( MI. LABIATE. (J. D. Hofcker.) 025 



inouadelphus, Heyne mss.; Roxb. Sort. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. -2'2. 

 P. caninus, Roth Nov. Sp. 279. Ocimum monadelphum, Roth I. c. 2*>7. 

 ? 0. Zatarhendi, ForsJc. Fl. 3&g. Arab. 109. 



SOUTH DECCAN; on low rocky hills, common. 



Stem 6-12 in., simple or branched. Leaves few, very variable, 1 by 3 in. 

 Spikes 4-8 in. by \ in. diam. ; bracts broad, acute, ciliate ; flowers J in. lon^ ; 

 upper calyx-lip crenulate, teeth of lower acute. Corolla-tube slender, bent above 

 the middle ; upper lip 4-lobed, lower boat-shaped. 



2. C. barbatus, Benth. in Wall PI. As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 49, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 71 ; stem stont villous with long hairs, leaves petioled ovate 

 or obovate obtuse crenate villous or hispid, floral ovate deciduous, whorls 

 distant, upper calyx-lip rounded ovate acute. Wall. Cat. 2728 ; Grah. Gat. 

 PI. Bomb. 148 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 205 ; Wight Ic. t. 1432. C. 

 Schimperi, Vatke in Linneea, xxxvii. 320. Plectranthus barbatus, Andr. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 494. P. comosus, Bot. Mag. t. 2318. P. Forskohlii, Willd. 

 Sp. PL iii. 169 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2036. P. asper, Spreng. Syst. ii. 690. P. 

 mysorensis, Heyne mss. Germania Forskohlii, Poir. Diet. ii. 764. Ocimum 

 asperum, Roth Nov. Sp. 268. O. cinereum, Brown in Salt. Abyss. App. 

 0. saccharoides, Willd. fid. Heyne. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal and Kumaon, ascending to 8000 ft. BEHAE ; 

 top of Parusnath, Thomson. DECCAN PENINSULA ; common. CEYLON ; Oovah 

 district, alt. 3-5000 ft. DISTEIB. Tropical E. Africa. 



Stem 1-2 ft., ascending, branched. Leaves 3-5 in., narrowed into the petiole. 

 Racemes 6-12 in., stout; flowers f 1 in. Corolla pale blue, much like C. 

 spicatus. Fruiting calyx \-\ in., upper lip acuminate, teeth of lower subulate, all 

 pungent. 



** Calyx-throat glabrous within. 



3. C. aromatlcus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 51, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 72; shrubby below, hispidly villous or tomentose, leaves 

 petioled broadly ovate or cordate crenate fleshy, floral minute, whorls 

 distant densely many-fld., upper calyx-lip ovate acute membranous, lower 

 acuminate. Wall. Cat. 2730 ; Wight III. ii. t. 175 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 

 148; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl.QQ-, Bot. Reg. t. 1520. C. amboi- 

 nicus, Lour. Fl. Coch. 372. C. crassifolius, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 

 ii. 13, and Lab. 52 ; Wall. Cat. 2731. Plectranthus aromaticus, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 22. 



Cultivated throughout INDIA, CEYLON and various tropical countries. 



Stem 1-3 ft., fleshy. Leaves 1-2 in., very aromatic. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 \ in. long. Corolla pale purplish, tube short, throat inflated, lips short. Stamens 

 shortly exserted. Fruiting calyx suberect. Roxburgh describes the flowers as blue. 

 C. amboinicus is the earliest name, but not very appropriate. 



4. C. parviflorus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 72 ; stem stout fleshy, roots 

 tuberous, leaves petioled rounded-ovate obtuse coarsely crenate glabrous or 

 nearly so, whorls subdistant slender pubescent, racemes laxly many-fld., 

 npper calyx-lip ovate, teeth of lower obtuse or lowest mucronate. ? 0. 

 tuberosus, Benth. Lab. 59 (Plectranthus tuberosus, Blume). 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Quilon and Panpanassum, Wight. CEYLON, cultivated, 

 Gardner. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 1J-2 in., often as broad, base cuneate or subcordatc. 

 Flowers \^ in. Corolla decurved, lips short. Stamens included. Fruiting calyx 

 not seen. Probably C. tuberosus, which is cultivated for its tubers in Java as this is 

 in Ceylon, but Blume describes the Javan plant as having quite entire leaves. 

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