Acrocephalus] xcvii. labiate. 857 



tube ^ in. long, glabrous or nearly so, about ^ in. broad ; the 

 lips spreading, more or less shaggy outside at the apex with long 

 hairs; the longer lip about J-^ in. long, bifid; the shorter lip 

 about ^ in. long, tripartite ; the lobes obtuse ; stamens 4, 

 subdidynamous, declinate, all exceeding the corolla-tube ; style 

 exserted. 



HuiLLA. — In the more elevated rich pastures of Mumpulla ; fl. Oct. 

 1859. No. 6610. In thickets at the river Monino ; fl. Nov. 1859. 

 No. 5609. In somewhat dry and also in moist elevated pastures 

 between LopoUo and Humpata, at an elevation of 5200 to 5600 ft. ; in 

 fl. Feb. 1860, and without good fr. in April I860.' No. 5608. 



6. A. Welwitschii Briq., I.e., p. 169. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb, 3 ft. high, biennial or with a woody 

 rootstock lasting for 3 or 4 years ; corolla lilac ; the tube short, nearly 

 straight ; the upper lip trifid, erect, with obtuse lobes ; the lower lip 

 elliptical, concave ; stamens ascending ; nucules 4, globose, glabrous. 

 At the great cataract of the river Cuanza ; fl. and fr. 12 March 1857. 

 No. 5549. 



7. A. minor Briq., I.e., p. 169. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers whitish violet in colour. In the Monino sandy 

 wooded meadows ; fl. Feb. 1860. No. 5605- In the Monino forest 

 meadows, in the LopoUo country ; fl. April 1860. No. 5606. In the 

 Catumba damp wooded meadows ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1860. A state with 

 leafy radical shoots, showing elongated foliage larger than that of the 

 flowering stems. No. 5607- 



8. A. sericeus Briq., I.e., p. 170. 



HuiLLA. — ^In the Monino forest meadows ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1860. 

 No. 5603. A smaller, less silky plant, probably of this species. In fl. 

 No. 5604. 



Var. teucrioides. 



A perennial herb, with the habit of a Teuerium,, sparingly 

 aromatic ; stems numerous, usually suflfrutescent, about 3 ft. 

 liigh ; leaves ranging up to 31 in. long by ^ in. broad; flowers 

 violet in colour ; flower-heads rather densely arranged in a 

 terminal somewhat leafy ovoid panicle. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In the wooded thickets of Sobato Quibanga and 

 near Quilanga, plentiful ; fl. end of April 1857. No. 5551. 



This variety should be compared with A. Heudelotii Briq. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. ii. p. 689 (Dec. 1894), but the heads are smaller. 



6. BASILICUM Moench, Meth. PL, Suppl. p. 143 (1802). 



I/wmnitzera Jacq. ex Sprengl. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 687 (1825)_p.j». ; 

 non Willd. (1803). Mosehosma Eeichenb. Conspect. p. 171 (1828);. 

 Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1173. 



1. B. polystaoMon Moench, I.e. 



Oeimum tenidflorum Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 129 (1768), non L. (1753). 

 O.polystachyon L. Mant. ii. p. 667 (1 771). Mosehosma polystaehya 

 Reichenb. in Wall. List, p. 92, n. 2711 (1830?); Benth. in Wall. 

 PI. As. Rar. ii. p. 13 (1831). 



Ambriz.— In fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5547 partly. 



