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calyx declinate ; teeth all equal, or disposed into two lips ; the 
upper lip tridentate, and the lower one bidentate. Corolla 
declinate, or defracted, gibbous above the base, not spurred.— 
Herbs or under shrubs. Flowers panicled, rarely racemose. 
24 P. rawcEorA'rus (Bojer. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 40.) stem 
erect, pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, stiff, pubescent, 
` narrowed into the short petioles at the base ; racemes simple ; 
whorls loose, many-flowered ; calyx campanulate, equal, in- 
flated, and incurved in the fruit-bearing state, with a contracted 
mouth : teeth. equal, short, obtuse, connivent ; corolla 5 times 
longer than the calyx. ©.? S. Native of Madagascar, Bojer. 
Stem tetragonal. Leaves bluntish, irregularly serrated. Tube 
of corolla slender. 
Lanceolate-leaved Plectranthus. PI. 
25 P. osroNerrórrus (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 16. Benth. 
lab. p. 40.) stem herbaceous, ascending, branched, glabrous ; 
leaves petiolate, oblong, toothed, narrowed at both ends, rather 
hispid above, glabrous beneath: floral ones and bracteas very 
minute, or almost wanting; panicles loose, branched, many- 
flowered ; calyx hardly bilabiate, bluntly toothed, ovate, and 
striated in the floriferous state, but lagenaeform and inflated at 
the base, and with a contracted mouth in the fructiferous state ; 
corolla 3 times as long as the calyx; stamens shorter than the 
corolla, %.? S. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 2 inches long. 
Branches of peduncle 3-4-flowered. Calyx glabrous, beset 
with red glands. Corolla hardly gibbous. 
Oblong-leaved Plectranthus. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 
26 P. scuropHutarioipes (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 16. 
Benth. lab. p. 40.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched, nearly 
glabrous; leaves on long petioles, broad-ovate, crenated, round- 
ed at the base, unequally cordate, or subcuneated : floral leaves 
and bracteas minute; panicles loose; fructiferous calyx de- 
clinate, inflated, deeply bilabiate: teeth all obtuse; corolla 
about 3 times as long as the calyx, inflated above the gibbosity ; 
stamens exserted. /.? S. Native of Nipaul, and Kamaon. 
Stem much branched, with pubescent angles. Leaves a hand 
long, rather hispid above, and glandular beneath, with pubes- 
cent nerves. Corolla whitish red, inodorous like the rest of 
the plant. 
Scrophularia-like Plectranthus. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
27 P. Wi'curm (Benth. lab. p. 41.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
branched ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, or roundish, acu- 
minated, cordate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces : lower 
floral ones like the others: upper ones and bracteas mem- 
branous, roundish-spathulate, shorter than the peduncles and 
pedicels ; panicles much branched, many-flowered ; fructiferous 
calyx declinate, oblong, incurved, striated, glabrous, with an 
obliquely bilabiate mouth : teeth nearly equal, ovate; corolla 
inflated, declinate above the gibbosity: tube one half longer 
than the calyx; stamens exserted. Y.? S. Native of the 
Peninsula of India; on mountains about Madura and Tenivelly ; 
and on Mount Kadrougon, Leschenault. Habit of P. striatus, 
Corolla like that of P. scrophularioides, but much smaller. 
Leaves 13 inch long, and 2 inches broad, long-acuminated, with 
bluntly serrated edges. 
Wight's Plectranthus. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
28 P. nicre’scens (Benth. lab. 710.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
branched ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, cordate at the base, 
rounded or narrowed;  panicles or racemes many-flowered ; 
fructiferous calyx declinate, ovate, incurved, striated, deeply 
bilabiate: upper lip truncate, shortly tridentate: lower one 
bifid, with ovate teeth ; corolla declinate, hardly gibbous above 
but with the tube twice as long as the calyx ; stamens sein 
3.? S. Native of Ceylon. P. Wightii, 8, Benth. lab. p. 41. 
Plant clothed with clammy articulated hairs. 
Blackish Plectranthus. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
LABIATJ4E. VIII. Prectrantuvs. 
29 P. srria‘tus (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 17. lab, 
p. 41.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched, nearly glabrous; 
leaves nearly sessile, ovate, acuminated, crenated, cuneated at 
the base, stiff, hispid above, and glabrous beneath ; panicle 
loose, much branched, many-flowered ; calyx declinate, oblong, 
sub-bilabiate, with obtuse, nearly equal teeth, incurved, striated, 
glabrous, but glandular in the fructiferous state ; corolla with a 
declinate tube, which is rather gibbous above the base, straight 
at the middle; stamens a little exserted. 2. S. Native of 
Silhet and Nipaul, Wall ; Mussooree, Royle. Deyra Dhoon, 
Jacquemont. Stem sometimes pubescent. Leaves 2 inches 
long, and 14 broad. 
Striated-calyxed Plectranthus. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
$0 P. nispipus (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 17. lab. 
p. 41.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched, pubescent; leaves 
nearly sessile, ovate, acuminated, toothed, cuneated at the base, 
stiff, hispid above, and pubescent beneatb, and densely glan- 
dular; panicles loose, much branched, many -flowered ; calyx 
declinate, oblong, bluntly 5-toothed, bilabiate in the fructiferous 
state, hardly incurved, very hispid ; tube of corolla declinate, 
rather gibbous above the base, straight at the middle. %.? S. . 
Native of Silhet. Very nearly allied to P. striatus. 
Hispid Plectranthus. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
31 P. Gerarpia‘nus (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 17. 
lab. p. 42.) stem herbaceous, erect, a little branched, nearly 
glabrous; leaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, rather hispid 
above, and glabrous beneath, sparingly glandular: lower ones 
petiolate, narrowed at the base: upper ones nearly sessile, 
cordate at the base: floral ones shorter than the peduncles : 
uppermost ones and bracteas minute; racemes panicle-formed, 
hardly branched; cymes loose, slender, many-flowered; calyx de- 
clinate, oblong, bilabiate, with obtuse teeth, incurved, striated, 
glabrous, and hardly glandular in the fructiferous state ; tube 
of corolla declinate, sub-gibbous above the base, straight at 
the middle. %.? S. Native of Nipaul and Kamaon. Sanse- 
darra and Deyrah Dhoon, Royle. Hyssópus lophanthoides, D. 
Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 110. Nearly allied to P. striatus, but 
differs in the smaller stature, larger green leaves, and nearly 
simple raceme, with a pubescent raghis. 
Gerard's Plectranthus. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
32 P. Cor'rsa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 117. Benth. lab. 
p. 42.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched, clothed with hoary 
pubescence; leaves petiolate, ovate, narrowed at both ends, 
crenated in the middle, rather hispid above, and pubescent 
beneath; panicles branched, many-flowered ; calyx declinate, ob- 
long, bilabiate, with ovate, acutish, nearly equal teeth, incurved, 
striated, and clothed with hoary pubescence in the fructiferous 
state, but hardly glandular ; tube of corolla gibbous above the 
base, defracted at the middle. %.? S. Native of the East 
Indies, in Nipaul, Kamaon, Simla, Mussooree ; on Mount Taong 
Dong, in the Birmann Empire; Japan, and Java, &c. Scutel- . 
lària Japónica, Burm. nid. p. 130. O'cymum Ccétsa, Spreng. 
cur. post. p. 223. Leaves 2 inches long. Corolla small, blue. 
Coetsa Plectranthus. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
33 P. wENTHolprzs (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. 2. p. 17. lab. p. 
42.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched, clothed with hoary pu- 
bescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, narrowed at both ends, 
coarsely toothed, pubescent on both surfaces; panicle loose, 
few-flowered ; fructiferous calyx declinate, oblong, incurved, ? 
clothed with hoary pubescence: teeth acutish : upper one the 
broadest; corolla sub-gibbous above the base, with a hardly 
defracted tube, and an inflated throat; anthers somewhat 2- 
celled. %.? S. Native of the East Indies, in the southern 
parts of the Peninsula. Habit of P. Coétsa, but the racemes 
are small and few-flowered, &c. 
Mint-like Plectranthus. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
