Bciblatt ^u deu Butauisclien Jahrbuchern. Nr. 120. 



197 



Ein neuer Coleus 



Yon 



Alwin Berger 



L I 



Coleus Reliueltiaiuis Berger n. sp. 



g 



— Perennis caulibus divaricatis 

 procumbenlibus ad nodes radicantibus ramosis carnosis tetragonis rubellis 

 pilis minutis reflexis pubescentibus. Folia parva plerumque latiora quam 

 longa, ovato-deltoidea obtusa vel subrotunda, crenata, basi integra acumi- 

 nata ve] subcordata, supra usque marginem viridem toto et intense pur- 

 purea pilisque albis sparsis pubescentia, subtus pallide viridia basi macula 

 purpurea minore tincta nervisque prominulis pubescentibus; petioli graciles 

 lamina plerumque longiores pubescentes pilisque paucis longioribus sparsis 

 etiam caules ad insertionem petioloruin annulatim ciliati. Racemi elongali 

 puberuli bracteis viridibus concavis cordalo-deltoideis acutis fimbriatis 

 muniti; verticillastri laxi, cymi sessiles vel ramosi 7 — 8- (et ultra)-flori; 

 pedicelli graciles corolla breviores. Calyx bilabiatus, basi hispidulus intus 

 laber, lobus superior obovatus obtusus breviter acuminatus, laterales 

 breviores obtusi, infimi connati apice acuti. Corolla caerulea glabra nisi 

 carina pilis paucis brevibus ciliata, tubus calyce longior defractus fauce 

 ampliato, labium superum recurvum 4-lobum album lobis lateralibus parvis 

 acutis mediis majoribus rotundis, labium inferum cymbiforme genitalia 

 includens tubo pauIo longius. 



Species ex sectione Solenostemoiioides Vatke [Solenostemon Benth.) 

 1 Vulgares Benth. ^), affinis C. Bojeri Benth. 2)^ dilTert autem habitu 

 ramosissimo, foliis haud ovatis, haud buUato-subrugosis, corolla majore et 

 blaio infero cymbiformi haud lineari genitalibusque inclusis. Ab C. elon- 

 gato Trim, differt ramis semperfoliatis foliisque minoribus, racemorum et 

 corolla forma etc. 



Gaulcs circ. 3 mm crassi, fulia majora plerumque circ. 15—17 mm longa et 

 4 8 mm lata, saepius autem minora; petioli 10—20 mm longi; racemi 10 

 et 3 — 4 cm diametro; corolla 13 mm longa. 



I.') cm longi 



1) Engler und Puantl, Nut. Pflzfam. IV. :^a, 360. 



2) De Canuulle, Prodromus XII. 72. 



