Salvia. ] Labiatez. 235 
4a. SALvia Linn. 
Leaves flat, subglabrous; fis. bright blue . : ,. ha oe Vihefoha. 
Leaves rugose, hairy; fls. purple-blue_.. : . 2. S. nilotica 
1. S. TILIAFOLIA Vahl Symb. Bot. III, p. 7 (1798); Petch in Ann. 
Perad. VI, p. 185 (1916). 
This has been found as weed at Hakgala, Ambevela and Bandara- 
vela. 
A native of Mexico. 
2. S. nitotica Murr. in Comm. Gotting. p. 98 t. 2 (1778). 
This formerly occurred as a weed at Hakgala but has not been 
collected since 1890. 
A native of E. Tropical Africa. 
4b. Hyptis Jacq. 
Annual or perennial herbs; calyx teeth 5, subulate or 
triangular, subequal; cor. 2-lipped, lower lip deflexed, boat- 
shaped; stam. 4, didynamous, declinate, free; achenes oblong- 
obovoid.—Sp. 250; natives of Tropical America. 
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H. SUAVEOLENS Poit. in Ann. Mus. Par. VII, p. 472 t. 29 f. 2 (1806) ; 
Mk, f. in FL Brit. Ind. IV, p. 630 (1885); Petch in Ann. Perad: V, 
p- 338 (1914). Bysteropagon graveolens Blume Bijdr. p. 824 (1826). 
A herb, up to 4 ft. high, aromatic; stem quadrangular, 
hairy; 1. broadly ovate; lamina 1-2 in. long, crenate-serrate, 
hairy; petiole 4-14 in. long; fls. in axillary racemes or heads, 
stalked or sessile; cal. strongly ribbed, teeth linear. 
Common in waste places from Chilaw to Galle. Fls. Jan., June, 
Aug. ; blue. 
ie native of Tropical America. Introduced into Trop. Asia and 
Africa. 
5. PLECTRANTHUS L’Heérit. 
Add to key: 
Stam. much exserted : 
Leaves not cordate or toothed at base . : . 3. P. GARDNERI. 
Leaves cordate and toothed at base . : : P. subincisus. 
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1. Plectranthus nigrescens Benth. 
Also in S. India. 
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3. P. Gardneri Thw. 
Willis in Ann. Perad. V, p. 220, mentions a var. Jowittit which 
Livera, in Ann. Perad. XI (1928), states does not differ. 
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