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COLEUS # aromaticus 



Sweet-scented Coleus. 



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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate Juss. §. Ocymoidese Bentham. (Introduction to 

 the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) 



COLEUS Lour. — Calyx ovato-campanulatus, fructifer erectus, decli- 

 natus vel reflexus, quinquedentatus, dente supremo ovato-membranaceo, in- 

 ferioribus augustioribus, liberis vel infimis inter se connatis. Corolla tubo 

 exserto defracto bilabiata, labio superiore obtus& 3-4-fido, inferiore integro 

 elongato concavo ssephis cymbiformi. Stamina 4, didynama. Filamenta 

 edentula basi in tubum stylum vaginantem connata. Antherce ovato-reni- 

 formes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus apice subulatus, sequaliter bifidus, 



stigmatibus subterminalibus. Herbee suffruticesve Indices vel Africans. 



Verticillastri 6-8-fiori, nunc dense globosi, nunc cymis utrinque elongatis 

 laxissimi, in racemos terminates simplicesvel rarius ramosos dispositi. Folia 

 fioralia bractecejbrmia ante anthesin ad apicem racemorum subcomosa, per 

 anthesin scepiils decidua. — Bentham MSS. 





Sect. 2. Aromaria. Verticillastri dense subglobosi multiflori. Calyx 



fructifer vix declinatus, fauce int&s nud&. Benth. ined. 



C. aromaticus ; ramis erectis tomentoso-pubescentibus hispidisve, foliis pe- 

 tiolatis lato-ovatis crenatis basi rotundatis cordatisve crassissimis utrinque 

 hispidis vel cano-villosis, floralibus calycem vix sequantibus, racemis 

 simplicibus, verticillastris remotis globosis multifloris, calycibus suberectis 

 tomentosis, fauce intils nuda, dente supremo ovato oblongo membranaceo 

 non decurrente, inferioribus brevioribus setaceis subeequalibus. — Benth. 



Lab. gen. et sp. ined. 



Plectranthus aromaticus. Roxb. ! hort. beng. 45. 



Coleus aromaticus. Benth. in Wall. pL as. rar. 2. 15. 



Coleus amboinicus. Lour.fi. cochinch. 372? 



Marrubium album amboinicum. Rumph. herb. amb. 5. 295. 1. 102. f. 2? 



Plectranthus amboinensis. Spr. syst. 2. 690 ? 

 Caules crassi 9 carnoso-vasculosi, fragiles, basi sublignosi, in hortis Indicis 

 procurrentes, ramosissimi, radicantes. Rami \-\^-pedales, erecti 9 scepiils 

 breviter hispidi. Folia \-2-pollicaria, in vivo crassissima viridia cellulosa 

 rugosa, siccitate albicantia, pilis brevibus densissim* obsessa, fioralia parva 

 acuminata, per anthesin refiexa, demum decidua. Verticillastri 20-30-flori 

 et ultrh. Calyces breviter pedicellati, parvi, albo-tomentosi, fructiferi vix 

 audi. Corolla pallida violacea ; tubus calyce subduplb longior ad medium 

 defractus ;faux inflata; labium superius breve quadridentatum, inferius tubo 

 (Equate exths pubescens, pariim dilatatum, cymbiforme. Genitalia breviter 

 exserta. Achenia subrotundo-compressa, brunnea, Icevissima, lucida. — Benth. 



* So named by Loureiro from xaAws, a sheath ; because 

 are united into a tube, which surrounds the style like a sheath. 



