‘PLECTRANTHUS TERNATUS. >'TERNATE-LEAVED 
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) Puecrrantuus, or Omit. 
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: Divrwamia® GymvosrerMita, A 
‘Generic Character. - ae 
Cal. bilabiatus, Jabioinferiore diyiso striatus: fructifer 
basi subtus,gibbosus. Corolle lab..super trifidum, lacinia 
nedia biloba, infertus longius, integrum (plerumque con- 
avum). Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (nunc basi 
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‘connatis):- antheris unilocularibus,.imberbibus. Brow. 
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Piecrranrnus ternatus ; caule. sexangulato, foliis ternatis 
___ petiolatis.ovatis crenatis rugosis,,radicibus tuberosis, 
spicis terminalibus verticillatis. Shi sdF 12 
; an! vind on A 
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Descr. Root fibrous, bearing tubers in the same manner 
s the potatoe. . Stem and Branches decumbent till about 
0 flower, when the stem becomes erect, six-angled, the 
des deeply grooved. ‘Leaves growing by threes, crowded 
gether, ovate, crenate, rugose; ‘on! long«chaimnelled pe- 
oles. Flowers in terminal verticillate spikes : whorls 
any-flowered. Bractes ovate, small, falling off before 
e flower expands. Calyx pubescent, appearing sprinkled 
ith golden-coloured glands when seen through a lens, 
bilabiate: upper lip large, quite entire: lower lip 4-toothed, 
Corolla bilabiate : lower lip canoe-shaped, compressed, 
Stamens 4, didynamous : filaments without teeth, connate 
at the base. Germens 4, seated on a fleshy receptacle : 
ident : Stigma bifid. 
. For this very rare and seldom flowering plant, we are 
indebted to our friend Rosert Barctay, Esq. in whose 
Stove at Bury Hill, it flowered for the first time, a 
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