

98 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



copiosissime obsessus ; petioli summum 2-5 cm. long., minute 

 pubescentes. Spicastra 2-3-3-0 cm. long. Bracteae 05 x 0-35 cm. 

 Flores punicei. Calyx florescens in toto 0-6 cm. long., ore 0-3 cm. 

 diam. ; hujus labium anticum vix 0-25 cm. long. ; lobi inferne 

 0-1 cm. lat. ; labium posticum 0-125 cm. long., lobi inter se sequales, 

 0-1 cm. long., lobi omnes patule ciliolati. Calyx fructescens 

 0-8 cm. long. Corollae tubus 0-65 cm. long., ima basi 0125 cm. 

 sub limbo 0-2 cm. lat. ; labium posticum vix 0*1 cm. long., antici 

 lobi laterales rotundati, obtusissimi, 0-1 cm. long., intermedins 

 0-2 x 0-175 cm. Anthers 005 cm. long. Stylus 5-5 cm. long. 

 Nucuise modo non 0*1 cm., earum squamellas 0-125 cm. long. 



Nearest A. athiopicum Welw., an Angolan species, which has 

 winged petioles to the leaves, larger and somewhat differently 

 shaped bracts, larger calyces of which the two front lobes are con- 

 nate nearly to the top, larger white corollas, &c. 



Leonotis longidens, sp. nov. Herba elata caule erecto valido 

 sparsim ramoso alte quadrisulcato minute pubescente ramulos 

 breviores bene foliosos dilute fulvo-tomentosos hac atqne iliac gig- 

 nante, foliis manifeste petiolatis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis 

 obtusis basi rotundatis margine crenato-serratis firme membrana- 

 ceis pag. sup. patule pubescentibus altrinsecus molliter albo- 

 tomentellis, verticillastris distantibus multifloris ex axillis foliorum 

 summorum aliquanto angustatorum ortis, bracteis quam calyces 

 brevioribus angustissime linearibus apice breviter spinoso-acumi- 

 natis pubescentibus, floribus pedicellis brevissimis insidentibus, 

 calycis tubo superne paullo ampliato pubescente ore 8-dentato 

 dente postico valde elongato rigido reliquis brevioribus inter se 

 parum in&qualibus omnibus basi amplificatis apice spinosis, corolla 

 dilute aurantiacae (in sicco equidem fulvas) tubo cylindico parte 

 exserta villosa parte inclusa fere glabra intus glabro labio postico 

 tubum fere subsequante. 



Hab. Entebbe, Uganda ; Bagshaice, 829. 



Herba ex schedis cl. Bagshawe "9 feet " alt. Caulis infra ver- 

 ticillastrum imum 0*7 cm. diam. in sicco brunnescens. Folia 

 3-0-6-0 cm. long., 1-5-2-5 cm. lat. ; costse secundaria utrinque 6, 

 ascendentes, fac. inf. valde perspicme ; petioli 0-5-2-0 cm. long., 

 fulvo-tomentelli. Verticillastri corollis exemptis 5-0-6-0 cm. diam. 

 Bracteae circa 1-0-1-5 cm. long. Pedicelli 0-1-0-2 cm. long., pube- 

 scentes. Calyx totus 2-6 cm. long., tubus 1-6 cm. long., juxta basin 

 0*2 cm. superne 0-5 cm. diam., hujus nervi deorsum segre aspecta- 

 biles sursum eminentes; dens posticus 1-0 cm. long., basi 0-2 cm. 

 lat. ; dentes reliqui 0-25-0*4 cm. long., omnes pubescentes. Calyx 

 fructescens paullo auctus, e. g. totus 3-0 cm. long., tubus 1*75 cm. 

 et dens posticus 1-25 cm. long. Corollas tubus 2-0 cm. long** 

 03 cm. diam. ; labium posticum 1*5 cm. long. ; anticum 0*7 cm. 

 long., fere glabrum. 



A species easily recognized by the pale orange flowers, together 

 with the very long and prominent posticous tooth of the calyx. 

 The affinity seema to be with L. mollissima Giirke. 



