Otostegia.] cii. labiate (baker). 495 



2. O. Steudneri, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 18(58, 

 682. A shrub, with slender woody spineless brunches clothed with 

 whitish tomentum. Leaves oblong-hmeeolate or lanceolate, subse.ssile. 

 entire, 1-U in. long, tomentose especially on the lower side. Flowers 

 many in a whorl, sessile ; bracts lanceolate, not spinous, half as lono- as 

 the calyx. Calyx-tube densely pubescent, J-i in. long; limb with 7 dis- 

 tinct teeth and a produced orbicular lobe ^on the lower side. Corolla 

 produced beyond the calyx-limb. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 



wile Iiand. Abyssinia: Samen ; Ghaba Valley, 9700 ft., Steudner, 1398 • and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 26 ! ' 



3. O. tomentosa, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 198. A shrub, with 

 woody virgate pubescent branchlets, without any spines. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, very small, thick, oblong, obtuse, crenate, white- 

 tomentose beneath, with much-raised veins. Flowers few in a whorl 

 sessile ; bracts not spinous. Calyx-tube, funnel-shaped, densely pubes- 

 cent, ^ in. long, with a small orbicular lobe on the lower side, and 



several crenations round the rest of the throat. Corolla not seen. 



Beck in Paulitschke, Harar, 458. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia : Province of Wojerat, Petit 1 Somaliland ; near Harar, 

 on Mount Haquiu and at Lake Haramaja, Rardegger Sf Paulitschke. 



4. O. scariosa, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 522. A shrub, with 

 slender square pubescent branches, without any spines. Leaves thin, 

 distinctly petioled, broadly ovate, conspicuously crenate, the largest 

 1 in. long, broadly cuneate and entire at the base, green and incon- 

 spicuously pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. Whorls laxly 

 disposed, subtended by fully-developed leaves; bracts many, subulate, 

 not spinous. Calyx-tube densely pubescent, \-\ in. long; upper lip 

 small, ovate, entire ; lower orbicular, obscurely crenate, J in. broad. 

 Corolla much protruded beyond the calyx-lip. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 198. 0. moluccoides. Jaub. k Spach ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 777, 

 Clinopodiitm fruticosum, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 107. 



srile Iiand. Abyssinia : Enderta district ; in stony mountainous places, near 

 Chelicut, Quart in- Dillon Sf Petit, 10! and without precise locality. Salt. 

 Also in Arabia and Midian. 



5. O, repanda, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 522. A shrub, with 

 pubescent branches, without any spines. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 ovate, crenate, 1-2 in. long, cuneate and entire at the base, green and 

 obscurely pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. Whorls 

 numerous, many-flowered, subtended by fully-developed leaves ; bracts 

 many, subulate, not spinous. Calyx-tube pubescent, \-\ in. long; 

 upper lip very small, ovate ; lower orbicular, crenate, ^ in. broad. 

 Corolla protruded beyond the lower lip of the calvx. — A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 198 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.''370. 



Wile Ziand. Nubia : Gebel Shellal, in the Soturba Mouiitnins, Schtrpinfurth, 

 143! coast to between 3000 and 4000 ft., Bent! Eritrea: Arrot Vallev, 4.300 ft.. 



