78 XCIII. LABIATJE. [ Plectranthus, | 
long narrow conical spur ; upper lip aie, a shortly 4-lobed, shorter 
than the tube; lower lip oblong-obovate, very concave, rather shorter - 
than the u upper. Stamens shorter dua. tha corolla, the two upper ones - 
inserted much lower down n an boe lower r ones. | 
This species has precisely "p yx pad something of the habit of Colews Africanus, 
however the foliage is different, the heme much more numerous in the fa A i 
and as far as I can ascertain, the corolla and stamens are truly those of a Coleus 
. . 9. P. parviflorus, Willd. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 67, not of R. Br. 
An erect herb or undershrub very variable in size and ‘indumentum, / 
AREA under 1 ft. and much branched at the base, sometimes attaining 
2 or 3 ft. ; the stems rather fleshy, the whole plant a His villous 
either PH or sli ightly LU RE the floral isles reduced to minute 
bracts falling off 
than the very small flowering calyx ; the fruiting calyx reflexed, much 
subulate-acuminate, the 2 lateral ones as long as, the 2 lowest longer 
e one. Corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx, 
declinate an slightly gibbous at the base but not spurred; upper lip | 
short and erect, the 2 upper lobes rather larger than the lateral ones, : 
the lower lip twice as long; very concave. Stamens nearly as long as | 
the lower lip.— P. graveolens, R. Br. Prod. 506; P. ont R. Bee 
Prod. 506, Bot. Reg. t. 1098, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. : 
N. Australia. Port Essington, Armstrong; Gilbert river, F. Vemm ; Kennedy | 
district Ditnive. 
ueensland. Broad Sound, Shoalwater Bay, Northumberland island, 2. Brown; | 
Burdekin river, Fitzalan ; Lizard island, M'Gillivray ; Whitsunday island, Henne; f 
Rockhampton, Dallachy, bow ; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mw eller ; ; top of 
Il. 
. S. W'ales. Port Jackson to the Blue mpi R. Brown and others; north- 
ward to Hastin , Macleay and Clarence rivers, Beckler and others; New En gland, | 
C. Stuart ; sout ward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller E 1 
Wictoria. Snowy river, ie, $ 
The species extends w New "Caledonia and other islands of the South Pacific and to 1 
the Sandwich Islands, the differences formerly observed between the Australian and | 
Sandwich Island plants iiio iig in the biis series of specimens now before u$. — 
3. P. congestus, R. Br. Prod. 506. A tall herb, attaining accord- 
ing to Dallachy 10 Pi e "s sen pane ees tose. Leaves ovate, 
shortly acuminate or ees ed i 
soft and rugose, umi on "both e cea 2 or 3 in. lon 
