LABIAT.E. 323 



Plcctranthus macraBi Benth- ; F.B.I. iv 620, as part 

 of P. menthoides Benth.,hiit not Wall. Cat. 2744!; VIII 

 18.* A stout herb with thick hairy leaves, conspicuously 

 veined, and narrow dense spikes in large terminal 

 panicles. Stem 2 to 5 feet, all parts densely villous. 

 Leaves very variable in size, but attaining 3 by 2Y2 

 inches, stalked, ovate-acute with rounded or narrowed 

 base, and triangular teeth, softly pubescent on both 

 sides ; upper surface divided into small areas by the 

 impressed veins. Spikes often dense, in the axils of the 

 upper leaves, or elongated and leafy, the whole panicle 

 12 to 18 by 6 to 8 inches : bracts numerous like small 

 leaves, sometimes larger towards the top. Calyx hardly 

 two-lipped ; in fruit villous. Wight Ic. t. 1430. 



On the downs of both plateaus, from 5,000 feet upwards. 

 Flowering after the rains. On a knoll behind Ampthill wood 

 near Ootacamund is an almost pure plantation of this. Fyson 

 682, 1091, 3067, 3068. Bourne 90, 415, 716'^. 



Gen. Dist. These hills and Ceylon. 



P. menthoides Btnth. to which this is reduced in F.B.I, is a North 

 Indian species, with narrower and much less hairy, almost glabrous leaves. 



Plectranthus colcoides Benth. ; Perrottet on ' Nilgiris 

 1847 ' ! ; RB.L iv 622, VIII 27. Stem I to 2 feet, erect, 

 obscurely four-angled, green, spotted with purple ; pubes- 

 cent above, as are the leaf-stalks, underside of leaves, 

 and the inflorescence. Leaves ij^ to 5 inches, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, with rounded or cordate base, and crenate 

 margin. Inflorescence 4 to 8 inches, simple or branched ; 

 whorls rather distant and loose ; peduncles I to lJ4 

 inches : pedicels erect, ^ inch, purplish. Calyx at first 

 small, but in fruit nearly J4 inch : lower teeth triangular 

 acute : upper broader. Corolla-tube bent down sharply 

 just beyond the calyx, then broadening to the very 

 oblique mouth : lower lip boat-shaped, hairy inside : 

 upper with four rounded lobes spreading backwards, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1433. Bot. Mag, t. 5841. 

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