Leiicas.'] cii. labiat.*: (baker). 477 



9. L. microscypha, leaker. A much -branched erect annual under 

 I ft. high, with nearly glabrous stems. Leaves siiortly pttioled, ovate, 

 under 1 in. long, inciso-crenate in the upper half, moderately firm, green 

 and nearly glabrous on both surfaces. Whorls many-flowered, forming 

 dense leafless terminal spicate panicles ^-1| in. long; bracts large, ri^^id, 

 linear-subulate. Calyx pubescent, J in. long; tube campanulate ; throat 

 not at all oblique ; teeth subulate, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla 

 small. Stamens included. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Whyie ! 



10. L. masaiensis, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 403. A pe- 

 rennial herb, vi^ith short slender ascending thinly hairy stems. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, small, obovate-cuneate, pubescent, crenate except at the 

 base. Whorls solitary, terminal, many-flowered; bracts large, linear, 

 densely rigidly ciliate. Calyx hairy, { in. long; throat equal; teeth 

 minute, deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla half as long again as the calyx ; 

 upper lip densely hairy. — Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. xv. 74, t. 1405. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! 



11 . L. venulosa, Baker. A perennial herb, with slender shortly 

 densely pilose branches. Leaves shortly petioled, thick, obovate- 

 cuneate, J-J in. long, crenate in the upper half, greenish and thinly 

 pilose above, densely pilose with raised veins beneath. Whorls few, 

 many-flowered, remote, axillary; bracts large, subulate, hairy. Calyx 

 hair}', narrowly funnel-shaped, J in. long; throat not oblique; teeth 

 minute, deltoid -cuspidate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



Wile X.and. British East Africa : Ukainba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Ellioi, 6463 ! 



12. L. EUiotii, Baker. An annual, with slender erect branched 

 finely pilose stems under 1 ft. long. Leaves subsessile, obovate or the 

 upper oblanceolate, J-| in. long, obtuse, crenate, pilose on both surfaces. 

 Whorls few, distant, many-flowered, axillary ; bracts large, subulate, 

 densely pilose. Calyx funnel-shaped, hairy, J in. long ; throat not 

 oblique ; teeth small, deltoid, with a large cusp. Corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx. 



Wile Kand. British East Africa : amongst long grass at Gilgil River, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6566 ! 



13. Li. Pechneliiy Baker. A suflfruticose perennial, with stems 

 densely clothed with adpressed white hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 oblong, entire or obscurely crenate towards the tip, 1^, in. long, densely 

 clothed with adpressed hairs on both sides. Whorls :^-4-flowered ; 

 bracts subulate. Calyx densely clothed with white woolly hairs; 

 teeth, 5 longer and subulate, and 5 intermediate A-J their length. 

 Upper lip of corolla densely villous. — Lasiocorys Pechudii, O. Kuntze 

 in Jahrb. Konigl. bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 271. 



Kower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Pe%chel-Loe»ehe. 



