ous, ramous, rufo-villous : leaves short, petioled; verticellasters, with a common peduncle and its 

 ovate, acute, dentate, rotund at the base, softly branches elongated on each side, the floral calyx 



longer than the pedicels, and also the declinate 



pubescent on both sides; the floral ones conforma- 

 ble: panicles ramous, many-flowered: calyx decli- 

 nate, oblong, sub-bilabiate, teeth sub-equal, ovate; 

 the fructiferous ones incurved, striated, villous : cor- 

 olla thrice the length of the calyx; tube gibbous 

 above the base, abruptly bent at the middle: an- 

 thers 2-celled. — Whole plant clothed with reddish, 

 soft, pubescence: leaves soft, sometimes entire, 

 sometimes irregularly toothed. Cymes loose, axil- 

 lary, opposite, common peduncle, villous: filaments 

 free: inferior lip of the corolla elongated, longer 

 than the stamens. 



Neilgherries, frequent in low, moist grounds, and 

 on the banks of ditches- Flowers very numerous, 

 pale blue, much enveloped among the pubescence 

 which clothes the racemose cymes. In such situa- 

 tions this is a rank growing plant, often attaining 

 5-6 feet in height. 



Between P. coetsa and P. MacrcBi, the difference 

 seems slight, if indeed they are specifically distinct 

 1 have referred the plant figured to the latter on 

 account of its leaves being rounded, not tapering 

 at the base, but possibly it may be neither, though 

 I think it both^ 



1431 CoLEus spiCATus (Bcntham), stem pro- 

 cumbent at the base, branches ascending, pilose: 

 leaves petioled, obovate, fleshy, narrowing at the 

 base ; floral ones membranaceous, concave, cover- 

 ing the flowers, afterwards deciduous: spikes simple, 

 elongated, dense ; verticellasters 6-10-flowered, ap- 

 proximated : fructiferous calyx deflexed, hispid ; 

 throat villous within; the upper tooth rounded, 

 decurrent, inferior ones lanceolate, acute, equal, 

 tube of the corolla defract; inferior lip stipulate, 

 cymbiform. — Leaves fleshy, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 entire or slightly crenate near the apex, pubescent 

 on both sides. Spikes 4-8 inches long, all the ver- 

 ticellasters approximated : floral leaves broad, acute, 



ciliate, otherwise glabrous. 



Coimbatore district, frequent in very arid soil, 

 under the shade of low, stunted jungle, flowering 

 during the cool months and ripening its seed in 

 February and March. It exhales a strong and 

 peculiarly heavy, disagreeable odour. 



1432. CoLEus BARBATus (Beutham), stem shrub- 

 by at the base, tomentosely hispid: leaves petioled, 

 ovate, crenate, narrower at the base ; softly tomen- 

 tose, the younger ones strigoso-hispid ; floral ones 

 membranaceous, broadly ovate, acuminate, comose 

 on the ends^f the branches, afterwards deciduous: 

 racemes simple, verticellasters 6-flowered, distant; 

 fructiferous calyx deflexed, hispid, throat villous 

 within, upper tooth ovato-decurrent, inferior ones 

 lanceolate, acute, sub-equal: tube of the corolla 

 defract, inferior lip large, stipitate, cymbiform. 



Neilgherries, frequent, and I believe to be met 

 with in flower at all seasons. It is a luxuriant grow- 

 ing plant, and rendered conspicuous by the number 

 and size of its flowers, but still it has a common, 

 weed-like, unomamental look. 



fructiferous ones, all pubescent: upper lip of the 

 calyx ovate, flattish, the inferior ones lanceolate, 

 acute, equal, scarcely united at the base: throat of 

 the corolla large, the lower lip nearly 4 times 

 the length of the upper. 



Neilgherries, in moist soil, about the out-skirts of 

 woods, not unfrequent. There are several species 

 with which this may be easily confounded, the best 

 distinguishing marks are, the pubescent racemes, 

 and large lower lip of the corolla. 



1434. Anisochilus dysophylloides (Bentham), 

 stem procumbent at the base, branches ascending, 

 sericeo- villous: leaves sub-sessile, from oblong, lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, to sub-spathulate, entire, narrow at 

 the base: spikes axillary and terminal, peduncled: 

 inferior lip of the calyx minute, truncated. Upper 

 one deflexed. — Every where clothed with soft, silky 

 pubescence, leaves from an inch to 1| long, by 

 about ^ an inch broad, tapering at the base: flow- 

 ering spikes cylindrical, about the thickness of a 

 quill, densely covered with minute flowers; bracts 

 lanceolate, acute, pubescent, deciduous, as long as 

 the obscurely 5-toothed calyx. Corolla purplish, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx, 5-cleft, the lower 

 lobe a little larger. Stamens shorter than the limb 

 of the corolla, scarcely exserted. Fructiferous calyx 

 inflated, lower lip entire, upper one obtuse, deflexed. 



Neilgherries, on the Eastern slopes, near Coonoor, 

 flowering during the cool season, January and Feb- 

 ruary. 



1435. AmsocHiLus furpureum (R. W.), stem 

 procumbent at the base, branches ascending or 

 erect, sericeo-viUous : leaves petioled, obovato- 

 spathulate, obtuse or sub-orbicular, entire, fleshy: 

 spikes axillary and terminal, peduncled: bracts 

 lanceolate, acute, pilose, about the length of the 

 calyx: flowers purple, corolla marcesent, tubtdar, 

 2-lipped; upper 4-lobed, erect, under entire, deflex- 

 ed: stamens exserted: imder lip of the fructiferous 

 calyx minute, upper larger, deflexed, 3-toothed. 



Neilgherries, on the eastern slopes, about Coonoor, 

 on large stones covered with vegetable earth, 

 flowering February and March. 



The specimen selected by the draftsman is de- 

 fective, as not showing the general habit of the 

 species, which is usually, but not always, pro- 

 cumbent, with ascending or erect branches. The 

 specimen is evidently an erect branch of a very 

 luxuriant plant. This is perhaps too nearly allied 

 to the following, but I have kept them distinct, 

 partly on account of the difference of colour of 

 the flowers, purple in this, white in that, and partly 

 on account of the unusual feature of the marcesent 

 corolla in this, deciduous in the other. 



1436. AmsocHii.us aleidum (R. W.), stems 



decumbent, branches ascending, sericeo-viUous : 

 leaves sessile, obovate, spathulate, tapering at the 

 base: spikes axillary and terminal: bracts lanceo- 

 late, acute, about the length of the calyx: flowers 

 1433. CoLEUS WiGHTii (Bentham), stem pube- white, corolla deciduous, tubular, 2-lipped, 4 and 1, 



' ' tube pilose within: stamens exserted, upper lip of 



scent: leaves petioled, ovate, crenated, rounded or 

 sub-cordate at the base, thick, rugose, hispid on 

 both sides, the floral ones deciduous : the simple, flexed at the point. 



the fructiferous calyx deflexed, 3-toothed, teeth re- 



anicle-like 



Neilgherries, about Coonoor and Kaitie, flowering 



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