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PlECTRANTTHUS FoRSKOHLiEI. FoRSKOIIl/s 



Plectranthus. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA GyMNOSPERMIA* 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 2-labiatus, Iabio inferiore diviso, striatus : fructifef", 

 basi subtus gibbosus. Cor. lab. superius 3-fidum, lacinia 

 media biloba : inferius Iongius, integrum (plerumque conca- 

 vum). Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (mine basi 

 connatis) : antkeris unilocularibus, imberbibus. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Plectranthus Forskohlm; fbliis carnosis ovatis rugosis in pe- 

 tiolumdecurrentibus: superioribus subintegerrimis, race- 

 mis verticillatis aphyllis, corollis concoloribus. 



Plectranthus Forskolcei; nectario gibboso, racemis aphyllis, 

 caule aequali. Vahl Symb. 1. p. 44. fVilld. Sp. PL 3. 

 p. 169. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 425. 



Plectranthus barbatus. Bot. Repos. 594. 



Ocimum hadiense ; foliis ovatis obtusis crenatis villosis flexili- 

 bus, floribus retrofractis. Forsk. Descr. 109. 



Descr. Stem frutescent at the lower part : branches 

 rierbaceous, obtusely four-cornered, hairy : hairs pointing 

 upwards. Leaves oval, crenate towards the apex, rugose, 

 reticulately veined, seven-nerved, smooth on the upper sur- 

 face, tomentose on the under; fleshy not flexile, continued 

 down the petiole, which is ciliated. Raceme terminal, afoot 

 long, verticillated, without bractes or floral leaves. Pedicels 

 hairy, longer than the calyx. Calyx bilabiate, gibbose at 

 the base, hairy : upper lip trifid. Middle segment broad, 

 round -oval acuminate, 2 lateral ones very narrow, acute, 



ciliated 



