Tas. 5236, 
COLEUS InFr.LaTuws. 
Inflated Coleus. 
Nat. Ord. LABIAT#.—DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ovato-campanulatus, fructifer, declinatus vel reflexus, rarius 
suberectus, fauce intus nuda vel hispida, quinquedentatus vel bilabiatus, dente 
supremo ovato-membranaceo, marginibus rarius decurrentibus, inferioribus angus- 
tioribus, omnibus acutis vel lateralibus ovato-truncatis, 2 infimis inter se connatis. 
Corolla tubo exserto declinato, decurvo vel seepius defracto, fauce inflata vel 
eequali, limbo bilabiato, adio superiore abbreviato obtuse 3—4-fido, inferiore inte- 
gro elongato concavo, sepius cymbiformi genitalia involvente. Stamina4. Fila- 
menta edentula, basi in tubum stylum vaginantem confiexa. Stylus apice subu- 
latus, eequaliter bifidus. Mucule subrotunde, compresse, leeves.—Herbee annue 
vel basi perennantes, rarius frutices. Verticillastri 6-flori vel sepius multiflori, 
nunc densissimi, nunc laxi, cymbiformes, pedunculo communi utriusque cyme ramis- 
que utringue binis plus minusve elongatis. Folia floralia bracteaformia, ante an- 
thesin ad apicem racemorum plus minusve comosa, per anthesin decidua vel rarius 
subpersistentia, refleca.—Species plereque Asiatice, perpauce Africanee. Benth. 
Cotgus (§ Longiflori) inflata; glaler vel ad venas foliorum tenuiter pubescens, 
foliis petiolatis amplis ovatis acuminatis dentatis basi longe angustatis, flora- 
libus deciduis, racemis subramosis, verticillastris irregulariter cymzformibus, 
pedunculo communi utrinque subnullo, ramis alternis vel omnibus elongatis, 
pedicellis abbreviatis. Benth. 
Couzus inflatus. Benth. Labiat. p. 58, e¢ in De Cand.. Prodr. v. 12. p. 19. 
Plants of this were raised at Kew from seeds sent to us by 
Mr. Thwaites from Ceylon, where only it is a native. It was 
originally detected there by Mr. Macrae and Mrs. General 
Walker. It is possessed of little beauty or attraction, but flow- 
ering, as it has hitherto done with us, in December, its delicate 
spikes of lilac flowers help to enliven the plant-houses at that 
dreary season. Forty species of this Labiate genus are enume- 
rated by Mr. Bentham, the majority of them inhabiting eastern 
India. ‘ : 
Dzscr. Our plants of this attain a height of nearly three feet, 
with square stem and branches; the base of the stem scarcely 
woody, often tinged with orange-colour and spotted with red, 
the rest green. Leaves upon long petioles, and, including the 
MARCH Ist, 1861. 
