480 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Levcas. 



21. L. ebracteata, Waitn-a d- Peijr. in Sitzh. Acad. Wie'n, Math- 

 Nat, xxxviii. r)77. An jirmual herb, with softly pubescent stems 

 1-2 ft. long, branched from the base. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 

 obtuse or acute, 1-1 J in. long, deeply inciso-crenate, softly pubescent on 

 both surfa<;es. Whorls r)~(;-ilowered; bracts obsolete. Calyx 4-5 lin. 

 long, pubescent ; throat oblique, produced on the lower side. Corolla 

 whitish ; tube \ in. long ; upper lip as long as the tube. — GUrke in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 1;^>I) ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i «77. 



XiO^irer Guinea. Angola : Heiiguela ; on the borders of woods near Rensruela, 

 Wawra, 292; Mo.ssumedcs, Capello, 5, Welwitsch, 5501! 5516! 5517, Chella 

 Mountains, Johnston ! 



22. L. Holstii, Gurke in Engl PJl. Osi-Afr. C. 842. A much- 

 branched perennial, with ascending pubescent branchlets. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, ovate, 2-4 in. long, acuminate, rounded or narrowed 

 to the base, deeply. crenate, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls dense, 

 many- flowered, IJ-lJ in. diam., aggregated in a terminal head, sub- 

 tended by much-reduced leaves ; proper bracts obsolete. Calyx-tube 

 \ in. long ; throat very oblique ; teeth deltoid- cuspidate. Corolla 

 white ; upper lip J in. long. 



XMCozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usamhara ; Lutindi, 4800-5000 ft.. 

 Hoist, 3312 ! Kwa Mshuza, Hoist, 8925 ! 



2?). L. neuflizeana, Courh. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4, ser. xviii. 145. 

 An annual, with erect densely hairy stems J-I ft. long. Leaves sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, hairy, deeply crenate, the lower 1-2 in. long. Whorls 

 many, 8-12-flowered, the upper approximate, the lower spaced out; 

 bracts minute. Calyx densely hairy, \-\ in. long ; lower side produced ; 

 teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla-lips small. — Britten in Gregory, Great 

 Rift Valley, 896. L. paucicrenata, Vatke in Linnaea, xliii. 98. 



IVile Iband. Nubia : about 21° N. lat., coast-land up to between 3000 and 

 4000 ft., Bent! Dessi Island, in Anncsley Bay, Courbon. Eritrea: near Saati, 

 Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 327 ! Abyssinia, Ehrenberg ! British East Africa : Taita ; 

 Maungu Mountain, 2000 It., Johnston! Ndara, HUdebrandt, 2404! Ukauiba ; 

 K'ltui, HUdebrandt, 2744. Kilimanjaro expedition, 40-60 miles from the coast, 

 Johnston ! Ngurunga Kifaniko, south of Tzavo, Gregory, Bondoni, Gregory, Kapte, 

 Plains, Gregory. 



AKozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Lake Chala, VolJcens, 305 ! 



Also in Socotra. 



24. Ii. Schweinfortliiiy Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. L36. A peren- 

 nial herb, with long simple stems, densely clothed with short white hairs. 

 Leaves sessile, oblong, moderately tirm, pubescent on both sides, about 

 1 in. long, with a few shallow obtuse teeth in the upper half. Whorls 

 many, distant, few-flowered ; bracts linear, minute. Calyx finely 

 pubescent, J in. long ; throat oblique, produced on the lower side ; teeth 

 deltoid, minute. Corolla not seen. 



xrile Dband. British East Africa : Niamniam ; Baginse Mountain, Schwein- 

 furth^ 3823 ! 



