Achi/rospermum.] cii. labiate: (baker). 405 



pubescent, shorter than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, finally J in. long ; 

 tube funnel-shaped; teeth ovate, subequal, y\r in. long. Corolla }f in. 

 long ; upper lip o])long, lower orbicular. Stamens jui-t exserted. 



Mozamb. I>lst. Hritish ('cntral Africa: Nyasalatid ; Musuka I*l:i(t';m, OSC-K)- 

 7(XX) ft., Wht/ie ! 



6. A. nyasanum, Baker. A perennial, with densely hairy steins. 

 Leaves petioled, cordate-ovate, crenate, densely hairy on both sides. 

 Racemes terminal only, dense, oblong-cylindiical, ^-?> in. long; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, J in. long. Calyx slightly hairy, 

 J in. long ; teeth ovate or oblong, rather shorter than the oblong tube. 

 Corolla-tube shortly exserted ; lips ^ in. long. 



Mozaxnb. I>lst< Portuguese East Africa : Mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson ! 



7. A. africanuxn, Hook. f. A perennial, with densely hairy 

 erect woody stems ?)-^ ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, 

 acute, membranous, crenate, 4-5 in. long, slightly hairy, narrowed 

 suddenly at the base to the winged petiole. Racemes terminal only, 

 dense, oblong-cylindrical, 4-5 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts 

 ovate, green, as long as the calyx. Calyx \ in. long, slightly hairy ; 

 teeth ovate, acute, shorter than the tube. Corolla purple. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 2000-3000 ft,, Mann, 

 1297 ! 1949 ! Victoria, 3000 ft., Kalhreyer, 99 ! 



8. A. sethiopicum, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 56. A 

 perennial, with erect woody pubescent stems 4-H ft. long. Leaves long- 

 petioled, ovate, acute, membranous, deeply crenate, slightly hairy, 4-5 in. 

 long, narrowed suddenly to the winged petiole. Racemes both terminal 

 and axillary, dense, oblong-cylindrical, 3-4 in. long; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts ovate-cuspidate, pale green, pubescent, lower \ in, long. Flower- 

 calyx hairy, \ in. long ; teeth ovate, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 whitish ; tube not exserted ; lips small, — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 874. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in damp sliady woods, especially 

 about the Calundo Waterfall, 3200 ft.. Welwitsch, 1633 ! 



32. STACHYS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 



1208. 



Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, 5-10-ribbed ; teeth 5, subequal. Corolla- 

 tube included or exserted ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip ascending, oblong, 

 concave ; lower deflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate ; 

 lowest pair the longest; anther-cells 2, parallel or divaricate. Disk 

 usually equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules ovoid or oblong, 



