COLEUS AEOMATICUS. 453 



facturers of toilet soaps have overlooked the possible utility of this 

 oil, and that, except as a museum specimen, the oil is unknown- 

 The sample forwarded to the writer by the Government Chemist 

 at Kingston (Jamaica) was too small for a thorough examination 

 of its physical properties to be made, but its fragrance is of a 

 peculiar nature to be remembered, and is certainly worthy the 

 attention of manufacturers who produce " novelties." The complete 

 botanical analysis of the plant can l)e found in the works of Sw^artz 

 and Grisebach above quoted. The accompanying illustration is 

 copied from the former writer, the scale being reduced. The leaves 

 are from 3 to o inches long, other parts in proportion. The plant, 

 as before observed, is common on the hills about Port Eoyal and 

 on the Blue Mountains at elevations up to 6,000 feet. 



It may be here remarked that Government Chemists, Directors 

 of Botanical Gardens, Consuls, &c,, are generally ready to supply 

 information to enquirers on subjects which may be of commercial 

 utility (in fact it is their function to do so), and persons who think 

 of establishing themselves as planters in our Colonies would find it 

 to their advantage to correspond with such functionaries before 

 taking any decisive steps. 



YoL. I., p. 307. 



Coleus aromaticus, Benth., ilor. Brit. Ind., iv., p. 625. 

 Syn. C. aromaticus, Lour., and Pledranthus aromaticus, Roxb. 



Vernacular. Pathor-chur, Hind. ; Pater-chiir, Beng. , Pathor- 



chur, Owa, Bomb. ; Pashana bhedi, Sans. In 



" Flora Andhirica," Karpura-valli is a name 



applied to this plant. 



This perennial labiate plant is a native of the Moluccas, and is 



cultivated in gardens throughout India. The leaves and all parts of 



this plant are delightfully fragrant. The stem is creeping, round, 



succulent, perennial. Branches erect, round, very succulent, 



fragile, hairy, foom 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, short- 



petioled, very thick and fleshy, fragile, broad cordate, crenu- 



late, 2 to 3 inches long and the same wide. The hairs on the upper 



surface are principally jointed and tapering, but a few are simple 



and surmounted by a globular, transparent, brilliant gland, like a 



minute dew-drop. On the under surface, the glandular hairs are 



