30i XCYI. LABTATJE. 



Eacemes tonninal, simple or branched. Floral leaves bract-like, deciduous. 

 Calyces often coloured. — 5 species, from Catfraria and Natal. 



4. HOSLUNDIA, Yahl. 



Calyx tubular, sliortly o-tootlied, with subequal teeth, in- 

 flated*^ and berry-like in fruit. Corolla-tube straightish, ex- 

 serted, the upper lip shortly 3— i-tid, lower somewhat longer, 

 concave. Two back stamens short, without anthers ; two front 

 fertile. Style shortly 2 -fid. Disk glandular. Nuts concealed 

 in the fleshy calyx. — DC. Prod. xii. p. 54. 



Small shrubs, with much-branched infloi'eseence. — H. decumhens, Benth., 

 from Delagoa Bay, is our only species. 



5. PLECTRANTHUS, L'Her. 



Calyx at first bell-shaped, 5-toothed, in fruit enlarged, either 

 declinate straight incurved or inflated, with equal teeth or va- 

 riously 2-labiate ; or erect, tubular or bell-shaped, equally 5- 

 toothed. Corolla-tube exserted, gibbous or spurred on the 

 upper side at base, then declined, bent back or straightish, the 

 throat equal or rarely inflated ; upper lip 3-4-fid ; lower entire, 

 mostly longer, concave. Stamens 4, declinate, the lower pair 

 longer ; filaments free, toothless ; anthers reniform, with con- 

 fluent cells. Style shortly 2-fid. — DC. Prod. xii. />. 55. 



Herbs or shrubs, with terminal, simple or branched, racemose inflores- 

 cence ; the cymules laxly few-flowered. — Several South African species, all 

 Eastern. 



6. ^OLANTHUS, Mart. 



Calyx ovate-bellshaped, truncate, with obsolete teeth, the 

 throat nude within ; in fruit contracted at the mouth, circum- 

 scissed at base. Corolla-tube exserted, bent down beyond the 

 calyx, dilated upwards ; the upper lip bluntly 4-toothed ; lower 

 entire, longer, concave. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, toothless. 

 Style shortly 2-fid. Disk glandular. Nuts roundish, com- 

 pressed. — DC. Prod. xii. p. 80. 



Herbs, with somewhat fleshy leaves of small size. Inflorescence laxly 

 panicled. — M.parvifolius, Benth., our only species, occurs near Natal. 



7. PYCNOSTACHYS, Hook. 



Calyx ovate, subequal, with 5 subulate, spinous teeth. Co- 

 rolla-tube exserted, bent downi ; upper lip 4-toothed ; lower 

 entire, concave. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, toothless. Style 

 subulate, minutely 2-fid. Nuts roundish, smooth. — DC. Prod. 

 xii. p. 83. 



Erect, rigid herbs, with densely- spiked, terminal inflorescence, the flora 

 leaves bract-like and shorter than the calyx. — P. reticulata, Benth., our 

 only species, occurs at Natal. 



