492 cii. LABI AT yK (bakek). [Leouotis. 



with very conspicuous spiny tips, the upper much the longest ( j in. 

 long). Corolla white ; upper lip densely clothed with spreading white 

 haiis. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British CeuLrul Africa : Nyasaland ; Mangaiija Hills, 3000 ft., 

 Meller ! Mouut Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., IVhyte ! 



4. L. Leonurus, A*. Br. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 58C. A branched 

 perennial herb, with densely hairy stems. I^eaves sessile, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, ^-1 in. broad at the middle, obscurely 

 crenate, narrowed to the base, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls 

 few, distiint, subtended by large leaves ; bracts linear-subulate, pungent, 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx J in. long, pilose ; tube long ; teeth 

 minute, deltoid. Corolla reddish -yellow, 18-21 lin. long, densely pilose ; 

 tube rather longer than the calyx ; upper lip large ; lower small. 

 Stamens not exserted. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lunda ; Lulua River, Pogge, 360 (var. 

 vestita. Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 194). 



Mozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Carson, 31 of 1894 collection ! Kalangwizi River at Lake Moero, Carson, 19 ! Nyasa- 

 land ; between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 320. 



Also in South Africa. 



5. Ij. velutina. Fend; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 535. A tall- 

 branched perennial herb, with stout finely hairy stems. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, ovate, crenate, very hairy beneath. Whorls very dense, 

 3 in. diam. ; bracts small, linear. Calyx-tube very hairy, J in. long ; 

 teeth deltoid, uppermost much the largest. Corolla deep bright yellow, 

 1 in. long ; upper lip J-| in. long. — Yatke in Linnsea, xxxvii. 332 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsd. Trop. Afr. 371 ; Dew^vre in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 

 Belg. xxxiii. 105. 



zrile Ziand. Ethiopia, Kotschy,5\Q\ Abyssinia: Tigre ; near Adowa, Steudner, 

 1384 ; Samen ; Ghaba Valley, Steudner, 1388 ! Urahut District ; Mount Erareta, 

 10,000 ft., ScUmper, 758. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Descatnps. 



Var. rugosa. Baker. Calyx and leaves beneath glabresccnt. Z. rv^osa^ Benth. 

 in DC. Prod. xii. 535 ; A. Rich. Tei.t. Fl. Abyss, ii. 201 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 123. L. nepetcffolia, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 371. 



KTile Xiand. Cordofan : near Obeid, Cienkotosky. Eritrea: Mount Bizen, 

 6500 ft., Sckweinjurth Sf Riva, 2071 ! Sennar : near Roseres, Cienkowsky. Abyssinia : 

 Tigre ; near Geunia in the Menisach region, Schimper, 371 ! Hainedo Plain, 4600 ft., 

 Schimper, 758 bis. Shire Province, Quartin- Dillon ^ Petit, 14 ! and without precise 

 locidity, Schimper,S7 ! British East Africa : Kikuyu; very common in Kidung Valley 

 and near Lake Naivasha, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6503 ! Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 

 ft., Thomson ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu ; in the steppe near Kussumbo 

 ]{ivcr, Schiveinfurth, 3199 ! 



6. Ij. iElliotii) Baker. A much-branched perennial herb 5-10 ft. 

 high, with pubescent sulcate tetragonous stems. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 ovate, the lower 2-3 in. long, crenate, greenish and slightly hairy above, 



