Leonotis.] cii. labiate (baker). 493 



densely clothed with fine soft grey hairs beneath. Whorls solitary, 

 globose, large, terminal ; bracts large, linear-subulate, hairy. Calyx- 

 tube funnel-shaped, slightly hairy, .^ in. long ; teeth very unequal, 

 lanceolate-cuspidate, the uppermost the largest, nearly as long as the 

 tube. Corolla bright orange yellow, twice as long as the calyx- tube ; 

 upper lip densely villous. 



wile ]band. British East Africa : Mau Forest, 7000-SOOO ft., Scott- Elliot, 

 6950! 



7. Ij. mollissima^ Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 141. A perennial 

 herb, with finely pubescent branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 

 the lower ;^)-4 in. long, subacute, cordate, crenate, thinly pubescent and 

 green above, densely matted with soft white pubescence beneath. 

 Whorls 2-3, dense, 2J in. diam. ; pedicels very short ; bracts small, 

 subulate, mucronate. Calyx pubescent, J in. long; teeth lanceolate- 

 mucronate, the upper one much the largest. Corolla 1 in. long, very 

 hairy, bright orange varying to pale yellow and pale red. Stamens 

 included. 



Kower Guinea. Angola ; Humpatn, Newton, 106. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; near Marangu, 4R00 ft., 

 Volkens, 235a ! at 4000-5000 ft., Johnston ! near Kilema Mission Station, 4800 ft., 

 Volken.9, 1688, lower margin of the forest, 6500 ft., Meyer, 111 ; Usambara ; Kwa 

 Mshuza, in openings in the forest, 4800 ft., Hoist, 9075 ! in the bush on the lower 

 hills of Mlalo, Hoist, 387. 



8. L. decadonta, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 144. A perennial 

 herb, with pubescent or glabrescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 ovate-lanceolate, the lower 5-6 in. long, subacute, narrowed to the base, 

 distinctly crenate, thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. 

 Whorls 2-3, dense, globose, 2|-3 in. diam., subtended by reduced leaves; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts linear, densely pilose, \-\ in. long. Calyx 

 \ in. long, glabrous towards the base, pilose upwards ; teeth 10, equal, 

 deltoid-cuspidate, \ in. long. Corolla bright orange, very hairy, 1 in. 

 long. Stamens included. 



SCozamb. Dlst> British Central Africa : Nyasalaod ; Manganja Hills, East 

 of Banque Pass, 3000 ft., Meller ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 78 of 1881 collection. 



9. L, dubia, E. Meyer ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 536. Perennial. 

 Stem erect, 3 ft. long, finely pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, cordate- 

 ovate, the lower 3-4 in. long, crenate, green and glabrous above, finely 

 pubescent beneath. Flowers in dense axillary whorls ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracts minute. Calyx cylindrical, f in. long ; upper tooth 

 deltoid, acuminate, J in. long, the rest much smaller. Corolla twice as 

 long as calyx, hairy, bright orange-red ; upper lip lingulate, as long as 

 the tube ; lower lip small. Stamens as long as the upper lip. 



Mozaznb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nvasalan*!, Mahon ! Flowered at 

 Kew in September 1898. 

 Also in South Africa. 



