18. Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Leucas cfr. nyassae Gürke. Herbaceous perennial plant, cluster of creeping shoots 70–80 cm long (at the end of rainy season). Flowers in April. In September drying of leaves, cylindrical tap root thickened in the upper part up to 1 cm of diameter, side roots thin, not numerous. On creeping shoots some adventitious roots. Hemicryptophyte. Tab. 3, Fig. 24a–b – Appendix 1, 2; Fl. Zamb.: Perennial herb up to 2 m high, stems erect or procumbent from a woody rootstock.

Scutellaria schweinfurthii Briq. subsp. paucifolia (Baker) A. J. Paton = Scutellaria pauci ora (Baker) A. J. Paton. Perennial herb, stems up to 40 (60) cm tall, in time of owering 15 cm tall. Buds and owers from August (Plot 1) to October, at the end of this month and in November – dissemination. Vertical tap root up to 1 cm in diameter with numerous thin side roots mostly horizontal. Hemicryptophyte? Tab. 3, Fig. 25a – Appendix 1, 2; Fl. Zamb.: Perennial herb 15–40 cm tall, with several slender, strict stems arising from a woody rootstock (…) scrub and grassland prone to burning (…).