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COLEUS* aromaticus. 

 Sweet-scented Coleus. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate Juss. §. Ocymoidese Bentham. (Introduction to 

 the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) 



COLEUS Lour. — Calyx ovato-campanulatus, fructifer erectus, decli- 

 natus vel reflexus, quinquedentatus, dente supremo ovato-membranaceo, in- 

 ferioribus angustioribus, liberis vel infimis inter se connatis. Corolla tubo 

 exserto defracto bilabiata, labio superiore obtuse 3-4-fido, inferiore integro 

 elongato concavo saepius cymbiformi. Stamina 4, didynama. Filamenta 

 edentula basi in tubum stylum vaginantem connata. Antherce ovato-reni- 

 formes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus apice subulatus, aequaliter bifidus, 



stigmatibus subterminalibus. Herb^e suffruticesve Indices vel Africance. 



Verticillastri 6-8-Jlori, nunc dense globosi, nunc cymis utrinque elongatis 

 laxissimi, in racemos terminales simplices vel rarius ramosos dispositi. Folia 

 fioralia bracteceformia ante anthesin ad apicem racemorum subcomosa, per 

 anthesin scepius decidua. — Bentham MSS. 



Sect. 2. Aromaria. Verticillastri dense subglobosi multiflori. Calyx 

 fructifer vix declinatus, fauce intus nuda. Benth. ined. 

 C. aromaticus ; ramis erectis tomentoso-pubescentibus hispidisve, foliis pe- 

 tiolatis lato-ovatis crenatis basi rotundatis cordatisve crassissimis utrinque 

 hispidis vel cano-villosis, floralibus calycem vix sequantibus, racemis 

 simplicibus, verticillastris remotis globosis multifloris, calycibus suberectis 

 tomentosis, fauce intus nuda, dente supremo ovato oblongo membranaceo 

 non decurrente, inferioribus brevioribus setaceis subaequalibus. — Benth. 

 Lab. gen. et sp. ined. 



Plectranthus aromaticus. Roxb. ! hort. beng. 45. 

 Coleus aromaticus. Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. 2. 15. 

 Coleus amboinicus. Lour.fi. cochinch. 372? 



Marrubium album amboinicum. Rumph. herb. amb. 5. 295. 1. 102. f. 2? 

 Plectranthus amboinensis. Spr. syst. 2. 690 ? 

 Caules crassi, carnoso-vasculosi, fragiles, basi sublignosi, in hortis Indicis 

 procurrentes, ramosissimi, radicantes. Rami l-l^-pedales, erecti, saepius 

 breviter hispidi. Folia l-2-pollicaria, in vivo crassissima viridia cellulosa 

 rugosa, siccitate albicantia, pilis brevibus densissime obsessa, fioralia parva 

 acuminata, per anthesin refiexa, demum decidua. Verticillastri 20-30-fiori 

 et ultrd,. Calyces breviter pedicellati, parvi, albo-tomentosi, fructiferi vix 

 audi. Corolla pallide violacea ; tubus calyce subduplb longior ad medium 

 defractus ; faux infiata; labium superius breve quadridentatum, inferius tubo 

 cequale extils pubescens, parum dilatatum, cymbiforme. Genitalia breviter 

 exserta. Achenia subrotundo-compressa, brunnea, Icevissima, lucida. — Benth. 



* So named by Loureiro from Koxih?, a sheath ; because the filaments 

 are united into a tube, which surrounds the style like a sheath. 



