 

 cuneate base, acute, membranous, obscurely crenate, 3-5 in. long, 

 li-2 in. broad, finely pubescent on both sides. Panicles terminal only, 

 dense, oblong, 1 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts shorter than the 

 calyx. Calyx pubescent, ^ in. long : teeth ovate, acute, subequal, shorter 

 than the oblong tube. Corolla not seen. 



Xjpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter, 1697 ! 



5. A. crjrptanthum, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 162. An 

 undershrub. Branchlets woody, terete, densely pubescent. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, ovate, 3-4 in. long, acute, rounded or cuneate at the base, 

 crenate, green and thinly pilose on both surfaces. Cymes sessile, 

 umbellate, forming a dense cylindric terminal panicle 5-6 in. long ; 

 bracts foliaceous, broadly ovate, the lower J-J in. broad ; pedicels 



