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LEONOTIS intermedia. 
Intermediate Leonotis. 
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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. 
LEONOTIS. Supra vol. 4. fol. 281. 
L. intermedia, caule suffruticoso, foliis petiolatis ovato-cordatis acuminatis 
inciso-dentatis, calycibus muticis velutinis decemdentatis, bracteis mol- 
libus ovato-lanceolatis, internodiis terminalibus longissimis. — 
Caulis erectus, 4-pedalis, tetraqueter, velutinus, obtuse angulatus, late- 
ribus sulcatis, internodiis distantibus. Folia rugosa, -longé petiolata, supra 
glabriuscula, opaca, subtus tomentosa, inferiora ovato-cordata, acumina- 
ta, obtusa, inciso-serrata, superiora fasciculata, ovato-lanceolata, dentata. 
Flores versus apicem caulis in verticillis 30- floris dispositt, bracteis 2-oppo- 
sitis linearibus communibus et linearibus brevibus acutis propriis suffulti, au- 
rantiaci, horizontaliter patentes, 1%-unciales. Calyx velutinus, ore con- 
tracto obliquo 10-dentato, dentibus muticis, superiore ceteris non multum 
majore. Corolla gracilis, arcuata, aurantiaca, villis longis densissimis colo- 
ratis tecta, intra calycem glabra, calyce ad minimum triplo longior, gulea 
elongata, laciniis inferioribus minutis, glabris, spiraliter convolutis, depen- 
dentibus. Stamina basi pilosa, apice cum antherd glabra. Stylus filiformis, 
glaber ; stigma acutum, bilobum: lobo superiore nano. 
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This species of Leonotis has been raised in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society, from seed sent from Delagoa 
Bay, in southern Africa, by the late Mr. Forbes. It is a 
fine perennial half-shrubby plant, flowering in the stove 
during the greater part of the year. a 
The Stems are erect, about 4 feet high, with 4 deep 
furrows, and very long intervals between the joints. The 
Leaves are wrinkled, on very long stalks, smoothish and 
opaque above, and downy beneath ; the lower ovate-cordate 
obtuse, the upper ovate-lanceolate. The Flowers appear 
from the uppermost joints of the stem in whorls of about 
30 flowers, which are supported by two long narrow floral 
leaves, and many little soft ovate-lanceolate bractee ; they 
are of a very bright fulvous or orange colour, and are co- 
vered all over with long dense coloured hairs. The Calyzx is 
covered over with soft hairs, a little contracted at the ori- 
fice, which is oblique and divided into ten nearly equal un- 
armed teeth. The stamens are pilose towards the base, with 
the anthers smooth upwards. Of the two lobes of the 
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