LABIATZE. IX. Coteus. 
lower ones combined at the base, lanceolate-aeute. ©.? S. 
Native of the Peninsula of India, about Madura, Wight. 
Glabrous Coleus. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
27 C. Wíenru (Benth. lab. p. 58.) stem pubescent; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, crenated, rounded or subcordate at the base, 
thick, wrinkled, hispid on both surfaces: floral leaves decidu- 
ous; raceme terminal, simple, panicle-formed; whorls loosely 
cyme-formed ; common peduncle elongated on both sides, as 
wellas its branches; calyxes rather longer than the pedicels, 
declinate in the fructiferous state, pubescent: upper tooth 
ovate, flattish : lower ones lanceolate, acute, scarcely connate 
at the base; throat of corolla widened ; lower lip about 4 times 
longer than the upper one. ©.? S. Native of the Indian 
Peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. 
Wight's Coleus. Pl. 
28 C. rANICULA TUS (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 16. 
lab. p. 59.) stem procumbent at the base, pubescent ; leaves 
petiolate, broad ovate, deeply toothed, rounded or cuneated at 
the base, thick, fleshy, bispid: floral ones deciduous ; raceme 
simple, terminal, panicle-formed ; whorls loosely cyme-formed ; 
common peduncles with their branches and pedicels elongated on 
both sides; fructiferous calyx declinate, pubescent: throat 
naked inside: upper tooth ovate, flat: lower lanceolate-subu- 
late, hardly connate at the base; corolla with an ample throat, 
and with the lower lip hardly twice as long as the upper one. 
©.? S, Native of the Indian Peninsula, on the mountains of 
Dindygul. This differs from C. Wightii in the broader, thicker, 
fleshy, more cut leaves, which are cuneated or narrowed at the 
base, not cordate, &c. 
Panicled-flowered Coleus. Pl. 
T A species not known to which section of the genus it belongs. 
29 C. ruBEROsus (Benth. lab. p. 59.) leaves ovate-crenated, 
cuneated, and quite entire at the base, rather scabrous on both 
surfaces; whorls distinct; pedicels 1-flowered; calyx hairy: 
lower lip trifid, the middle segment semi-bifid ; filaments mona- 
delphous at the base. Y%.? S. Native of Java, in gardens. 
Plectránthus tuberósus, Blum. bijdr. p. 838.—Rumph. amb. 5. 
p. 372. t. 132. f. 1.2 
Tuberous-rooted Coleus. 
Cult. 
PI. 
For culture and propagation see O'cymum, p. 674. 
X. ANISOCHTPLUS (from avisoc, anisos, unequal ; and 
xetXoc, chilos, a lip; in reference to the inequality of both lips of 
calyx and corolla.) Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 18. Benth. lab. 
p. 59. Lavandula species, Lin. Plectranthus species, Roxb., 
Smith, and other authors. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx ovate, erect- 
ish, bilabiate ; upper lip entire, after florescence lying upon 
the lower one, which is truncate, entire, or shortly 4-toothed, 
closing the calyx. Corolla with an exserted, defracted tube, 
a somewhat inflated throat, and a bilabiate limb: upper lip 
short, bluntly 3-4-cleft: lower lip entire, elongated, concave. 
Stamens 4, declinate; lower ones the longest; filaments free, 
toothless; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent cells. Style 
subulate at apex, equally bifid; stigmas almost terminal.— 
Annual or perennial herbs. | Whorls densely imbricate into 
oblong cylindrical spikes. Floral leaves bractea-formed, im- 
bricated. 
1. A. carnosum (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 18. Benth. lab. 
p. 59.) stem erect; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, obtuse, 
crenated, cordate at the base, thick, fleshy, tomentosely villous 
on both surfaces; spikes on long peduncles; floral leaves ovate, 
obtuse; lower lip of calyx truncate, quite entire: upper lip 
XG 
685 
d.S. Native 
Lavándula carnósa, Lin. 
Plectranthus carnósus, Smith, in Rees, 
cycl. vol. 27. Plectranthus strobiliferus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 
45. Plectránthus dübius, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 691.  Plectrán- 
thus crassifolius, Hortul.—Rheed. mal. 10. p. 179. t. 90. Stem 
branched, tetragonal, villous. Corolla lilac. 
Var. B, purpurascens (Benth. lab. p. 60.) spikes smoothish, 
purplish. 
Var. y, glàbrum (Benth. lab. p. 711.) Native of Ceylon. 
A. glabra, Schrad. ind. sem. hort. goett. 1823. p. 1. 
Fleshy Anisochilus. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1788. Pl. 2 feet. 
2 A. PA'LLIDUM (Wall. l.c. Benth. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves 
petiolate, oblong-elliptie, narrowed at both ends, membranous, 
or hardly fleshy, nearly glabrous ; spikes panicled ; floral leaves 
lanceolate, acuminated ; lower lip of calyx obliquely truncate, 
shortly 4-toothed : upper lip lanceolate, acute.  $.? S. Na- 
tive of the Birman Empire, on Mount Taong Dong. Leaves 
2-3 inches long, and 1-2 broad, hardly hispid above, and almost 
glabrous beneath. Spikes pedunculate. Corolla of A. carnd- 
sum, but more slender. 
Pale Anisochilus. Pl. 2 feet. 
3 A.? rorvsrA'cuvuw (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 
19. lab. p. 60.) stem erect, branched; leaves nearly sessile, 
ovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated, cuneated at the base, 
clothed with fine pubescence, nerved beneath; spikes pa- 
nicled; calyx incurved at top, with an obliquely 5-toothed 
mouth: upper tooth hardly longer than the rest. ©.? G. 
Native of Nipaul, near Hetownrah, in boggy places. 
bluntly tetragonal, tomentose. Calyx clothed with rufous 
tomentum. Leaves 2-4 inches long. 
Many-spiked Anisochilus. Pl. 
4 A. pysopuyLioipes (Benth. l. c.) stem procumbent at the 
base; branches ascending, clothed with silky villi; leaves 
nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, narrowed 
at the base; spikes axillary and terminal, pedunculate ; lower 
lip of calyx minute, truncate: superior one small, acute, de- 
flexed. ©.? G. Native of the Peninsula of India, on the 
Nielgherry mountains. Habit almost of Dysophilla rugósa. 
Plant clothed with soft, silky, rufescent pubescence. Stamens 
exserted. 
Dysophylla-like Anisochilus. 
Cult. 
AmisocHILUSs. XI. CEorraNTHUs. 
ovate, acute, membranous, with ciliated edges. 
of the East Indies, in many places. 
amoen. 10. p. 56. t. 3. 
Stem 
Pl. procumbent. 
For culture and propagation see O'cymum, p. 674. 
XI. CEOLLA'NTHUS (from aXXo, aiollo, to vary ; and 
av@oc, anthos, a flower.) Mart. amcen. bot. monac. 4. Benth. 
lab. p. 61. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx ovate, cam- 
panulate, truncate ; teeth obsolete; throat naked inside, closed 
in the fructiferous state, and circumcised at the base. Corolla 
with an exserted tube, which is decurved beyond the calyx, 
and somewhat dilated above: limb bilabiate ; upper lip broad, 
bluntly 4-toothed : lower lip entire, longer, concave. Stamens 
4, declinate, didynamous; lower ones the longest; filaments 
free, toothless ; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent cells. 
Style shortly bifid at top; lobes subulate ; stigmas minute, 
nearly terminal. This genus is nearly allied to Anisochilus, 
from which it appears to differ only by the calyx. 
1 JE. sva vis (Mart. l.c. 4. t. 2.) (9. H. Native of the East 
Indies. ? Gathered by Martius in the Chinese Gardens at Santa 
Cruz, in Brasil. Stem obsoletely tetragonal, branched, pubes- 
cent. Leaves nearly sessile, obovate, entire, or obsoletely den- 
ticulated, narrowed at the base, thickish, pale green, glabrous, 
marked with impressed dots. Cymes or floriferous branches 
axillary and terminal, erect, usually trifid, furnished with floral 
