Ocimoidete.] CXXVT, LABIATE. 1175 



piinctulatse, calyce baccato incliisre.— Frutices snflEruticesve. Verticillasfcri 2- rarius 4- 

 fieri, racemosij raceniis gracilibus pyramid at o-paniculat is, bracteis parvis caducis, Flores 

 pai^'ij albij teniiiter pedicellati. Bractese sub x^edicellia minimiej Sddpo persisteutes. 

 Calyces maturi baccas rubras simulant. 



Species 2 v. 3, Africfe troplcse et Madngaf-cnriae inoolrpp Benih. in DC. Frod. xii. Gi. Beaiiv. FL 

 Ow. et Ben. t. 33. 



11. Plcctrantbus, Lhcr. Stirp, Nov. i. 85, t. 41, 42. (Gcrmancaj Lam. Diet iL GUO ; 

 Illudr. t, 514.) — Calyx per anthesin canipaniilatiis, S-dentatns, fructifer auctuSj dcclina- 

 tus V. erectus, dentibus seqnalibus v. varie 2-labiatis, postico ceteris vix majore v. ovato 

 interdumque in tubuni decurrente. Corollae tubus exsertiis, basi postice gibbua calcaratua 

 V. obli(juuSj declinatus medio defractus v. subrectus, fauco aiquali v. oblique ampliata ; 

 limbus 2-labiatu8j labio postico breviter 3-4-fido, antico integro soepius longiore concave. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, filamentis edentiilis liberis ; anther^e confluentia 1-locu- 

 lares, demum explanatte, v. rarius loculis divaiicatis subdistinctis. Discus antice in 

 glandulam ovario aequalem v- 2-3-plo longioreiii productus (v, rarius sub^equalis ?), Stylus 

 apice breviter 2-fidus, lobis subajqualibus acutis. Nuculse ovoidefe v, oblongee, Iseves v, 

 minute punctulatte. — Herba3 suifrutices v, rarius fruticea clati. Verticillastri 6-30-flori, 

 V. cymn; oppositre plus minus evolutte, racemosij thyrsoidei v. laxe paniculati, rarius 

 dense spicati, bracteis deciduis v- inferioribiis foliis ^aulinis conformibua, Flores parvi 

 V, mediocreSj asepiua pedicellati, rarius subpollicajea- 



Species ftjre 70, Africse tropiose et australis, Asise tropicBe, subtropicae usque ad Japonian), Archi- 

 pelafi^i Malayani, Aiistraliae et ins. maris Pacifiei incolae, Benth. in I)C^ Prod, xii, 55 ; FL Austral, v. 

 77- Walp. Ann. iii. 243» Maxivu in Bull. Acad. Imp. Petersb, xx,; MeL Biol. ix. 422, Hook,/. 

 in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. vi. 17, vii, 210. Miq. FL Ltd. Bat. n. 944 et in Amu Mus. Lugd. Bat. n. 100. 

 Willd. HoTt. Berol t 65. Wight, Ic. t. 1-129, 1430. Seem. FL ViL L 47. Hav}}. Thes, Cap. L 83. 

 Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. t. 81, 135. Beichb. Icon. Exot. t. 177. Hook. Ic, PI, t. 460, 464; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2460, d84L Bot. Beg. t. 1008. Saund. Bcf. BoL t. 256. 



Genns in rrodronio in scctioiies 7 diviyum, quarum 2 subseclioncs 3 continent, ad ciilyeis formam 

 et dirtictionem, corollse forniam et inHorescentium limitjitas, forte melius ad scctiones 2 sequentes 

 prijnarias reducendas, cafceris omnibus pro subsectioniljus habendis : 



1, /^^^/^►tt, calyeis dentibiia omnlhus subaequalibus v. in labia 2 coalitis postico 3'dentato anlico 

 2-dentato, Ilic includendae sectlones Isodon, Pyrajnidium, Amethystoidcs et Melissoides, Bentli. 

 IsoDON nomcn genericnm Scliraileri in herbariis pluribus obvium, ab auotore ut videtur nnnqinim 

 editum fnit, 



2, Germanca^ calyeis dento pnstico ovato marginibus interdum in tubuni docurrrntibus, laterali- 

 bus anticisque multo anguatioribus acutis acuminatisTc. Sectiones indudit Germaneam et Coleoi- 

 dem Bentli. 



Species nonnuUse Vlectrantki in Prodromo descript^e hodie melius notse reduoondse sunt. B. ob- 

 lo7igifuluis^ Wall., calycllms inflatis est forte forma monstrosa P. Gerardiani. P. Covtsa^ Don, in- 

 cludit P, mmthoid(m et P. Macrm, Benth. P, Coet$<B contra epecimina Japonica ad speciem 

 pertinent bone a Maximowiczio diatinctam sub nomine P. gfaiicocalycis. 



Rabdosta, Hassk. in Flora, 1842, ii. BeibL 25, genua stabilitum est ad El$holtziam javanjcojn, 

 Blume, a Miquelio ad Plectranthum relatam. 



P. Palisoii, Boiith,, seu eect. Jietcrocglix, pro genoro proprio Soleiwstcmone^ Schum. et Thoun., 

 afcepimiis, 



12. Solenostemon, Schum. et Tlionn, Beskr. Guin. PJl. 271. — Calyx ovoideo-campanu- 

 latus, fructifer declinatus 2-labiatus, donte postico ovato marginibus in tubum decurreii- 

 tibus, lateralibus parvis postico adnatis, auticia in unum integerrimum obtuanm ori calycis 

 incumbentem connatis. Corollas tubus exsertus, tenuis, defractus, fauce parum ampliata 

 obliqua ; limbus 2-labiatus, labio postico brevi 4-dentato, antico elongate leviler concavo. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, filamentis basi in vaginam decurrcntcm antice apertam 

 dorso coroUre adnatam connatis ; antherse confluentia 1-loculares, demum explanatie. 

 Discus antice in glandulam tumens. Stylus apice breviter 2 fidus lobis subulatis, 



4 o 2 



