Tas. 4690. 
COLEUS MacraegEt. 
Myr. Macrae’s Coleus. 
Nat. Ord. Lasrata2.—DipynaMi1a ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ovato-campanulatus, fructifer declinatus v. reflexus, rarius 
suberectus, favce intus nuda vel hispida, 5-dentatus v. bilabiatus, dente supremo 
ovato membranaceo marginibus rarius decurrentibus, inferioribus angustioribus, 
omnibus acutis v. lateralibus ovato-truncatis, 2 infimis seepe inter se connatis. 
Corolla tubo exserto declinato, decurvo v. seepius defracto, fauce inflata v. equali, 
limbo bilabiato, labio superiore abbreviato obtuso 3-4-fido, inferiore integro 
elongato concavo, seepius cymbiformi, genitalia involvente. Stamina 4. Fila- 
menta edentula, basi in tubum stylum vaginantem connexa. Stylus apice subu- 
latus, equaliter bifidus. Nucule subrotundato-compresse, leves.—Herbe an- 
nue v. basi perennantes, rarius frutices. Verticillastri seaflori v. sepius multiflori, 
nunc densissimi, nunc laxi, cymeformes, pedunculo communi wtriusque cyme rariusve 
utringue binis plus minusve elongatis. Folia floralia dracteeformia, ante anthesin 
ad apicem racemorum plus minusve comosa, per anthesin decidua v. rarius subpersis- 
tentia, reflexa.—Species plereque Asiatice, perpauce Africane. Benth. 
Co.Evs Macraei ; pubescens, foliis longe petiolatis ovatis acuminatis (discoloribus) 
basi rotundatis vel cuneatis, floralibus deciduis, racemis paniculato-ramosis, 
verticillastris quadrifariam cymosis, pedunculo communi utrinque subnullo, 
ramis valde elongatis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycibus fructiferis nutantibus 
glabris basi subinflatis, intus fauce nuda, dente supremo ovato acutiusculo, 
marginibus revolutis, inferioribus lanceolatis acutis, 2 lateralibus ultra me- 
dium invicem connatis, corolla tubo exserto fauce amplissima, labio infe- 
riore elongato porrecto. Benth. 
Coteus Macraei. Benth. Gen. et Sp. Labiat. p. 58; et in De Cand. Prodr. v. 12. 
p. 17. Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 3. p. 519. 
Raised from seeds sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew from 
Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites. The plants flowered in the stove 
during the summer and autumn of 1852, and made a really 
handsome appearance from their copious ample foliage, of a rich 
purple colour beneath, and from their large panicles of flowers, 
variegated with white and dark purple. ‘The structure of the 
corolla is very curious in the sudden geniculation near the 
JANUARY Ist, 1853. 
