20 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. PkctrantJlUS, 



liigh ; grows about old walls, and under the shade of bushes, 

 forests, &c. where the soil is dry. Flowering time in the wet 

 and cold seasons. 



Stem very trifling, erect, somewhat woody. Branches op- 

 posite, four-sided, pretty smooth ; sides grooved ; angles 

 rounded. Leaves opposite ; petioles cordate, a little rugose, 

 crenate-serrate, from one to two inches long. Racemes termi- 

 nal, verticelled ; verticels six-flowered, ^rac^e* broad cor- 

 date, acute, reflexed. Flowers very minute, scarcely ap- 

 pearing without the calyx. Stamens toothless. 



This species is void of fragrance. 



PLECTRANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 987- 

 Calyx with upper divisions larger. Corol resupinate, 

 gibbous, or spurred at the base. Filaments simple. 



1 . P. secimdus. Roxh. 



Annual, erect, raucous, four-sided. Leaves round-cordate, 

 crenate-serrate, long-petioled. Floral leaves sub-sessile, 

 Racemes terminal, sub secund, with opposite, three-nerved, 

 from one to three-flowered bractes. JSTectary gibbous. Un- 

 der lip of the corol entire. 



Ocimnm molle. Willd. iii. Ifi6. 



A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by Mr. 

 Heyne, to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants 

 thrive luxuriantly, and blossom about the close of the rainy 

 season. 



Root ramous, annual. Stem erect, four-sided, with rounded 

 anoles ; villous. Branches opposite, ascending, and like the 

 stem ; whole height from two to three feet. Leaves opposite, 

 those of the stem and branches, long-petioled, floral leaves 

 short petioled ; all are round-cordate, somewhat rugose, sub- 

 «essile,andtomentose, margins crenate-serrate, with generally 

 a smaller serrature between the larger; the usual size from 

 one to four inches each way. Petioles as long as the leaves. 



