cc TN 
1098 
PLECTRANTHUS australis. 
Southern Plectranthus. 
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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Lagıarz. Sect. II. B. Calyx bilabiatus. R. Br. 
PLECTRANTHUS UV Heéritier.—Calyz bilabiatus, labio inferiore diviso, 
striatus; fructifer basi subtüs gibbosus. Corolle labium superius 3-fidum, 
lacinid media biloba; inferius longius integrum (plerumque concavum). 
Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (nunc basi connatis); antheris unilo- 
cularibus, imberbibus. Herbe v. suffrutices plus minus pubescentes glan- 
dulisque consperse. Folia crenata. Flores verticillato-racemosi, terminales. 
Corolla sepiüs cerulea. Brown prodr. 1. 505. 
I. Corolla tubo ecalcarato, calycem bis superante: labio inferiore longiore 
concavo, A 
P. australis; calycis labio inferiore 4-partito : laciniis mediis vix longioribus, 
verticillis distinctis; pedicellis calycem fructiferum subeequantibus, foliis 
ovatis inciso-crenatis rugosiusculis pubescentibus, caule herbaceo. Brown 
prodr. 1. 506. Spreng. syst. 2. 690. 
Caules carnosi, pubescentes. Folia petiolata, carnosa, subrotunda, rugosa, 
grosse crenata, petiolis hirsutis. Rachis angulatus, pubescens. Verticillastri 
subebracteati, pauciflori. Flores parvi, pallide purpurei. Calyx pubescens, 
resinoso-punctatus, basi subtüs gibbosus, lacinia. suprema subrotunda, ovata, 
inferioribus subulatis, sursüm falcatis. Corolla laciniis superioribus rotun- 
datis, intermediis ovatis, labello maximo, concavo. Stamina 4, didynama, in 
labello declinata, filamentis basi distinctis, antheris bilocularibus, glabris, 
loculis divaricatis. Cariopsides disco carnoso inserti, glaberrimi. : 
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A greenhouse herbaceous plant, of a neat appearance, 
native of the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. It propa- 
gates by division of the roots, or by cuttings of the stem. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in Sep- 
tember 1826. 
Stems fleshy, pubescent. Leaves stalked, fleshy, round- 
ish, rugose, coarsely crenated, with hirsute petioles. Rachis 
angular, downy. Verticillastri generally without bractee, 
few-flowered. Flowers small, pale purple. Calyx downy, 
