623 CXI. LABIATE, (J.D. Hooker.) [ Plectranthus. 
slender decurved longer than the short lower lip, fruiting calyx campanulate, 
lips short upper rounded, teeth of lower with subulate tips, nutlets globose 
smooth or rugose. Wall. Cat. 2737. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; near Courtallum and Dindigul, Herb. Rottler, Wight. 
CEYLON (var. Gardneri). . 
Stem a foot high, flaccid, vaguely branched. Leaves 14-2 in. long and broad, 
flaccid ; petiole as long. Corolla p in. long, pubescent. Fruiting calyx dimorphic, 
larger § in., with deeply pitted brown nutlets; smaller 4 in., with smooth pale 
nutlets.—The specimens in Wallich's, Wight's, and Rottler’s Herbaria are very im- 
erfect. : 
P Van. Gardneri ; leaves narrowed into the petiole, purplish when dry. P. Gardneri, 
Thwaites Enum. 237.—-Ceylon ; Central Province, Adam's Peak, &c., Walker, &c. 
25. P. Parishii, Hook. f. ; annual, puberulous, flaccid, branched, leaves 
orbicular-ovate narrowed into the very long petiole coarsely crenate or 
lobulate, cymes in lax-fld. racemes, corolla 4 in., tube very slender with the 
inflated throat much longer than the narrow lip. 
TENASSERIM; Moulmein, Parish. 
Stem succulent, 6-10 in. Leaves 2 in. long and broad, membranous, obtuse. 
Calyz minute in flower ; peduncles and pedicels pubescent; lower lip with subulate 
teeth. Corolla with pale blue lower lip. Fruiting calyx } in., broadly campanulate, 
subequally very shortly 2-lipped; upper lip triangular, tip subulate ; teeth of lower 
similar but narrower. Nutlets very pale.—l have but one specimen of this very 
distinct species. 
26. P. zeylanicus, Benth. Lab. 36, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 66; tall, 
slender, densely finely glandular-pubescent, leaves shortly petioled orbicular- 
cordate crenate, flowers minute whorled in very long slender racemes, corolla- 
tube longer than the short lower lip, fruiting calyx minute subspheric, upper 
lip rounded mucronate, teeth of lower subulate. 
CEYLON; Central Province, at Ramboddi, Gardner. (Commonly cultivated in 
native gardens as a medicine, unknown wild, Thwaites.) . , 
Stem 2-3 ft, stout, succulent, naked. Leaves in few pairs, 1-4 in. diam., 
rather thick. Racemes 6-12 in., very narrow ; flowers in 6-10-fld. whorls on the 
main rachis; pedicels } in. Corolla jin. long, slightly curved, tube hardly gibbous 
at the base. Fruiting calyx 1j in., densely glandular-pubescent like the whole raceme. 
Nutlets not seen. 
27. P. coleoides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 64 ; very stout, branched, 
glandular-tomentose or glabrate, leaves long-petioled ovate or orbicular-ovate 
crenate obtuse, flowers racemed on the branches of a pyramidal densely 
glandular-tomentose panicle, corolla pubescent, tube about equalling the lower 
lip, upper lip of fruiting calyx rounded, teeth of lower lanceolate acuminate, 
nutlets oblong black shining. Bot. Mag. t. 5841; Saunders Refug. Bot. 
t. 256. Coleus Wightii, Benth. Lab. 58, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 78; Wight 
lc. t. 1433. C. glabratus, Benth. Lab. 58, and in DC. l. c. C. panicu- 
latus, Benth. in Wall. Plant. As. Rar. ii. 79; Wall. Cat. 2734, and in DC. 
l c. , 
NiLGHIRI and ANAMALLAY Mrs.; ascending to 7000 ft. in moist places, Wight, 
Perrottet, &c. 
Stem 2-3 ft., succulent. Leaves 1-4 in. diam., fleshy; petiole as long as the 
blade. Panicles thyrsiform, sometimes 1 foot across the lower branches. Corolla 
3 in. long, lilac; lower lip ciliate. Stamens included. Fruiting calyx very variable, 
broad straight and campanulate, or narrowed and curved. 
28. P. urticifolius, Hook. f.; very robust, glabrous except the 
