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Prectrrantuus, L'Hérit. 
Plectranthus floribundus, V.Æ£.Br. in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 12; FI. 
cap, V. I, 
Rootstock tuberous. Stems erect, 2-4 ft. hi igh. Leaves 2-3 in. 
long, 1-1 in. broad, oblong, obtuse, coarsely Pe uim on both 
sides, "pase roun led or sub-cordate. orescence a leafless 
panicle 12-18 in. long, with numerous simple or branched pubes- 
cent racemes 1-21 in. fone ; corolla bright golden-yellow; pedicels 
11-2 lin. lon 
Ill.— Hook. È Pi. t. 2489. 
var. longipes, N.E.Br.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 403, resembles the 
type, but the flowers have longer pedicels—2-5 lin. long. Tubers 
small and growing close to the base of the stem À fresh tuber— 
on a plant grown at Kew (from Zaria, Lamb, No. 22, 1913) 
to + in. in diam.; colour brown or somewhat like a new potato, 
whitish near the growing point. 
Vernac. names.—Risga (Hausa, Lamb, Dudgeon) ; Risga (Yola, 
Dalziel); Bugumji (Fufulde, Dalziel); Buica (Manganja ills, 
ie er). 
ria (Dudgeon, No. 2, 1909, Lamb, No. zo 1913, EE Kew 
Yola (Dalziel, Kew Bull. 1910, p- 140); K ano (Dud n, Yn 
known also by specimens from Angola, Matabeleland, RUNS 
and et parts of East Africa. 
rue sp.); Zaria (Lamb, 1. Dudgeon, l.c., ES " 
April 30, 1910, p. 103, Risa: zb Kano (Dudgeon 
lc.) , in East Africa—pleasant taste a o avour 
ameron, Herb. 
Chirinda n 3800 ft. (Swynnerton, Herb. Kew). The 
bondive ”’ “ Kaffir Potato," the tuber of Plectranthus escu- 
lentus, al R Br. (Kew Bull. l.c.) is a favourite food of the natives 
in 
one foot or more grum, Agric. and For. Prod. W. Afr. p. 154). 
1. 
Ref.—“ Plectranthus flori bundar” in Res Bull. 1898, p. 12-13. 
SOLENOSTEMON, Schumach. & Thonn. 
ie ap came ocymoides, Schum. § Thonn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. 
Ill.—Pal de Beauv. FL Oware, Benin, t. 95, f. 1 (O. mono- 
suem ^ 
nac. names.—Tkbawo Opolo (Lagos, MacGregor, Dawod 
edat biri (Abinsi, N. Nera Dale; el). £ pe 
vr ede ced 1889; Dawodu, No. 27, 1899, No. 10, 1901, 
Hab i Kew), Nup e (Barter, No. 1981, Herb. Kew); Mt. Patti, 
N. Nigeria (Dalziel, No. 102); A binsi, N. Nigeria (Dalziel, 
