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ceous, erect, thick, pilosely hispid; leaves on short petioles, 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, or subcordate, 
hispid on the nerves on both surfaces; racemes simple or 
branched at the base; whorls 6-10-flowered: upper ones ap- 
proximate ; calyxes hispid, inflated in the fructiferous state: 
lower teeth lanceolate; upper lip of corolla very short. ato 
S. Native of Abyssinia, Bruce. O'cymum punctàtum, Lin. 
mant. p. 275. Galedpsis maculósa, Lam. dict. 2. p. 601. 
Germanea maculdsa, Lam. dict. 2. p. 691. Germanea punctata, 
Poir. dict. 2. p. 763. Stem often spotted. Hairs on the stem 
and leaves articulated, and often glandular. Leaves 2 inches 
long. Corollas small, pale blue; disk of the upper lip lined 
with purple: lower lip deeply spotted at apex. 
Spotted-flowered Plectranthus. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1775. 
Pl. -2 feet. 
6 P. Lescuena’uttu (Benth. lab. p. 34.) stem erect, rather 
fleshy, smoothish ; leaves on long petioles, oblong, acuminated, 
bluntly-serrated, cuneately rounded at the base, and quite en- 
tire, glabrous: floral ones deciduous; racemes simple ; whorls 
loose, many-flowered ; peduncles rather fleshy, irregularly 
branched ; lower teeth of calyx ovate-acuminated : middle ones 
the longest; tube of corolla elongated: throat dilated. ©. S. 
Native of Java, Leschenault. Allied to P. cordifolius and P. 
incisus. Leaves 4-6 inches long, minutely glandular beneath. 
Leschenault's Plectranthus. — Pl.? 
7 P. rorunpiroxius (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 690.) stem procum- 
bent, and rooting at the base ; branches erect, thick, smoothish ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, bluntish, crenated, rounded at 
the base or cuneated, running somewhat down the petioles, 
quite glabrous, thick, nerved; floral leaves bractea-formed ; 
racemes simple; whorls loose, many-flowered, approximate ; 
calyx campanulate : upper tooth broad-oblong: lateral ones 
truncate: lower one broad-ovate, connate, shortly acuminated ;* 
corolla declinate: throat scarcely inflated. 
the Mauritius and Coromandel. 
Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 15. Germanea rotundifolia, Poir. 
dict. 2. p. 763. Népeta Madagascariénsis, Lam. dict. 1. p. 
712. ?—Kúrka, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 49. t. 25.? The whole 
plant, when dried, is beset with minute black glands. Floral 
leaves minute. Calyx downy.  Corollas blue. 
Round-leaved Plectranthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
1 to 2 feet. 
8 P. trerna‘tus (Sims. bot. mag. t. 2460.) stem erect; 
branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves on long peti- 
oles, ovate-roundish, acute, coarsely crenated, narrowed a long 
way at the base, rather fleshy, clothed with fine pubescence 
above, and canescent beneath; floral leaves bractea-formed ; 
racemes simple; whorls rather loose, many-flowered, approxi- 
mate; calyx campanulate : lower teeth broad-ovate, acute, very 
short; corolla declinate : throat hardly inflated. 04. S. Na- 
tive of Madagascar. Root fibrous, bearing oblong tubercles, 
for which it is cultivated, as well as the P. rotundifülius. 
Leaves usually 3 in a whorl. Corollas purple. 
Ternate-leaved Plectranthus. Fl. Aug. Clt.1821. Pl. 1 foot. 
9 P. ova`rus (Benth. lab. 709.) plant clothed with fine 
pubescence; stem herbaceous, erect; leaves on short petioles, 
ovate, acuminated, crenated, rounded at the base, scabrous 
above; floral leaves bractea-formed ; racemes loose, panicled ; 
whorls equal, usually 10-flowered ; fructiferous calyx droop- 
ing, ovate, incurved, striated, reticulated, finely pubescent : 
lower teeth lanceolate, acute. 21.? S. Native of Arabia Felix, 
on the mountains. O'cymum gratíssimum, Forsk. fl. egypt. p. 
110. but not of Lin, This plant differs from the other species 
contained in this section in the form of the leaves; but the 
habit is that of P. cordifólius. Racemes of P. Australe. 
Flowers of P, fruticósus, but the corolla is not spurred. 
X.S. Native of 
Cóleus rugósus, Benth. in 
LABIATAE. VIII. Precrrantuus. 
Ovate-leaved Plectranthus. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
10 P. rærpus (Benth. lab. p. 35.) stem thick, villous; 
leaves on short petioles, broad-ovate, crenated, truncate at the 
base, or cordate, thick, a little wrinkled, very villous: floral 
ones deciduous; racemes dense, branched a little; whorls 
many-flowered, approximate; calyxes villous : lower teeth seta- 
ceous ; tube of corolla defracted in the middle: throat hardly 
inflated. 21.? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 
at Endeavour river. O'cymum foe'tidum, Banks, herb. Plant 
rufescent. Stem bluntly tetragonal. Floral leaves broad-ovate, 
cordate, acuminated, glabrous above. 
Fetid Plectranthus. Pl. ? 
11 P. corpirétius (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 116.) plant 
clothed with fine pubescence ; stem herbaceous, erect, thickened 
and fleshy at base; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, crenated, 
broadly cordate at the base ; floral leaves bractea-formed, ovate- 
cuneated; racemes loose, panicled; whorls secund, few-flow- 
ered; fructiferous calyxes nutant, ovate: lower teeth lanceo- 
late, acuminated ; throat of corolla dilated. 21. S. Native of 
the East Indies; Nipaul, Wall.; Himalaya, Royle. P. móllis, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 69. Benth. lab. 55. P. divaricàtus, Weinm. 
in syll. pl. soc. ratisb. 1. p. 66. flora, 1826. 1. p. 174.  O'cy- 
mum mille, Ait. hort. kew. ed. Ist. vol. 2. p. 322. P. incànus, 
Link, enum. 2. p. 120. P. secüándus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 45. 
P. Maypurénsis, Roth. nov. spec. p. 271. Perin Tolassi, 
Rheed. mal. 10. p. 167. t. 84. Root tuberous. Leaves 2-3 
inches long. Corollas blue. 
Heart-leaved Plectranthus. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
12 P.suniNcrsus (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. rar. 2. p. 
16.) smoothish ; stem herbaceous, erect, hardly fleshy ; leaves 
petiolate, broad-ovate, deeply toothed, cordate at the base: 
floral ones bractea-formed, ovate; racemes loose, panicled a 
little; whorls secund ; fructiferous calyx rather nutant, ovate : 
upper tooth ovate: lower ones ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; 
corolla 4 times longer than the calyx: tube rather gibbous be- 
neath the base, defracted at the middle: throat dilated a little. 
4.? S. Native of the East Indies, near Courtallum, Dindigul, 
and Ceylon. Nearly allied to P. cordifólius. 
Rather-cut-leaved Plectranthus. Pl. k 
13 P. cowex'srus (R. Br. prod. 506.) stem clothed with 
hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 
cuneated at the base, thick, wrinkled, villously tomentose : floral 
ones minute, deciduous; racemes dense, many-flowered, pa- 
nicled; whorls many-flowered, approximate; calyx declinate, 
incurved in the fructiferous state, striated, pubescent: upper 
tooth ovate, obtuse, not decurrent : lower ones lanceolate, acute: 
corolla about twice as long as the calyx. %.?S. Native of 
tropical New Holland. Racemes spike-formed, elongated. 
Whorls 20-flowered. Flowers minute, on short pedicels. 
Cronded-flowered Plectranthus. Pl. 
14 P. ZrvrA'wicus (Benth. lab. p. 36.) stem procumbent, 
ascending, thick, pubescent; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, 
crenated, pubescent : floral ones ovate-roundish, obtuse, bifari- 
ously imbricated before the expansion of the flowers; racemes 
elongated, branched a little at the base; whorls rather loose, 
usually 10-flowered ; calyxes declinate: upper lip ovate, acute, 
shortly decurrent: lower teeth lanceolate-acute ; corolla 4 times 
longer than the calyx: tube gibbous beneath at the base, de- 
fracted at the middle: upper lip spreading: lower one ascend- 
ing, stretched out, concave. %.? S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. 
Allied to P. Australis; but differs in the stature, and larger 
leaves, and size and form of the corolla, &c. 
Ceylon Plectranthus. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
15 P. AusrnA'Lrs (R. Br. prod. p. 506.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, pubescent; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, deeply 
crenated, rounded at the base, rather wrinkled, pubescent; 
