476 cii. LABIATE (bakeu). [Letocas. 



small ; flower-bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Calyx densely 

 pubescent, J in. long ; tube short ; throat equal ; teeth equal, setaceous. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; upper lip small, oblong. Stamens 

 not exserted. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Whyte, 178 ! 214 ! and between Mpata and the commencement of the 

 Tanganyika plateau, Whyte ! 



5. L. masukuensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 102. An erect 

 perennial herb. Stem slender, branched, densely pubescent. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, very small, broadly ovate, acute, broadly rounded at the 

 base, subentire, green and slightly pilose on both surfaces, closely dotted 

 with black glands beneath. Whorls close, many-flowered, forming a 

 long cylindrical panicle ; primary bracts small, ovate ; pedicels very 

 short ; flower bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 

 J in. long ; tube subcylindrical, equal at the throat ; teeth subequal, 

 lanceolate-setaceous. Corolla- tube as long as the calyx ; lips small. 

 Stamens not exserted. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 



7000 ft., TThyte ! 



6. Li. cuneifolia. Baker. A perennial herb, with short hairy 

 stems. Leaves subsessile, obovate-cuneate, firm, densely hairy, under 

 1 in. long, crenate in the upper half, entire in the lower half. Whorls 

 many, few-flowered; bracts large, linear. Calyx densely hairy, \ in. 

 long ; throat not oblique ; teeth minute, deltoid. Upper corolla-lip as 

 long as the calyx. 



xrile Iiand. Somaliland : Zafarag, James Sf Thrnpp ! 



7. Li. usagarensiSy Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 1 38. Stem 1 J-2 ft. 

 long, slightly branched, pubescent. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, l|-2 in. long, about 1 in. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base, sharply serrate, sparsely villous on both surfaces. Whorls many- 

 flowered ; bracts linear-subulate, hispid, as long as the calyx. Fruit- 

 calyx § in. long, hispid ; throat slightly oblique ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 

 mucronate. Corolla violet, under § in. long. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usagara ; Kidete, Stuhlmann, 183. 



8. Ij. nubica, Benth. in DC. IWod. xiii. 530. A much-bi-anched 

 erect annual, with pale finely pubescent stems. Leaves thin, petioled, 

 ovate, acute, crenate, slightly hairy, the lower lJ-2 in. long. Whorls 

 many, distant, many-flowered ; bracts large, linear, strongly ciliate. 

 Calyx-tube hairy, \ in. long ; throat not obUque ; teeth large, linear- 

 subulate. Corolla-lips small. — Schweinf . Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 1 28. 



irile Iband. Cordofan : among shrubs, on the plain of Arashkol Mountain, 

 Kotschy, 111 ! Katul Gombara, Pfundy 202! and without precise locality, Kotschy^ 

 70 ! Abyssinia : in fields, near Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2168! 



