Coleus.l Labiates. 373 



A large perennial herb, semi-shrubby at base, stems 2-4 ft., 

 erect, stiff, stout, quadrangular, tomentose-pubescent, much 

 branched above; 1. 2-3^ in., ovate, rounded at base but some- 

 what decurrent on petiole, acute, coarsely dentate-serrate, 

 softly pubescent and somewhat rugose above, tomentose- 

 pubescent and white beneath with very prominent venation, 

 petiole stout, woolly; fl. very small and numerous, on slender 

 deflexed pubescent ped. ; cymes short, numerous, whorls in 

 long, secund, narrow, axillary, and terminal racemose panicles; 

 cal.-tube cylindrical, curved upwards, hairy, segm. equal, 

 triangular, acute, much shorter than tube; cor.-tube deflexed, 

 upper lip erect, much shorter than tube, lobes rounded, lower 

 lip boat-shaped, pubescent outside ; achenes very small, 

 oblong-ovoid, smooth, pale brown. 



Open places in the montane zone, 4000-6000 ft.; rather common. Fl. 

 Nov.-April ; pale violet. 



Also in Southern India. 



Scarcely distinct from the Himalayan P. Coc/sa, Don, with which 

 Thwaites unites it. Strongly scented. 



6. COZiEUS, Lour. 



Scarcely distinct from PlectrantJms, but the fil. more or 

 less connate at the base into a sheath surrounding the style. — 

 Sp. 50; 8 in Fl.B.Ind. 



Fruiting-cal. 2-Iipped, upper lip of i, lower of 4 

 segm. 

 Fl. in whorls forming spikes 

 Fl. in racemose cymes forming panicles. 

 Lower lip of cor. longer than upper. 

 Lower lip of cor. shorter than upper 

 Fruiting-cal. not 2-lipped, segm. nearly equal 



I. C. barbatus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Par. ii. 15 (1831). "Wal- 

 kapura-walllya, S. 



Plecirmiihiis elon^g;ata^ Moon Cat. 44. Thw. Enum. 238. C. P. 2069. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 625. Wight, Ic. t. 1432. Bot. Mag. t. 2318 {Plectran- 

 thus cotnosus). 



Stem ascending, slightly branched, stout, cylindrical, 

 shortly pubescent, and with a few long glandular hairs ; 

 1. \\-2\ in., oblong-oval, very obtuse, coarsely crenate-serrate, 

 pubescent on both sides, rather thick, venation reticulate, 

 prominent above, impressed beneath; fl. large, about 10 in a 

 whorl, on short, glandular, stiffly decurved ped., whorls dis- 

 tinct, dense, racemes spicate, 6-9 in., erect, rachis densely 

 glandular-hairy, bracts large, very conspicuous, imbricate 

 before flowering, ovate, acuminate, pubescent and ciliate, 



