1176 CXXVI.' LABIATE. [Ocimoidetf. 



Niicnlre ovoidefe, Ireves. — Herbii; erect&e, Verticillastri Isixe O-cc-florij in racemiim elon- 

 gatum simplicem v. ramosuni dispositij secus rhachin sajphis dissiti^ bracteis cadncis- 

 Flores parvuli. 



Species 2 t. 3, Africa* tropicse occidentalis iiicoife, quarum una etiam circa Bahiam Brasilite in- 

 venitur. Hue pertinent Coitus a/ncamis, IJenth,, qui forte a Plccira?itko ralisoti. Bentlh in 

 'DC. Prod. xii. 69, non sp€cif5oe diversus, cum specie Dora a Mannio lecfa. Genus quasi medium 

 tenet inter riectranthum et Coleum, a priore differt filamentis basi in vagiiiam a corolla late eleva- 

 tam connaiis, a Colto vagina apcHa usque a<l apiceni dorso adnato nee in tubum liberum clauso, ab 

 utroqne Ciilyce fere Plaiystomatis, 



13, Coleus, Lout, FL CochhicK 372. — Calyx ovoideo-campanulatusj fructifer declina- 

 tus V, reflexus rarius siiberectus, dentc postico ovato cajteris majore luarj^inibus rarius in 

 tubum decurrentibnSj lateralibus ovato-truncatis v. angiistis acutisque, anticis acutis saepe 

 ultra medium connatis. CoroUse tubus exsertus, declinatus decurvusv, ssepius defractus, 

 fauce EequalL v. ampliata ; liiubus 2-labiatus, labio postico obtuse 3-4'fido, antico elongato 

 ijitegro concavo sitpiils cymbiformi genitalia includente, Stamina 4, didynania, declinata^ 

 filamentis basi breviter in tubum a corolla liberum connatis ; anther^e confluentia 1-locu- 

 lares, demum explanatee. Discus aiitice in glandulam brevem v, ovario longiorem 

 tuniens- Stylus apice subulatus, *xqualiter 2-fidus, Nuculae ovoide^e \% latiuscula^, 

 lieves. — Herb;e suftrutices v. frutices, Verticillastri G-cc-flori v. cym^e oppositse plus 

 minus evulutte, spicati thyrsoidei v. subpaniculatij bracteis reftexis v. deciduis v, summis 

 interdum coloratis comosia. 



Species descript^e v. in lierbariis fervata; ad oO, nonuulla^ tamen melius notse ad varietiites redu* 

 cenda^, Afric* tropicae, India* orientalis et Arciiipelagi Makyani incolae, una specie usquo ad 

 Australiam extonsa. Btiith, in DC. Prod, xii. 71- Walj>, Ann, iii, 243. Miq, FL Jnd, Bat. \\. 948, 

 Book./, in JuurJi. Linn. Soc, vii. 21K Wight, Iltu&tr. t, 175; Ic. t. U31 ad 1433. Deless. Ic. SeL 

 ill, t. 85. Andr, Bot. Hep. t. 594 {Plectranthus), £ot. Mag. t, 1446 {Ocimwm), 2036 et 2318 (Plec- 

 tranthus)^ 4690, 4754, 523G. Bot. Beg. t. 1620, leones praBtereanumer4>sje in diariis huriulanorum, 

 imprimis ad variet^ites foliis varie coloratit> ornamenti gratia in hortis cultijs. 



Genus Plectranihro valde affine, diifert staminibus &;upra insertionem phis minus in tubum 

 clausiini connatis, s?epiusque corujlpe labio v, lobo postico elongato cymbiformi, quod r:irius in 

 Fhctroniko observntur, C. africanuSy Bentli., filamentis basi connatis qmdem,sed in vaginam aperhira 

 medio dorso usque ad apieem corolJae adnatum, jsupra pro genere proprio (Solcno.-tc/^Ofn) retinetur. 



14, JEolantlius, Mart, Am(en, Bot Mmiac, 4, i. 2, — Calyx oAoideus v, campanulatus, 

 truncatus v, breviter sinuato-dcntatus^ fructifer apice contractus^ basi demum circumscij*- 

 sus. Corollas tubus exsertua, decurvus^ superne oblique dilatatus ; linibus 2-labiatus, 

 labio postico obtuse 4-dentato, antico integro longiore concave. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 declinata, filamentis libcris cdentulis ; antherre confluentia l-locularos» demum explanatae. 

 Discus antice in glandulam tumens. Stylus apice breviter 2-fidu3, lobis subulatis. 

 Nuculre rotimdat^, cojnpressae, bcves-— Herbse ramosse, foliis siepe carnosiilia, Cymce 

 oppositae, pedunculatai, plei'unique 3-fidai, subpaniculatte, floribus secus ranios elongates 

 sessilibns v, breviter pedicellatis secundis. Folia floralia sub cymis inforiora s^cpe 

 caulinis conformia, pleraque ad bracteas minimas reducta ; bracteolD3 sub floribus i>arvro 

 v. niinutai, CoroUie pallide violace^. 



Species ad 12, Africaft tropirae et australis subtropicae incolse. Bcnth. m DC. Prod, xii, 80. Oliv. 

 in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxis. 137, /- 82, 136. 



Species typica, origine incerta, culta fuit in hortis Sinensium ad Santa Cruz Bmsilife exinde 

 etiam in horto bot<inico Monacensi, unde specimen nos^trum similbmum est jE. JwHoir&jioidi, Oliv, 

 1. c., a Grantio in rupibus ad TJnyoro Jecto, in Africa tropica orientali. 



15- iLlvesia, Welw, in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxviii, 55, if, 19,— Calyx per anthesin subglo- 

 boso- campanulatus, trvmcatus brevissime 2-labiatus v. sinuato-dentatuSj fructifer vesiculoso- 

 inliatus, membranaceus, reticiilato-venosus, ere clauso, Corollte tubus vix exsertiis, 

 declinatuSj supra calycem in fauceni obliquam httiti^iime cantpanulalam ainpliatua ; limbus 



