Tab. 5841. 

 PLECTRANTHUS coleoides. 



Coleus-Jlowered Plectranthus. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. — Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx per anthesin campanulatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus 

 asqualibus vel supremo majore, fructifer auctus, nunc declinatus, rectus 

 incurvus vel inflatus, dentibus sequalibus vel varie bilabiatis ; nunc erectus, 

 tubulosus vel campanulatus, aequaliter 5-dentatus. Corolla tube- exserto, 

 basi supra gibbo vel calcarato, dein declinato defracto vel subrecto, fauce 

 sequali vel rarius inflate ; labio superiore 3-4-fido; inferiore integro ssepius 

 longiore concavo. Stamina 4, declinata, didynama, inferiora longiora ; 

 filamentis liberis, edentulis ; antherse ovato-reniformes, loculis confluentibus 

 vel rarius subdistinctis divaricatis. Stylus apice breviter bifidus, lobis 

 subgequalibus subulatis, stigmatibus minutis terminalibua. — Herbas, suf- 

 frutices, fruticesve Asiatici Australasici vel Africani, unicd specie etiam in 

 Brasilia crescente. Racemi terminates, simplices vel ramosi. Verticillastri 

 laxi, multijlori, cymis utrinque seepius evolutis, rarius in verticillastros densos 

 contractis. — Benth. 



Plectranthus coleoides ; caule erecto subcarnoso puberulo, foliis petiolatis 

 late ovato-cordatis crassiusculis puberulis floralibus deciduis, racemo 

 paniculato, cymis utrinque multifloris, calycis fructiferi dente supremo 

 ovato decurrente superioribus subulato-lanceolatis acutis, corollis calyce 

 quadruplo longioribus tubo ad medium defracto fauce dilatato. 



Plectranthus ? coleoides, Benth in DC. Prodr., v. xii. p. 64. 



The subject of the present plate was raised from seeds sent 

 to the Koyal Gardens from the Nilghiri Mountains by Mr. 

 Batcock, of the Government Cinchona plantations, in 1862 ; 

 it forms a handsome winter and spring flowering pot-plant 

 in the Palm House, conspicuous for its ample foliage, spotted 

 stems, and copious panicles of blue purple flowers. 



Descr. Stem, one to two feet, erect, obscurely 4-angled, 

 green spotted with purple, pubescent above, as are the 



june 1st, 1870. 



