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there is no evidence that Coleus tuberosus has been introduced into EE 
Transvaal or is cultivated there, and the name Wild Potato, under w 
it was sent to Paris, would imply that it is not a cultivated plant, but a 
native of the Transvaal. This is a point that requires further elucida- 
tion, as it is possible, as previously stated in the Ke ew Bulletin (1892, 
p. 314), that it may prove to be E d with the “Kaftir Potato” 
henti esculentus, described ow), or possibly with Coleus 
met Vatke, an Abyssinian species described by Richard as C. tuberosus. 
Plectranthus densus, JV. E. Brown. P. floribundo omnino simili 
sed didnt racemis brevioribus et densioribus, bracteis obovatis vel 
oblanceolatis quam pedicellis duplo longioribus, calyce «qualiter 
quinquifido dentibus omnibus lanceolatis acuminatis. Folia desunt. 
Har. ‘Tropical Africa; higher plateau, North of Lake Nyassa, 
si seek 
Racemi 1-13 poll. longi. Bractee 11-2 lin. men oo? i maaa 2-1 
lin. tong Calyx 2-21 lin. longus. Corolla 5 lin. lon 
eese esculentus, N. E. Brown. Radice tuberosa, caulibus 
, foliis subsessilibus oblongis obtusis 
basi meotre utrinque minute pubescentibus venis primariis 
subtus parum preminentibus tempore florentis omnino delapsis, racemis 
solitariis vel fasciculatis simplicibus s scabridis bracteatis ex axillis 
ei 
lanceolatis Mieten corolla calyce plus duplo p mener tea compre 
inequaliter  bilabi tubo basi brevissime gibboso labio superiore 
brevissimo donta to labio inferiore falento-cymi bili subacuto 
pubescente, staminibvs liberis. 
Has. Natal Wood, 3,633. 
Caules subpedales. Folia 13-3 poll. longa, 1-1 poll. lata. Racemi 
3-1 poll. longi. Bractee | lin. longe et late. Pedicelli 1-2} lin. 
longi. Calyx 14-2 lin. longus. Corolla 7 liu. longa. 
Specimens of this plant were first sent to Kew by Mr. J. M. Wood, 
the — of the Botanic Gzrden, Durban, in November 1886, under 
the n of * Umbondive or Kaffir Po tato," with a note stating that 
fe eka tative are very fond of the tubers.” Living tubers have also 
been sent by Mr. Wood, and the plant is now in cultivation at Kew. 
oe to Mr. Wood the stems are decumbent, but under cultivation 
at Kew, they are at first quite erect, afterwards bending towards the 
ground te branching. 
Plectranthus floribundus, V.E. Brown. Caule elato erecto sublig- 
noso pubescente, foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis basi obtuse rotundatis 
marginibus subcrenatis utrinque subscabridis venis subtus prominente 
nudam simulantibus, bracteis oppositis obovato -ellipticis subaeutis 
scabridis pedicellum scabridum sequantibus, calyce campanulato scabrido 
inequaliter qu inquifido ents postico late elliptico obtuso reliquis 
latis acuminatis, corolla calyce plus rene excedente lutea tea compressa 
o "ilebiate, € tubo basi brevissime gibboso, labio superiore 
—. brevissi labio Select faleato-cym biformi subacuto 
iini staminibus liberis. 
