Plectranthus.] CXIL LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 619 
12. P. Wightii, Benth. Lab. 41, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 56; tall, robust, 
branched, glabrous or scaberulous, leaves petioled broadly ovate or cordate 
crenate-toothed rather rigid, cymes lax-fid. often leafy, large pyramidal 
panicles, corolla-tube short broad, fruiting calyx y,-3 in. scaberulous, teeth 
obtuse, nutlets oblong. Wight Ic. t. 1429. 
NILGHIRI and Putney Mrs., alt. 1-7000 ft. ; Wight, &c. 
The var. macrophylla, Benth., is only a larger-leaved specimen, 
13. P. nilghiricus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 57; villous, stem very 
robust, leaves thick stoutly petioled broadly ovate-cordate rugose crenate, 
cymes in pyramidal panicles, flowers rather crowded, corolla tubular, lobes 
pubescent, fruiting calyx j, in. densely woolly, nutlets suborbicular. ? P. 
bullatus, Benth. 1. c. 
NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY Mrs.; Sir F. Adams, Wight, Beddome. 
Apparently a very distinct species. Whole plant yellowish-brown when dry. P. 
bullatus, Benth., may be the same thing ; I have seen no authentic specimens of it. 
14. P. capillipes, Benth. in DC. Prodr, xi. 57 ; annual, small, softly 
pubescent, rather slender, leaves small petioled ovate or cordate crenate, 
cymes in narrowly pyramidal panicles, corolla tubular, lips subequal lower 
very small, fruiting calyx jin. puberulous, teeth obtuse, nutlets oblong. 
Thwaites Enum. 237. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Walker, &c. . 
Habit of P. striatus, which small specimens resemble, whilst larger ones approxi- 
mate to p, Wightiü. Corolla white, with pink spots on upper lip. Stamens 
exserted, 
15. P. nepetefolius, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 57; villous with soft 
spreading hairs, stem 1-2 ft. simple, leaves petioled ovate-cordate crenate 
soft and so ftly hairy on both surfaces, cymes in narrowly pyramidal panicles, 
Corolla tubular, lips subequal, fruiting calyx à in. pubescent, teeth obtuse, 
nutletg ovoid-oblong. 
DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight, Perrottet ; Nilghiri and Anamallay Hills, Beddome. 
A much smaller plant than P. Wightii, clothed with long hairs, and with a 
tubular corolla i in. long. ` 
33k Fruiting calyx longer than broad, 2-lipped or subequally 5-toothed. 
Corolla 4-1 in., tube declinate or abruptly decurved (except P. repens), base 
usually gibbous. 
. 16. P. repens, Wail. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 17, and Cat. 2746; pubescent or 
Villous, stem short, leaves long-petioled broadly ovate- or orbicular-cordate 
obtuse crenate, cymes in narrow racemes which are longer than the stem, 
Corolla-tube nearly straight cylindric obtusely spurred at the base above, 
Stamens included, fruiting calyx scaberulous, teeth short obtuse, nutlets very 
Munute broadly oblong. Benth. Lab. 43, aud in DC. Prodr. xii, 58. 
CENTRAL and Easrern HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 6-9000 ft., 
J.D. H., Clarke, 
Stem 4-6 in. prostrate below. Leaves 14-3 in. broad, membranous; petiole 
i ? i lax fld. 
~8in. Panicles solit: d terminal, or few axillary, 1 foot long and under, : 
Corolla è in, “Fruiting calys ty in.—The corolla is not like that of P. Coetsa, nor are 
the calyx-teeth lanceolate and acute (as described in DC. Prodr. ). 
17. P. Coetsa, Ham. in Don Prodr. 117 ; tall, erect, branched, pubescent 
