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superioris dentibus elongatis linearibus labii inferioris dentibus 
abbreviatis deltoideis obtusis erectis, corolle tubo glabro labio 
. ly, 1898. . 522. 
aulis 0-2 cm. diam. intervallis 2-0-4 0 cm. long. sparsim 
foliosus. Folia 8-0-4:0 em. long., 1°5-2°2 em. lat., firma, in ave 
pallide viridia; petioli 0- z em. long. Verticillastri 3:0-4:0 ¢ 
diam. Bractes vix 1:5 cm. long. Calyx totus 1°5 cm. long., baal 
0°25 nedio 0°5 cm. diam. ; dentes superiores 3, 0-4 cm. long. ; 
dentes inferiores vix 0-1 em. lo ong. Corolle tubus vix 1:0 cm. long., 
. di ; galea tubo sequilonga ; labii inferioris lobus inter- 
hetnis bifidus, 0°5 em. long.; lobi laterales vix 0°3 em. long. 
Nuculz leviter triquetre, polite, 0-2 em 
L. Randii should be placed near L. densi iflora Vatke and L. 
Holstit Gos pe both of which it differs in several important 
points. Ine aun rance it is much like L. nyasse Girke, 
calyx are the chief characteristics of the spec 
Dr. Rand notes of this plant :—‘ The yeotisillantsts are bell- 
shaped and I fancy the seeds are dispersed by the rolling about of 
these when detached, as the stems are procumbent.” 
Lasiocorys capensis Benth. Buluwayo, Dec. No. 162. 
Leonotis Randii, sp. nov. Caule sparsim ramoso € 
breviter pubescente, foliis parvis subsessilibus ian soma ple 
deorsum longe sensim angustatis margine grosse serratis basin 
verticillastris circa 15-floris, bracteis lineari-subulatis breviter 
spinoso-acuminatis, floribus breviter pedunculatis, calycis 8- dentati 
minute puberuli dentibus spinoso-acuminatis dente postico reliquis 
majori. 
Hab. Buluwayo; Dec. 1897. No. 165. 
Caulis circa 0°3 cm. diam., aliquantulo tetraqueter. Folia 
3°0-5-0 cm. long., 0°5-0°8 cm. lat, summa nonnunquam integerrima 
vel margine serraturis utrinque 1 ‘vel 2 interrupta, subtus eminenter 
nervosa. Bracteew paullo ultra 1-0 cm. long., circa 0-1 cm . dat., 
versimiliter demum reflexa. Pedunculi 0-2 cm. lang _ pubescentes. 
paiernles subeequales, lanceolati, circa 0°3 cm. long., dens posticus 
la ibe vatus, 0-7 cm. Home Corolle tubus 1°5 cm. long.; galea 
em. fere attingen 
The SE week look much like those of L. dubia E. Mey., 
but the calyx of the latter is different in some e points, and its leaves 
are altogether dissimilar. L. malacophylla Giirke, a ee Lagi is 
somewhat like L. Randii in general appearance, but i h 
larger and broader long-petioled leaves and calyces different in 
several respects 
