xcYiii. labiattE. 449 



the narrow neck. Filaments combined into a sheath at the base. Nut- 

 lets globose, y^ in. in diam., smooth, nearlv black. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 625 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 205 ;" Wight, Icon. t. 1432; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 373; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 361 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 846 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 504.— 

 Flowers : Sept. Veen, Main-mul ; Oarmar. 



KoNKAN : Stocksl; Karanja hills, Dalzell <^' Gibson; Dapoli, Nairnc. Deccan: 

 Dalzell cf- Gibson ; Mawal, Woodrow ; Rajwa.de, Cooke ! ; Purandhar, Kanitkar ! S. M. 

 Country: Belgaum, liitcldc,h\Si\; G-okak, Kanitkar \ Gujarat: Graham, Woudroiv. 

 — DiSTRiB. India (subtropical Himalaya, Behar, W. Peninsula) ; Cejion, Tropical 

 .Africa. 



Sometimes cultivated for the roots which are pickled and eaten. 



2. Coleus spicatus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 2 (1831) p. 15. 

 A perennial herb 6-12 in. high; stems ascending, simple or branched, 

 quadrangular, clothed with long, soft hairs. Leaves sessile or shortly 

 petiolate, 1-2 by g-1 in., obovate, fleshy, entire or creuate, pubescent on 

 both sides, narrowed at the base. Flowers in long dense spicate woolly 

 racemes, the whorls closely approximate at flowering time, separating a 

 little in fruit ; bracts | in. long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, thinly 

 membranous, very shortly mucronate, veined ; flowering pedicels y^^ in. 

 long. Calyx \ in. long, woolly outside and with a ring of hairs in the 

 throat ; upper lip shorter tlian the lower, orbicular, scarcely mucronate, 

 ciliate ; lower lip with 4 triangular acute ciliate teeth. Corolla exceeding 

 ^ in. long, slender ; tube bent downwards almost at a right angle ; upper 

 Tip broadly obovate, rounded, 4-lobed, the 2 middle lobes broader than 

 the 2 lateral ones ; lower lip 5 in. long, stipitately narrowed into a neck 

 at the base, boat-shaped beyond the neck and curved upwards so that 

 the boat-shaped part is nearly horizontal. Filaments connate into a 

 sheath below. Style with 2 acute rather deep lobes. Nutlets subglobose, 

 -^ in. in diam., smooth, shining, black when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 624; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1431; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (]899) 

 p. 361. Coleus Zatarhendi, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 206 ; ? Benth. Lab. p. 50.— 

 Flowers : Nov.-Jan. 



Rare. Konkan: sandy shores, N. of Bassein, Balzell ^- Gibson, Woodrow. Deccan : 

 Lena near Nasik, Nairne ; Gokak on rocks, Eitchie, 1983 .', Woodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



Coleus amboinicus. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. v. 2 (1790) p. 372. A plant 

 known as Indian Borate from its use in flavoring " cooling cnps," with 

 thick succulent aromatic leaves and a pale purple corolla, is grown every- 

 where in gardens, but is nowhere indigenous in the Bombay Presidency. 

 Coleus aromnticKS, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 2 (1831) p. 15; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 66 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 625 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 374 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1809) p. 361 ; Praiii, Beng. PI. p. 846 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 503. — Vern. Pdndcha-onva ; Patharcliur. 



Colcvs Blvmei, Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. (1833) p. 56. Of this species, 

 a native of Java, most of the almost innumerable forms of Coleus grown 

 for decorative purposes are varieties. The self-colored and variegated 

 leaves of some of these present magnificent variations of color, and the 



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