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PoGosTEMON PLECTRANTHOIDES. PLECTRAN- 
THUS-LIKE POGOSTEMON. 
KEKE KE EEE EKER ERE EERE 
Class and Order. 
DipyNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord—Lasiurs. Div. Menrnomwex. Benth. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. equalis, 5-dentatus. Cor. 4-fida, subbilabiata, labio 
superiore trifido patente, inferiori integerrimo acuto subde- 
flexo. Stam. 4, exserta, distantia, subdeclinata. Filamenta 
barbata. Anthere terminales, 1-loculares, rima transversali 
dehiscentes. Benth. 
, Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pocostemon * plectranthoides ; suffruticosum, foliis ovatis 
petiolatis inequaliter dentatis pubescentibus, spicis 
secundis obtusis. Desf. ae 
Pocostemon plectranthoides. Desf. in Mém. du Mus.v. 
2. p. 155. p.6. Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. No. 1530.00 
Descr. Stem woody, erect, obscurely four-sided, more 
distinctly so in the branches, very slightly swollen at the - 
joints ; bark pale brown, striated, tomentoso-pubescent on — 
the young shoots. Leaves five inches long, two and a hal! 
broad, opposite, petioled, spreading, ovate, acuminate, 
coarsely and unequally serrated, entire and subcunez 
the base, pubescent on both sides, veined, the mid L 
and primary veins (which pass obliquely for ) promi 
nent behind, petiole about a fourth part of the length of 
the leaf, channelled above, pubescent. Flowers in = 
* From xwyw, a beard, and chyw, a stamen, in consequence of the beard- 
ed stamens. 
