322 LABIATiE. 



Species 150, in south and tropical Africa, tropical and sub- 

 tropical Asia, spreading eastwards to Japan, Malacca, Australia 

 and the Pacific islands. 



Ft. Germaine, Ger. Hahnensporn. Closely allied to coleus, in which, 

 however, the filaments of the stamens are united. 



Plcctranthus wightii Benth.y Sir F. Adams coll. ! Herb, 

 Wight 2096 ! ; KB. I. iv 619, VIII 12 ; including P. pulney- 

 ensis Hook. /., Herb. Wight 20Q6 ! ; F.B.I, iv 617 ; and 

 P. nepet^folius Benth., Herb. Wight 2507 ! ; F.B.L iv 619. 



Stem I to 3 feet, simple or branched : whole plant 



nearly glabrous, pubescent or softly hairy, and with or 



without red glands. Lower leaf-stalks ^/^ to I^ inches, 



upper absent. Leaves thin or thick, ovate, with acute, 



cordate, or nearly straight base, toothed nearly all round: 



upper small. Panicle large with foliaceous bracts, which 



may or may not fall before the fruits mature. Cymes 



very lax, sometimes ij^ inches- Calyx small 1/16 to 



1/12 inch ; in fruit % to Ye inch, slightly curved and 



gibbous at the base, teeth nearly equal. Corolla tube J^ 



inch, lower lip ^ inch, stamens longer. Wight Ic. t. 



1429. 



On the downs. Nilgiris and Pulneys, common. Fyson 1353, 

 1479, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067. Bourne 222,^ 1142,* 

 1176,* 1627, 1628, 1711, 1712, 1799, 2011, 2941,* etc. 



After considerable examination of the types and other specimens I 

 cannot but think that the three species named above are all one : and 

 that P. wightii in Bentham's Labiatae, p. 4I being the oldest name must 

 stand for the three. 



Plcctranthus nilghiricus Benth., Sir F. Adams on 

 Nilgiris ! ; F.B.L iv 619, VIII 13. 



Stem short and branches usually decumbent. Leaves 

 similar in shape to P. wightii but much thicker, and 

 flowers more numerous. Possibly a variety, but more 

 succulent. 



Nilgiris: Kotagiri (Sir F, Adams), Pulneys: on the 

 downs (Bourne). 



