Coleus. | CXII. LABIATÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) 625 
monadelphus, Heyne mss.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 45, and FI. Ind. iii. 22. 
P. caninus, Roth Nov. Sp. 279. Ocimum monadelphum, Roth l. c. 267. 
PO. Zatarhendi, Forsk. Fl. Æg. Arab. 109. 
SourTH DECCAN ; on low rocky hills, common. 
Stem 6-12 in., simple or branched. Leaves few, very variable, 4 by 31 in. 
Spikes 4-8 in. by }—2 in. diam.; bracts broad, acute, ciliate; flowers 3 in. long; 
upper calyx-lip crenulate, teeth of lower acute. Corolla-tube slender, bent above 
the middle ; upper lip 4-lobed, lower boat-shaped. 
2. C. barbatus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 49, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 71; stem stout villous with long hairs, leaves petioled ovate 
or obovate obtuse crenate villous or hispid, floral ovate deciduous, whorls 
distant, upper calyx-lip rounded ovate acute. Wall. Cat. 2728; Grah. Cat. 
Pl. Bomb. 148; “Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 205; Wight Ic. t. 1432. C. 
Schimperi, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 920. Plectranthus barbatus, Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 494. P. comosus, Bot. Mag. t. 2318. P. Forskohlii, Willd. 
Sp. Pl. ii. 169; Bot. Mag. t. 2036. P. asper, Spreng. Syst. ii. 690. P. 
mysorensis, Heyne mss. Germania Forskoblii, Poir. Dict. ii. 764. Ocimum 
asperum, Roth Nov. Sp. 268. O. cinereum, Brown in Salt. Abyss. App. 
O. saccharoides, Willd. fid. Heyne. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal and Kumaon, ascending to 8000 ft. BEHAR; 
top of Parusnath, Thomson.  DECCAN PENINSULA; common. CEYLON; Oovah 
district, alt. 3-5000 ft.—DrsTRIB. Tropical E. Africa. 
Stem 1-2 ft., ascending, branched. eaves 3-5 in., narrowed into the petiole. 
Racemes 6-12 in., stout; flowers 2—1 in. Corolla pale blue, much like C. 
spicatus. Fruiting calyx 1-1 in., upper lip acuminate, teeth of lower subulate, all 
pungent. 
** Calyz-throat glabrous within. 
. 9. C. aromaticus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 51, and 
in DC. Prodr. xii. 72; shrubby below, hispidly villous or tomentose, leaves 
petioled broadly ovate or cordate crenate fleshy, floral minute, whorls 
stant densely many-fld., upper calyx-lip ovate acute membranous, lower 
acuminate. Wall. Cat. 2730; Wight Til. ii. t. 175 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 
48; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 66; Bot. Reg. t. 1520. C. amboi- 
nicus, Lour. Fl. Coch. 372. C. crassifolius, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
n. 13, and Lab. 52; Wall. Cat. 9731. Plectranthus aromaticus, Aozb. 
Hort. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 22. 
Cultivated throughout IxprA, CEYLON and various tropical countries. . 
. Stem 1-3 ft., fleshy. Leaves 1-2 in., very aromatic. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 
à in. long. Corolla pale purplish, tube short, throat inflated, lips short. Stamens 
short]y exserted. Fruiting calyx suberect.—Roxburgh describes the flowers as blue. 
C. amboinicus is the earliest name, but not very appropriate. 
4. C. parviflorus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 72 ; stem stout fleshy, roots 
tuberous, leaves petioled rounded-ovate obtuse coarsely crenate glabrous or 
nearly so, whorls subdistant slender pubescent, racemes laxly many-fid., 
Upper calyx-lip ovate, teeth of lower obtuse or lowest mucronate. ? C. 
tuberosus, Benth. Lab. 59 (Plectranthus tuberosus, Blume). 
G Deccan PENINSULA; Quilon and Panpanassum, Wight. CEYLON, cultivated, 
ardner, 
Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 14-2 in., often as broad, base cuneate or subcordate. 
owers a in. Corolla decurved, lips short. Stamens included. Fruiting calyx 
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