LeiLcas.] cii. labiate (baker). 481^ 



')4. Ij. paucijuga, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 18!);'), 22('». A poren- 

 nial herb, with slender pubescent stems. Leaves few, remote, shortly 

 petioled, ovate, |-1 in. long, deeply crenate, rounded at the base, green 

 and pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls few-flowered, subtended by 

 large leaves ; pedicels very short; bracts small, rigid, linear-subulate. 

 Calyx pilose, ^ in. long; tube funnel-shaped, l()-ribbed; limb oblique, 

 produced on the lower side] teeth small, deltoid. Corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, as long as the calyx ; upper lip lingulate, as long as the tube ; 

 leaves small. Stamens not exserted from the upper lip. 



IVlle Ziand. British Soin:>liIand : without precise locality, Mrs Lort-Phillipt J 



35. L. shirensis, Baker. A perennial herb, with stems thinly 

 clothed with short spreading hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 

 acute, crenate, thin, thinly clothed with short spreading hairs, the lower 

 1^-2 in. long. Whorls few, few-flowertd ; bracts minute. Calyx 

 densely ribbed, |-J in. long, clothed with spreading hairs ; throat 

 oblique, lower side produced ; upper teeth small, lanceolate ; lower 

 deltoid-cuspidate. Upper lip of corolla | in. long, densely hairy. 



IVXozamb. I>lst. Portuguese East Africa : Shauio, near tlie mouth of the 

 River Shire, Kirk ! 



36. L. nepetoideSy Baker. A perennial herb, with slender finely 

 pubescent stems. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, crenate, very pubes- 

 cent, especially beneath, at most 1 in. long. Whorls 2, many-flowered : 

 bracts minute. Calyx laxly hairy, J in. long; throat oblique, produced 

 on the lower side ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Upper lip of the corolla 

 i in. long. 



Nile I.and. British East Africa : Knpte Plateau, 5000-6000 ft., Thomson ! 



37. Ii. densiflora, Vatke in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 95. A 

 perennial herb 3-4 ft. high, with shortly hairy stems. Leaves petioled. 

 ovate, acute, distinctly crenate, thin, slightly hairy, the lower li-2 in. 

 long. Whorls many, many-flowered, 1 in. diam., the upper confluent, 

 with their leaves much reduced; bracts minute. Calyx J in. long, 

 very hairy ; lower side produced ; teeth minute, deltoid-cuspidate. 

 Corolla not seen. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Island of Zanzibar at Kokotoiii, on coralline-limestone hills, 

 midebrandt, 999 ! 



38. L. trachyphylla, Janb. d- Sjxich, III. PL Orient, t. 380. A 

 perennial herb, with slender finely hairy stems. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 ovate, crenate, 1 in. long, scabrous above, pubescent beneath. Whorls 

 distant, 6-10-flowered ; bracts minute. Calyx hairy, ^ in. long, pro- 

 duced on the lower side ; throat oblique ; teeth lanceolate, ^-''^'l"^^* 

 J in. long ; upper lip as long as the tube.— Vatke in Linntea, xliii. 1)7. 



Nile I.ancl. British Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, near Maid, 3900 ft., //iWe- 

 hrandt, 1423. 



Also in Arabia. 



