BOTANY 407 



Closely allied to H. comosa, Hochst., which is less branched, has 

 more cuneate broader leaves, with larger teeth, larger and longer spikes 

 and flowers, more lanceolate bracts, etc. " Hebenstreitia, near dentata 

 Thunb." of former edition. 



Order VERBENACE^. 



48. LlPPIA ASPERIFOLIA, Rich. 

 Matabele Land. 



49. Lippia Oatesii, n, sp. 



Branches somewhat angled, canescent. Leaves subsessile, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, obtuse, base attenuate to very short petiole, 1-1J inch 

 long, 6-8 lines broad, canescent, neatly crenate, nerves very oblique. 

 Spikes capitate, on short axillary peduncles, \ inch in diameter. 

 Outer bracts broadly and obtusely orbicular, concave, canescent, \ inch 

 in diameter, inner ones narrower, and obovately oblong. Calyx villose, 

 hardly 1 line long ; its lobes obtuse, and very short. Corolla slender, 

 pubescent, 2 lines long ; its lobes short, broadly rounded and undulate. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Matabele Land. — A specimen, gathered by Mr. T. Baines at the 

 "South African Gold-field," (north of the Transvaal), has longer 

 leaves and peduncles, but the bracts are almost identical, and it may 

 be a form of the same species. It has just passed out of flower. 



A very marked species ; and although without fruit it is impossible 

 to be certain that it may not be a Lantajza, still the broad obtuse 

 bracts and small flowers are so similar to those of other species of 

 Lippia that I have little doubt it really belongs to this genus. 

 " Lantana or Lippia, sp." of former edition. 



• Order LABIATE. 



50. Orthosiphon linearis, Benth. in Hook. Icones Plantarum, 



xiii. p. 57, t. 1274. 



Matabele Land. 



In the former edition this was mentioned as " Ocymwn or Ortho- 

 siphcm, sp.," but as it has since been figured and described by Mr. 

 Bentham, from Mr. Oates's specimen, it may be interesting to repro- 

 duce the description here : — 



"Orthosiphon linearis, Benth. sp. nov., ramis tenuibus 

 ascendentibus v. erectis, foliis subsessilibus anguste linearibus, corol- 

 las tubo calyce plus duplo longiore superne ampliato, filamentis anticis 

 plus minus connatis. 



"Hab. South Africa, Matabele Land, C. G. Oates. 1 



" Plantce pars inferior deest, ramuli , ascendentes suberecti fere 



1 So given in the Kew Herbarium by mistake at the time this description was written. The 

 name has since been corrected, in this and all other instances in the collection, to F Oates, 



