Plectranthus. | CXII LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 623 
puberulous panicle, leaves very large stoutly petioled broadly ovate obtusely 
acuminate, margin regularly obtusely lobulate, lobules crenate, cymes in 
stout branched panicles, corolla-tube equalling the narrow lower lip, fruiting 
calyx large, upper lip orbicular ovate, teeth of lower subulate-lanceolate, 
nutlets large orbicular oblong brown shining. Coleus urticifolius, Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 78. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Courtallum, Wight; Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4500 ft., Beddome. 
Stem short. Leaves 3-6 in. long and nearly as broad, sometimes minutely pube- 
rulous above, gland-dotted beneath, lobules rounded or ovate’; petiole 2-3 in., very thick. 
Panicle very large; branches suberect; flowers racemed or corymbose. Flowers 
3 iu. long. “Corolla-tube cylindric, decurved ; lips subequal, upper very broad, lower 
narrowly cymbiform. Stamen quite free. Fruiting calyx 4 in. long, 2 lowest teeth 
longest, incurved. Nutlets large.—Near P. coleoides. 
29. P. fruticosus, Wight Cat. 2524; very robust, shrubby, branches 
and leaves beneath densely tomentose, leaves large rounded ovate or 
cordate obtusely acuminate coarsely erenate, flowers secundly racemed on 
the erect branches of a dense stout glandular-pubescent thyrsus, corolla 
decurved. Coleus fruticosus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 78. 
Deccan PENINSULA; Pulney Mts., Wight. 
Stem as thick as the middle finger, spongy. Leaves 3-5 in. long and broad, 
pubescent above, margin sublobulate ; petiole 1-2 in., very. stout, almost woolly. 
Panicle 6-10 in., rachis and primary branches woody, ultimate 1-3 in., flexuous, 
many-fld.; flowers alternate, shortly pedicelled. Corolla pubescent, % in. long. 
Filaments quite free. Upper calyx-lip ovate, teeth of lower acuminate.—A very 
robust well-marked species. "The fruit is not ripe. 
30. P. Griffithii, Hook. f.; erect, branched, hirsutely tomentose, 
leaves petioled ovate acuminate toothed or crenate, cymes very short in 
ong slender narrow racemes, corolla-tube very slender longer than the 
lower lip, fruiting calyx sparsely hairy, upper lip broad rounded, teeth of 
lower acuminate, nutlets orbicular smooth black shining. 
Eastern Assam ; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. . 
Stem rather woody, tomentose ; branches, racemes and leaf nerves beneath with 
long bairs amongst the tomentum. Leaves 3-5 in., hirsute on both surfaces, base 
rounded, shortly cordate at the insertion of the 3-14 in. long petiole. Racemes 
-10 in., 3 in. diam., leafless, rather dense-fld., rachis very hirsute ; cymes short, 
Sessile, with pedicelled flowers. Corolla 3 in. long, tube declinate, curved, white, 
lips subequal, pale rose-coloured. Fruiting calyx à in., contracted above the 
Swollen base, mouth campanulate, lips subequal in length. 
31. P. crenulatus, Hook. f.; erect, densely finely tomentose through- 
out, leaves petioled ovate acute crenulate, cymes short in axillary racemes, 
fruiting calyx hairy, upper lip broad rounded, teeth of lower acuminate, 
nutlets orbicular black granulate opaque. 
UPPER Assam; Namroop, Griffith. . oo, bat les 
Very near P. Griffithii, but not at all hirsute, leaves similar in shape but less 
acuminate, and crenatures smaller, racemes shorter and nutlets opaque and granulate. 
Flowers not seen. 
9. P. »ok..f.; stem woody below and branches and young 
leaves incl Barend eave shortly petioled lanceolate subacute crenate 
above the entire base glabrous, cymes short subsessile in branched glandular- 
tomentose racemes, upper lip of glandular-hairy fruiting calyx orbicular, 
teeth of lower subulate. 
TENASSERIM; Helfer. 
