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[3a. Satureja myriantha (Bak.) Brenan, comb, nov., var. myriantha. 



Leucas myriantha Bak. Kew Bull. 1898: 163. 1898; in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 5: 475. 1900. 



Caules dense pubescentes. Folia caulina late ovata, basi late rotundata vel 

 subcordata, plerumque 2-3 cm. lata. Inflorescentiae robustae, 8-16 cm. longae, 

 1.3-2 cm. latae; flores hermaphrod.'ti circiter 13 mm. iongi. 



Nyasaland. Not recollected since the syntypes (Whyte 178, 214, s.n. ).] 



[3b. Satureja myriantha (Bak.) Brenan var. wellmanii (C. H. Wright) Brenan, 

 comb. nov. 



Nepeta wellmanii C. H. Wright, Kew Bull. 1909: 380. 1909, pro parte. 



Caules usque ad inflorescentias pilis flexuosis patentibus pubescentes. Folia 

 caulina ovata, basi rotundata usque cuneata, plerumque usque 1.5 cm. lata. In- 

 florescentiae quam in var. myriantha minus robustae, usque circiter 8 cm. longae 

 et 1.5 cm. latae; flores hermaphroditi circiter 11 mm. Iongi. 



Angola; not recollected there since the type (Wellmann s.n.), but a specimen 

 from the Belgian Congo in Herb. Kew. (Lusaka, 28 May 1908, Kassner 2895) is, 

 I believe, conspecific] 



Nepeta huillensis Gurke, Bot. Jahrb. 36: 121 (1905) is from the description 

 certainly a Satureja in this affinity. It might well be S. myriantha var. wellmanii, 

 except for the fact that Gurke describes the leaves of N. huillensis as glabrous 

 on both sides, 10-15 mm. long and 6-12 mm. wide; the difference in size I do not 

 think of much importance, and in view of Gurke's description of the lower bracts 

 of N. huillensis as hairy, I cannot help suspecting that the leaves may not have 

 been sufficiently precisely observed. 



Nepeta huillensis was based on Antunes 73 from Huilla in Angola. The type 

 is destroyed. In response to a request, the Director of the Instituto Bot&nico Dr. 

 Julio Henriques of the University of Coimbra informs me that there is no dupli- 

 cate there. It may later prove possible to interpret N. huillensis more precisely, 

 but for the time being, I think it best to leave it as doubtful. 



[3c. Satureja myriantha (Bak.) Brenan var. brachytricha Brenan, var. nov. 



Nepeta wellmanii C. H. Wright, Kew Bull. 1909: 380. 1909, pro parte. 



Caules usque ad inflorescentiae pilis minimis puberuli. Aliter ut in var. 

 wellmanii, 



ANGOLA: Benguela District: Bailundo, 1525 m., 1906, Dr. F. C. Wellman s.n. 

 (TYPUS varietatis in Herb. Kew.). Huila District: Quilemba-Chele, suffrute scent, 

 in hiemisilva, 4 June 1937, Gossweiler 10991 (Herb. Kew.). 



One sheet of Wellman's original gathering in Herb. Kew. differs markedly from 

 the others in the indumentum on the stems, and I am making it the type of this 

 new variety. 



In var. myriantha hermaphrodite flowers alone are known. In var. wellmanii 

 the type-gathering consists partly of female and partly of hermaphrodite plants, 

 while Kassner 2895 is entirely female. In var. brachytricha only hermaphrodite 

 flowers have been collected.] 



4. Satureja vernayana Brenan. Vide supra. 



Only hermaphrodite flowers are known. 



5. Satureja cacondensis (G. Taylor) Brenan, comb. nov. 



Calamintha cacondensis G. Taylor, Jour. Bot. 69 (suppl. 2): 167. 1930. 

 Confined to Angola (Gossweiler 2860, 2861). Hermaphrodite flowers alone 

 are known.] 



