Plectranthus. | CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 617 
3. P. pulneyensis, Hook. f. ; tall, robust, villous, lower leaves stoutly 
petioled ovate-cordate reticulate crenate, racemes narrow, branches Short, - 
corolla-tube short broad, lips short subequal, stamens far exserted, fruiting 
calyx $ in. sparingly hispid, lobes obtuse, nutlets broadly oblong. P. stria. 
tus, Herb. Wight 2096. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Pulney Mts., Wight. . 
Foliage, hairiness, and stout stems of P. nilghirieus, but flowers and fruit quite 
different. 
4. P. nigrescens, Benth. Lab. 710, and in DC. Prodr. xii, 58; 
erect, finely pubescent, rarely subvillous, blackish when dry, leaves small 
petioled ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, cymes narrow usually terminal and 
solitary, corolla-tube short, lips subequal short, stamens shortly exserted 
or included, fruiting calyx sparsely scabrid, lobes obtuse, nutlets suborbicular. 
Thwaites Enum, 237, excl. syn. P. Walkeri. P. montanus, Herb. Wight. 
P. hians, and P. scabrellus, Benth. in DC. L. c. 57, 58. 
CEYLON; Central Province, alt. 4—7000 ft., Mackenzie, &e. 
Stem stout or slender, simple or branched, variable in pubescence. Leaves 1-13 in, 
Corolla } in., white, spotted with red. Fruiting calyx about as long. 
9. P. Walkeri, Arn. Pugill. Pl. Ind. Or. 36, and in Nov, Act. Nat. 
Cur. xviii. 354; stems subsimple ascending leafy pubescent, leaves petioled 
lanceolate serrate above the middle glabrous, cymes terminal solitary narrow 
hoary, corolla-tube rather broad longer than the subequal lips, stamens 
shortly exserted, fruiting calyx nearly glabrous, lobes obtuse, nutlets broadly 
oblong. P. nigrescens, var. Thwaites Enum. 237. 
CEYLON ; Ramboddi, &c., alt. 4-5000 ft., Sir G. Mackenzie, Walker. Deccan 
ENINSULA; Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Beddome. . >. 
A very distinct plant, blackish when dry. Stem 12-18 in. Leaves 14-2 in, 
acute, puberulous on the nerves. KRacemes 2-5in, Calyx nearly as in P. nigrescens. 
6. P. rivularis, Wight mss.; stem erect leafy pubescent, leaves long- 
petioled lanceolate crenate to below the middle pubescent or glabrate, racemes 
terminal and axillary narrow pubescent, corolla-tube rather broad longer 
than the subequal lips, stamens shortly exserted, fruiting calyx nearly 
glabrous, lobes subacute, nutlets broadly oblong. P. nigrescens, g. 
Scabrellus, Wight (Kew Distrib. 2093). 
NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY HILLS ; Sispara, Wight, Gardner, Beddome. 
Very near P. Walkeri, and perhaps a variety, but taller, more hairy, green when 
dry, leaves longer petioled, crenate (not serrate) to near the base. 
iil Fruiting calyx indistinctly 2-lipped, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla i-i in. 
long, tube straight, equal at the base. 
. 7. P. Gerardianus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 17, Lab. 40, and 
m DC. Prodr. xii. 56 (all in part) ; tall, branched, nearly glabrous, leaves 
large lower petioled ovate crenate or toothed, floral and bracts smal , cymes 
Mm branched panicles, corolla 4 in., tube subcylindrie, lips subequay fruiting 
Calyx 1 in, glabrous or nearly so, teeth subacute, nutlets ellipsoid. Wall. 
pat. 2742. P. oblongifolius, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 16; Cat. 2739; Benth. 
. 6, 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 3-9000 ft.; from Kashmir to Sikkim (ascending to 
12,000). -Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Wallich, &c. , . 
Stem 4-6 ft., glabrous or puberulous above. Leaves 3-7 by 1-4 in., acuminate, 
