Leucas.] cii. labiate (baker). 479 



18. L. Welwitschii, Gilrke in Engl. Jah7'b. xxii. 141. A perennial 

 herb, with slender shortly hairy stems. Leaves nearly sessile, su})orbi- 

 cular or broadly ovate, distinctly crenate, about 1 in. long, thinly hairy 

 on both sides. Whorls few-flowered, confined to the upper nodes; 

 bracts minute. Calyx hairy, funnel-shaped, J; in. long ; throat subequal ; 

 teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla-lips as long as the calyx, densely villous. 

 — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 876. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5563 ! 



10. L. tomentosa, Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 343. A 

 tomentose undershrub 4-5 ft. high, with ascending branches. Leaves 

 sessile, oblanceolate, deeply crenate towards the obtuse apex, pubescent 

 on the upper surface, tomentose beneath. Whorls many-flowered. 

 Calyx densely villous; throat subequal; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. 

 Corolla white. 



IVXozamb. Dlst> German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; between the Pangiuii 

 and Himo Rivers, 2000-2500 ft., teste CHirke. 



20. L. martinicensis, R. Br. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 533. An 

 erect branched annual herb, 2-3 ft. high, with pubescent branches. 

 Leaves oblong, thin, petioled, distinctly crenate, hairy on both sides, 

 sometimes 2-3 in. long. Whorls very dense, remote ; bracts large, 

 subulate. Calyx very hairy, \ (finally \) in. long ; throat oblique ; 

 upper lip produced ; teeth subulate, unequal, the largest finally J in. 

 long. Corolla small, fugitive. — A.. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 200 ; 

 Yatke in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 95 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 

 139 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 123 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 088 ; 

 Zarb, Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 33 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 370 ; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 876 ; L. Schimperi, Hochst. ex A. Br. 

 in Flora, 1841, i. 279 ; Avetta in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 61. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur (f) 122 ! Gambia, Brown-Lester, 40 ! 

 Ingram ! 



irile Xiand. Nubia : Hor Tamanib, near Suakin, Lord I Cordofan : Obeid, 

 Pfund, 22\ Eritrea: Bogos ; Keren, Steudner,\AQA:\ ^\\o\\os conwiry , Ehrenberg ; 

 Habab, 5800 ft., Sildehrandt. Galabat : region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 148 ! 

 Sennar, Prince of Wurtemherg. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Haniedo, 5200 ft., Schimper, 

 139, near Adowa, Schimper, 15! Shire ; on the banks of the River Tacazze, Petit, 

 124! Shoa ; Fiume Havasch, near Mount Bosset, cultivated specimen, Ragazzi ; 

 Samen ; Jaja, 6500 ft., Schimper, 283, Ataba, Steudner, 1409 ; and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 261 ! Somaliland : near Harar, Hardegger cf Paulitschke. 

 British SomaULmd, without precise locality, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! British East Africa : 

 Jnr; Jur Ghattas, -Sc^weiw/wr^A, 2406! Torn district, near Ruweuzori, at Kivatn, 

 Scott-Elliot, 7653 ! 



I.ower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5503 ! 5542 ! 5586b. 



Mozamb<i Blst. Pemba Island, Bojer ! German East Africa: Uniainwezi ; 

 W\r\ms,'\, Speke Sf Grant, \^\\ and Muhulalo, ex Giirke. Kilimanjaro; Marangn. 

 4S00 ft., Volkens, 6061 U.sambara ; Amboni, //oAv/, 28 12 ! Vsixnuno, Stnhlmann / 

 British Central Africa : Northern Zambesia ; Bornma, Menuharfh, 971 ! Nynsaland ; 

 Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 79 ! 



A cosmopolitau tropical weed. 



