Leo)iotis.] cii. LABiAT.« (ijaker). 491 



1. L. pallida, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 530. A branched annual 

 herb reaching 4-,") ft. in height, with finely hairy stems. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, thin, ovate, crenate, finely hairy on the ribs beneath, 

 the lower 3-4 in. long. Whorls very dense, 2-2^ in. diam. ; bracts 

 lanceolate, rigid spine-tipped. Calyx-tube \-\ in. long, finely pubes- 

 cent; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, spine-tipped, the uppermost the largest, 

 J in. long. Upper lip of the pale yellow corolla J in. long. — Dew6vre 

 in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii. 105; Avetta in Ann. Istit, 

 Bot. Roma, vi. Gl. Phlomis afrlcana, P. Beau v. Fl. Owar. ii. 82, t. 111. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : Cape Palmas, Vogel, 36 ! Senegal, Leprieur, 

 Perottet. iogoliiiid : AJisaliolie, Baumann, 47! Interiur of Western Lagos, 

 Rowland ! Guinea, Thonning. Niger Territory : Borgu ; in tlie vicinity of towns. 

 Barter, 1053 ! 



XVXozamb* I>lst> British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Descamps. 



irile Kand. Darfour, Purdy, 97 ! Nubia : between Korosko and Berber, 

 Kotschy, 373 ! Cordofan : Kohn Mountain, Kotschy, 396 ! Eritrea ; Bogos ; Keren, 

 Steudner, 1389! Galabat : region of Matarama, Schweinfurth, 139! Abyssinia; 

 Tigre ; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1793 ! Shea ; Valley of the torrent Saur e Giacca, 

 Antinori ; and without precise locality, Schimper, 178 ! Quar tin- Dillon ^ Petit, 17 ! 

 Parkyns ! British East Africa : Bongo ; Duggudu, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 54 ! 



2. L. nepetsefolia, R. Br. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 535. An 

 erect branched annual 4-5 ft. high, with stout finely pubescent stems. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, thin, ovate, crenate, nearly glabrous, the 

 lower 3-4 in. long. Whorls very dense, 2-2^ in. diam. ; bracts large, 

 linear, rigid. Calyx-tube obscurely pubescent, at first \ in. long ; upper 

 tooth much the largest, lanceolate, like the others conspicuously mucro- 

 nate. Corolla deep bright yellow, twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip 

 J-J in. long. — Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 59 ; Henriques 

 in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 150 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 879. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Hegeat, in waste places, Scott-Elliot, 

 4000 ! Sherbro Island, Garrett in Scott-Elliot Herb. 5765 ! and without precise 

 locality, Vogel, 94 ! Island of St. Thomas, Moller. Lagos, Millen. 



XJlle Iiand. British East Africa : Uganda, common on waste ground, Wilson, 

 57! 



DLower Guinea. Lower Congo, Hem, Dupuis. Angola, Welicitsch, 5500, 

 5562, 5577, 5578. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : MtowM, on Lake Tanganyika, Descamps. 



Mozamb. Z>ist, Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! Kavala Islands in Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, Carson, 32 ! Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; between Mambucha 

 and Vicenti, Scott ! Lower Zambesi ; Tete, Kirk ! Shupanga, Stewart ! KiosdeSena, 

 Peters ; Inhauibane, Peters f Kerimba Islands and elsewhere in Mozambique, Peters. 

 British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Chibisa (Chikwawa) on the River Shire, Meller ! 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



8. L. Melleri, Baker. A perennial herb, with stout finely pubes- 

 cent stems. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, green and shortly hairy 

 above, densely clothed with whitish tomentum below. Whorls very 

 dense, 2J in. diam. ; bracts minute. Calyx-tube hairy, { in. long ; teeth 



