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* P. Stocksii (P. Wightii, D.). Erect, branched, slender, leaves 

 ovate cordate, panicles pyramidal, calyx incurved, striated, corolla 

 tube short and broad. Konkan, Belgaum, &o., (D.). P. rotundi- 

 folius (D. and Q.) H. cannot identify, procumbent at the base, leaves 

 smooth, thick, ovate cordate, flowers blue in rather lax verticils, 

 tubers edible. Konkans. 



4. COLEUS. 



1. C. spicatus (C. zatarhendi, D.). Rough and hairy, stem 

 very stout, leaves fleshy, broad ovate or roundish, flowers large 

 and handsome bluish purple, about 6 to a verticil, upper lip of 

 corolla very small, calyx very hairy, bracts concave pointed, 

 soon falling off. 



This plant I had at Lena, near Nasik, and H. has " S. Deccan, on 

 low rocky hills, common," but I much doubt H.'s identification of it 

 with D.'s C. zatarhendi, which he ascribes to the sandy coast N. of 

 Bassein. The large boat-shaped lower lip of the corolla is very 

 noticeable. 



2. C. larbatus. Hairy, leaves ovate broad at base, crenate, 

 flowers in drooping racemes of 6 flowered verticils, rather one- 

 sided, corolla very light purple, lower lip not so prominent as 

 in the last ; bracts much the same. Ganoal. 



Dapoli. Caranjah and Deccan hills, (D.). On rice-fields in Guzerat 

 (G.). Deccan peninsula, common (If.). Both D. and Gr. state on Mr. 

 Law's authority that it is cultivated for the sake of the roots which 

 are pickled, but from H. it seems likely that this may refer to another 

 species. 



I noted the calyx as bright red, contrasting well with the corolla. 

 This probably is not constant, but in a figure in Maund's " Botanist " 

 the stem is tinged with red, and the calyx described as more or less 

 violet-coloured. 



C. aromaticus, country borage, pdthar chur, pdnachd onvd, with 

 fleshy and very aromatic leaves, is common in gardens. 



Many species of Coleus are cultivated in England for the sake of 

 the beautifully variegated foliage. 



5. ANISOCHILUS. 



1. * A, carnosus. Stem stout, leaves thick and fleshy, ovate 

 rounded, crenated, petioled, flowers pale purple in long-stalked 

 spikes, upper lip of calyx large broad entire. Vova, Mporli, 

 choronva. 



2. A. eriocephalus (A. decussatus, D.). Stem round, red, 

 leaves broad- ovate, deeply cordate, long-petioled, glandular 

 below, flowers small, bluish-purple, velvety, in long-stalked 

 cylindrical or pyramidal spikes, anthers blue, lower lip of 

 corolla large and boat-shaped. 



