LABIATZE. VIII. Precrrantuus. 
floral leaves ovate-roundish, deciduous ; racemes elongated, 
simple; whorls rather loose, usually 10-flowered ; calyxes 
declinate, incurved, striated, and smoothish in the fructiferous 
state : upper tooth ovate, acuminated, scarcely decurrent : lower 
teeth lanceolate, setaceously acuminated ; corolla about 3 lines 
longer than the calyx: tube rather gibbous at the base, decli- 
nate: upper lip spreading: lower one stretched out, concave. 
©. G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Lindl. 
bot. reg. 1098. Leaves 1 to 14 inch long, truncate at the base, 
or subcordate. Corollas pale purple. 
Southern Plectranthus. Fl. Aug. Sept. 
to 3 feet. 
16 P. parvirLorus (Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 65. but not of 
R. Br.) stem suffruticose, erect, branched, tomentosely villous, 
bluntly tetragonal; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, cre- 
nated, rounded at the base or cordate, wrinkled, villous on both 
surfaces, white beneath; floral leaves ovate-roundish, decidu- 
ous; racemes elongated, simple; whorls rather loose, usually 
10-flowered ; calyxes declinate, incurved in the fructiferous 
state, striated: upper tooth acuminated, scarcely decurrent : 
lower teeth lanceolate, setaceously acuminated ; corolla about 
3 times as long as the calyx: tube subgibbous at base, decli- 
nate. b. G. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, and 
on the mountains about Port Jackson ; and Sandwich Islands. 
Germànea parviflora, Poir. dict. 2. p. 764. ? P. gravéolens, R. 
Br. prod. p. 506. P. paniculàtus, Jacq. fragm. p. 62. t. 91. 
Flowers blue or purple. Very nearly allied to P. Australis ; 
but differs in the more humble stature, in the shrubby stem, in 
the more villous leaves, and smaller leaves and flowers. 
Small-flowered Plectranthus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
17 P. Tuunse’/re (Benth. lab. p. 37.) stem procumbent, 
glabrous ; leaves petiolate, roundish, bluntly crenated, fleshy, 
quite glabrous: racemes elongated, simple; whorls loosely 
4-6-flowered; floral leaves acute, shorter than the pedicels ; 
fructiferous calyx declinate, striated, hardly incurved: upper 
tooth ovate, acute, scarcely decurrent: lateral teeth lanceolate, 
setaceously acuminated ; corolla 5 times as long as the calyx: 
with a decurved tube, and, an elongated incurved lower lip. 
u.?G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. O’cymum verti- 
cillàtum, Lin. suppl. 276. O'cymum racemósum, Thunb. prod. 
fl. cap. p. 96. Allied to P. Madagascariénsis, but differs from 
it in the leaves being glabrous and fleshy. Corolla like that of 
P. Australis, but longer and more slender. 
Thunberg’s Plectranthus. | Pl. procumbent. 
18 P. MapacascaniE sis (Benth. lab. p. 37.) stem herba- 
ceous, procumbent, villous; branches ascending ; leaves petio- 
late, roundish, obtuse, deeply crenated, very villous ; racemes 
elongated, simple; whorls rather loose, usually 10-flowered, 
sessile, membranous, roundish-cuneated, deciduous, villous be- 
neath and glabrous above; calyxes declinate, incurved in the 
fructiferous state, striated: upper tooth ovate, hardly acumi- 
nated, shortly decurrent: lower teeth lanceolate, setaceously 
acuminated ; corolla about 3 times as long as the calyx, decli- 
nate: tube rather gibbous at the base, and defracted at the 
middle. %.? S. Native of Madagascar and Mauritius, and 
Arabia Felix. O’cymum aurícula, Forsk. mss. in herb, Banks. 
O'cymum Madagascariénsis, Pers. ench. 2. p. 135. P. villdsus, 
Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. no. 152. O’cymum Hadiénse, Forsk. fi. 
sgypt. p. 109. P. Forskoelii, Vahl, symb. p. 44. but not of 
Willd. 
Madagascar Plectranthus. Pl. procumbent. 
19 P. nr'arus (Benth. lab. p. 38.) stem procumbent, hispid ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cuneated at the base, 
very much wrinkled, hispid; floral leaves minute; racemes 
elongated, nearly simple; whorls loosely 6-10-flowered ; ca- 
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lyxes declinate, incurved and striated in the fructiferous state : 
upper tooth ovate, acute: lower teeth lanceolate, setaceously 
acuminated ; corolla 4 times longer than the calyx: tube rather 
gibbous at the base, defracted in the middle. 21.? G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, Masson. O’cymum hírtum, Banks, 
herb. Nearly allied to P. Madagascariénsis; but differs in the 
smaller, more wrinkled, and more hispid leaves, and in the 
larger corolla, &c. 
Hairy Plectranthus. P]. procumbent. 
20 P. SrzsE nr (Benth. lab. p. 710.) stem herbaceous, pro- 
cumbent, pubescent; leaves on short petioles, ovate, bluntish, 
cuneated at the base, coarsely crenated, cut a little, thickish, 
pubescent : floral ones almost wanting; racemes loose, simple ; 
whorls 6-flowered ; calyxes pubescent, declinate in the ,fructi- 
ferous state, rather shorter than the pedicels, incurved, striated : 
upper tooth roundish, acutish, hardly decurrent : lower lateral 
ones lanceolate: middle ones setaceous ; corolla twice as long as 
the calyx. 2/.? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 
Sieber. Root thickened at apex. Lower segment of corolla 
elongated, concave. Allied to the three preceding species. 
Sieber's Plectranthus. Pl. procumbent. 
21 FonsrE nr (Benth. lab. p. 38.) stem herbaceous, erect, ? 
smoothish ; leaves petiolate, ovate, bluntish, cuneated at the 
base, remotely crenated, smoothish: floral leaves very minute, 
or almost wanting; racemes loose, simple; whorls loosely 6-10- 
flowered ; calyx glabrous, declinate in the fructiferous state, 
shorter than its pedicel: upper tooth ovate, acute, hardly de- 
current : lower lateral teeth lanceolate, acute: middle one 
setaceous ; corolla minute, hardly twice as long as the floriferous 
calyx. ©.? S. Native of the New Hybrides; in the islands 
of Tanna, Forster. Plant slender, nearly glabrous. Racemes 
slender. 
Forster’s Plectranthus. Pl. 1 foot. 
Secr. III. Hereroca'Lyx (from érepoc, heteros, variable; and 
kadvé, calyx, a calyx.) Benth. lab. p. 39.  Fructiferous calyx 
declinate, bilabiate ; both lips almost quite entire, nearly equal. 
Corolla gibbous above the base, not spurred, defracted.—Herbs. 
Flowers racemose. 
22 P.? Parrsórr (Benth. lab. p. 39.) stem erect, pubescent ; 
leaves ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, or cordate, 
pubescent on the nerves on both surfaces : floral leaves bractea- 
formed ; raceme simple; whorls 6-flowered, remote; corolla 
about twice as long as the calyx. (2. S. Native of Tropical 
Africa. O'cymum monostàchyum, P. Beauv. fl. dow. 2. p. 60. t. 
95 taal 
Palisot de Beauvois's Plectranthus. Pl. 1 foot. 
Secr., IV. Metissoives (so called from the plants having the 
habit of species of Melissa.) Benth. lab. p. 39.  Fructiferous 
calyx declinate, bilabiate : upper lip tridentate: lower one 
bidentate. Corolla spurred above the base.— Herbs, with axil- 
lary, few-flowered cyines. 
23 P. metissoines (Benth. lab. p. 39.) stem herbaceous, with 
rough angles; leaves petiolate, broad ovate, cuneated at the 
base, nearly glabrous, rough: floral ones conform; whorls 
axillary, loose, remote; peduncles trifid on both sides; calyx 
campanulate, glabrous; teeth of calyx all ovate, acute.— Native 
of the East Indies, in Silhet. Leaves small, scabrous from 
minute bristles on the nerves. 
Melissa-like Plectranthus. Pl. procumbent. ? 
Secr. V. lsopow (from «oc, isos, equal ; and odove oovroc, 
odous odontos, a tooth; in allusion to the teeth of the calyx 
being all equal.) Schrad. in Benth. lab. p. 40. Fructiferous 
