626 CXI. LABIATE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Coleus. 
5. C. scutellarioides, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 16, Lab. 53, 
and in DC. Prodr. xii. 73; tall, slender, glabrous or minutely hairy, leaves 
etioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate crenate membranous, whorls 
1n distant slender puberulous racemes laxly many-fld., upper calyx-lip ovate, 
lateral teeth of lower obtuse, lowest acute. Wall. Cat. 2732. Ocimum 
scutellarioides, Linn.; Burm. Fl. Ind. 130; Bot. Mag. t. 1446. Plectran- 
thus scutellarioides, Br. Prodr. 506; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 21. P. nudiflorus, 
Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 168. Germania nudiflora, Poir. Dict. Suppl. ii. 763. 
Cultivated in INDrA.—DisTRIB. Malay Islands, Australia. 
Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-3 in., usually purplish beneath, base rounded or cuneate. 
Flowers }in., white with a blue lower lip, tube abruptly decurved. Stamens included. 
30) are several very distinct varieties described from Australia (Benth. Fl. Austral. 
v. 30). 
6. C. atropurpureus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 17, Lab. 
54, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 74; tall, slender, finely pubescent, leaves long- 
petioled broadly ovate or rounded obtuse or acute coarsely crenate, flowers 
1n lax whorled cymes which form narrow panicles, upper calyx-lip ovate sub- 
acute, teeth of lower variable, two lowest aristate. Nunes Fl. Filip. t. 208; 
Wall. Cat. 2733. 
Isl MALACCA, PENANG and SINGAPORE; Wallich, &e.—DıistRIB. Malay and Pacific 
slands. 
Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 2-4 in., membranous, base rounded truncate or cuneate; 
petiole 1-2 in. Cymes irregularly branched, peduncled ; flowers pedicelled. Corolla 
i M , much as in C. scutellarioides. Stamens included. Fruiting calyx variable, 
—4 in. long. 
7. C. malabaricus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 16, Lab. 57, 
and in DC. Prodr. xii. 76; glabrous, puberulous or villous, leaves large 
membranous long-petioled ovate or lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate, 
flowers laxly cymose or racemose on the branches of spreading panicles, 
fruiting calyx broad membranous, upper lip large rounded acute, teeth of 
lower longer acuminate. Wall. Cat.2735; Thwaites Enum. 238. C. ovatus 
& Macraei, Benth. Lab. 57,58, and in DC. l.c. 76,77. C. Macraei, Bot. 
Mag. t. 4690. C. Walkeri, Benth. in DC. L. c. 77. 
TRAVANCORE and the NıLenrrı Mts.; Wight, Gardner. CEYLON; common 
up to 6000 ft. . 
Stem 2-3 ft., usually dark purple, as are the leaves beneath and peduncles, pedicels, 
and calyx. Leaves 3-6 in., petiole often as long, base rounded, cuneate or narrowly 
cordate; floral caducous. Panicles usually pyramidal; branches with distant whorls 
of cymes; flowers 3-1 in. long. Calyx 1 in. long and broad. Corolla-tube pale lilac, 
abruptly decurved, throat inflated ; upper lip short, crenate, dark blue; lower boat- 
shaped, acute, pale. Stamens included.—Very variable. 
c VAR. mollis; leaves softly pubescent. ^C. mollis, Benth. in D.C. l c. 71— 
eylon, 
Van. leptostachys ; puberulous, leaves narrowly oblong or lanceolate, flowers 
smaller.— Ceylon. 
8. C. inflatus, Benth. Lab. 58, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 78; stout, 
glabrous or puberulous, leaves long-petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate 
toothed or serrate, base cuneate, cymes lax-fld. racemed on the branches © 
a pyramidal panicle, corolla-tube very long flexuous, lips very small, calyx 
membranous, upper lip ovate acuminate, lateral teeth of lower small, lowes 
longer acuminate. Bot. Mag. t. 5286. Wawra, Itin. Pr. S. Cob. Bot. 109. 
C. Benthamianus, Arn. Pugill. 36, and in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 354. 
