3/2 Labtatce. \Plectranthus. 



native gardens as a medicine for bowel complaints. It is C. P. 2083, but 

 is not a wild plant in Ceylon. It does not appear to differ materially 

 from P. parvifloriis^ Willd., of the Pacific Is. and Australia, figured 

 \P. australis^ Br.) in Bot. Reg. t. 1098, sa\e in its smaller and paler 

 flowers. The leaves are very sweet-scented when bruised, with much of 

 the scent of the ' \'erbcna ' of gardens {Lippia citriodoni)^ and the flowers 

 pale blue. 



4. P. coleoides, Befit h. in DC. Prod. xii. 64 (1848). 

 Coh'iis Wight a, Benth., Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 70. C. P. 3942. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 622 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1433 [Colcics 

 Wightii). Bot. Mag. t. 5841. 



Stem about 2 ft., stout, succulent, obscurely quadrangular, 

 glabrous; 1. 2-3 in., broadly ovate, cordate at base, obtuse, 

 irregularly crenate, hairy on both sides, petiole \-2 in. ; fl, 

 rather large, on densely glandular pubescent ped., cymes lax, 

 stalked, racemose, combined in an elongated lax very glan- 

 dular-pubescent panicle, bracts deciduous; cal. small but much 

 enlarged in fruit, glandular-pubescent, upper lip broad, oval, 

 obtuse, lower lip of 4 linear-lanceolate, subulate-tipped segm. ; 

 cor. glandular-pubescent outside, tube much deflexed, much 

 longer than cal., lower lip ovate, long; stam. included; achenes 

 smooth, shining. 



Upper montane zone; very rare. Above Hakgala, 1867. Fl. Jan., 

 Feb.; pale violet-purple. 



Also in mountains of S. India. 



I have not met with this. 



5. P. capillipes, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 57 (1848). 

 Thw. Knum. 237. C. P. 2064. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 619. 



Stem 1-2 ft., very erect, unbranched, bluntly quadrangular, 

 sparingly pubescent ; 1. few, mostly near base of stem, i-i f in., 

 broadly ovate, truncate or rounded at base, acute, coarsely 

 crenate-dentate, hairy on both sides, petiole \-\ in., upper 1. 

 smaller, sessile, passing into bracts; fl, small, numerous, on 

 long, very slender, minutely glandular-pubescent ped., cymes 

 lax, spreading, on branches of large narrowly pyramidal 

 panicles; cal. scabrous, slightly curved, segm. nearly equal, 

 short, triangular, subacute ; cor.-tubc rather long, lobes of 

 upper lip short, rounded ; stam. exserted ; achenes oblong- 

 ovoid, slightly rough. 



Lower montane zone, 3000-5000 ft. ; rather rare. Hantane; Ramboda. 

 Fl. September, October; white tinged with pink. 

 Endemic. 



6. P. menthoides, Be/it h. in IVa//. PI. As. Rar. ii. 17 (1831). 



/'. Macrici., Benth. Lab. 42. P. Coetsa, Thw. Enum. 237 (? Don). 

 C". i*. 2063. 



I'l. li, IikI. iv. 620. Wight, Ic. t. 1430. 



