Plectra nthus.'} cxil. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 623 



puberulous panicle, leaves very large stoutly petioled broadly ovate obtusely 

 acuminate, margin regularly obtusely tabulate, lobules crenate, cymes in 

 stout branched panicles, corolla-tube equalling the narrow lower lip, fruiting 

 calyx large, upper lip orbicular ovate, teeth of lower subulate-lanceolate, 

 nutlet* large orbicular oblong brown shining. Coleus urticifolius, Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 78. 



PECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight ; Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4500 ft., Beddome. 



Stem short. Leaves 3-6 in. long and nearly as broad, sometimes minutely pube- 

 rulous above, gland-dotted beneath, lobules rounded or ovate'; petiole 2-3 in., very thick. 

 Panicle very large; branches suberect ; flowers racemed or corymbose. Flowers 

 in. long. Corolla-tube cylindric, decurved ; lips subequal, upper very broad, lower 

 narrowly cymbiform. Stamen quite free. Fruiting calyx % in. long, 2 lowest teeth 

 longest, incurved. Nutlets large. Near P. coleoides. 



29. P. fruticosus, Wight Cat. 2524 ; very robust, shrubby, branches 

 and leaves beneath densely tomentose, leaves large rounded ovate or 

 cordate obtusely acuminate coarsely crenate, flowers secundly racemed on 

 the erect branches of a dense stout glandular-pubescent thyrsus, corolla 

 decurved. Coleus fruticosus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 78. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Stem as thick as the middle finger, spongy. Leaves 3-5 in. long and broad, 

 pubescent above, margin sublobulate ; petiole 1-2 in., very stout, almost woolly. 

 Panicle 6-10 in., rachis and primary branches woody, ultimate 1-3 in., flexuous, 

 many-fld. ; flowers alternate, shortly pedicelled. Corolla pubescent, f| in. long. 

 Filaments quite free. Upper calyx-lip ovate, teeth of lower acuminate. A very 

 robust well-marked species. The fruit is not ripe. 



30. P. G-riffithii, Hook. f. ; erect, branched, hirsutely tomentose, 

 leaves petioled ovate acuminate toothed or crenate, cymes very short in 

 long slender narrow racemes, corolla-tube very slender longer than the 

 lower lip, fruiting calyx sparsely hairy, upper lip broad rounded, teeth of 

 lower acuminate, nutlets orbicular smooth black shining. 



EASTERN ASSAM ; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. 



Stem rather woody, tomentose ; branches, racemes and leaf nerves beneath with 

 long hairs amongst the tomentuvn. Leaves 3-5 in., hirsute on both surfaces, base 

 rounded, shortly cordate at the insertion of the ^ 1 in. long petiole. Racemes 

 6-10 in., | in. diam., leafless, rather dense-fld., rachis very hirsute ; cymes short, 

 sessile, with pedicelled flowers. Corolla in. long, tube decimate, curved, white, 

 lips subequal, pale rose-coloured. Fruitinc/ calyx in., contracted above the 

 swollen base, mouth campauulate, lips subequal in length. 



31. P. crenulatus, Hook.f. ; erect, densely finely tomentose through- 

 out, leaves petioled ovate acute crenulate, cymes short in axillary racemes, 

 fruiting calyx hairy, upper lip broad rounded, teeth of lower acuminate, 

 nutlets orbicular black granulate opaque. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Namroop, Griffith. 



Very near P. Griffithii, but not at all hirsute, leaves similar in shape but less 

 acuminate, and crenatures smaller, racemes shorter and nutlets opaque and granulate. 

 Flowers not seen. 



32. P.? Helferi, Hook.f-; stem woody below and branches and young 

 leaves finely puberulous, leaves shortly petioled lanceolate subacute crenate 

 above the entire base glabrous, cymes short subsessile in branchedglandular- 

 tomentose racemes, upper lip of glandular-hairy fruiting calyx orbicular, 

 teeth of lower subulate. 



TENASSEEIM; Heifer. 



