LABIAT/E. IX. COLEBS. X. ANISOCHILIS. XI. (EOLLANTHUS. 



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lower ones combined at the base, lanceolate-acute. . ? S. 

 Native of the Peninsula of India, about Madunt, \N igl-t. 

 Glabrous Coleus. PI. 1 foot. ? 



27 C. WIGHTII (Benth. lab. p. 58.) stem pubescent; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, crenated, rounded or subcorda":e at the base, 

 thick, wrinkled, hispid on both surfaces : floral leaves decidu- 

 ous ; raceme terminal, simple, panicle-formed ; whorls loosely 

 cvme-formed ; common peduncle elongated on both sides, as 

 well as its branches ; calyxes rather longer than the pedicels, 

 declinate in the fructiferous state, pubescent : upper tooth 

 ovate, flattish : lower ones lanceolate, acute, scarcely connate 

 at the base ; throat of corolla widened ; lower lip about 4 times 

 longer than the upper one. ? S. Native of the Indian 

 Peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. 



Wight's Coleus. PI. 



28 C. PANICULA'TUS (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 16. 

 lab. p. 59.) stem procumbent at the base, pubescent ; leaves 

 petiolate, broad ovate, deeply toothed, rounded or cuneated at 

 the base, thick, fleshy, hispid : floral ones deciduous ; raceme 

 simple, terminal, panicle-formed ; whorls loosely cyme-formed ; 

 common peduncles with their branches and pedicels elongated on 

 both sides : fructiferous calyx declinate, pubescent : throat 

 naked inside : upper tooth ovate, flat : lower lanceolate-subu- 

 late, hardly connate at the base ; corolla with an ample throat, 

 and with the lower lip hardly twice as long as the upper one. 

 0. ? S, Native of the Indian Peninsula, on the mountains of 

 Dindygul. This differs from C. Wtghtii in the broader, thicker, 

 fleshy, more cut leaves, which are cuneated or narrowed at the 

 base, not cordate, &c. 



.PftHic//-flowered Coleus. PI. 



f- A species not known to which section of the genus it belongs. 



29 C. TUBEROSUS (Benth. lab. p. 59.) leaves ovate-crenated, 

 cuneated, and quite entire at the base, rather scabrous on both 

 surfaces; whorls distinct; pedicels 1 -flowered ; calyx hairy: 

 lower lip trifid, the middle segment semi-bifid ; filaments mona- 

 delphous at the base. 7(..? S. Native of Java, in gardens. 

 Plectranthus tuberosus, Blum, bijdr. p. 838. Rumpb. amb. 5. 

 p. 372. t. 132. f. 1. ? 



Ju&erows-rooted Coleus. PI. 



Cull. For culture and propagation see Ocymum, p. 674. 



X. ANISOCHPLUS (from OVKTOC, anisos, unequal ; and 

 X<Xoc, chilos, a lip ; in reference to the inequality of both lips of 

 calyx and corolla.) Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 18. Benth. lab. 

 p. 59. Lavandula species, Lin. Plectranthus species, Koxb., 

 Smith, and other authors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx ovate, erect- 

 ish, bilabiate ; upper lip entire, after florescence lying upon 

 the lower one, which is truncate, entire, or shortly 4-toothed, 

 closing the calyx. Corolla with an exserted, defracted tube, 

 a somewhat inflated throat, and a bilabiate limb : upper lip 

 short, bluntly 3-4-cleft : lower lip entire, elongated, concave. 

 Stamens 4, declinate ; lower ones the longest ; filaments free, 

 toothless ; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent cells. Style 

 subulate at apex, equally bifid ; stigmas almost terminal. 

 Annual or perennial herbs. Whorls densely imbricate into 

 oblong cylindrical spikes. Floral leaves bractea-formed, im- 

 bricated. 



1. A. CARSOSUM (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 18. Benth. lab. 

 p. 59.) stem erect ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, obtuse, 

 crenated, cordate at the base, thick, fleshy, tomentosely villous 

 on both surfaces ; spikes on long peduncles ; floral leaves ovate, 

 obtuse ; lower lip of calyx truncate, quite entire : upper lip 



ovate, acute, membranous, with ciliated edges. g . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in many places. Lavandula carnosa, Lin. 

 amoen. 10. p. 56. t. 3. Plectranthus carnosus, Smith, in Rees, 

 cycl. vol. 27. Plectranthus strobiliferus, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 

 45. Plectranthus dubius, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 691. Plectran- 

 thus crassifolius, Hortul. Rheed. mal. 10. p. 179. t. 90. Stem 

 branched, tetragonal, villous. Corolla lilac. 



Var. (3, purpurdscens (Benth. lab. p. 60.) spikes smoothish, 

 purplish. 



Var. ?, gldbrum (Benth. lab. p. 711.) Native of Ceylon. 

 A. glabra, Schrad. ind. sern. hort. goett. 1833. p. 1. 



Fleshy Anisochilus. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1788. PI. 2 feet. 



2 A. PA'LLIDOM (Wall. 1. c. Benth. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-elliptic, narrowed at both ends, membranous, 

 or hardly fleshy, nearly glabrous ; spikes panicled ; floral leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; lower lip of calyx obliquely truncate, 

 shortly 4-toothed : upper lip lanceolate, acute. $ . ? S. Na- 

 tive of the Birman Empire, on Mount Taong Dong. Leaves 

 2-3 inches long, and 1-2 broad, hardly hispid above, and almost 

 glabrous beneath. Spikes pedunculate. Corolla of A. carnb- 

 sum, but more slender. 



Pale Anisochilus. PI. 2 feet. 



3 A. ? POLYSTA'CHYBM (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 

 19. lab. p. CO.) stem erect, branched; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovate -oblong, acuminated, serrated, cuneated at the base, 

 clothed with fine pubescence, nerved beneath ; spikes pa- 

 nicled ; calyx incurved at top, with an obliquely 5-toothed 

 mouth : upper tooth hardly longer than the rest. G- ? G. 

 Native of Nipaul, near Hetownrah, in boggy places. Stem 

 bluntly tetragonal, tomentose. Calyx clothed with rufous 

 tomentum. Leaves 2-4 inches long. 



Many-spiked Anisochilus. PI. 



4 A. DYSOPHYLLOIDES (Benth. 1. c.) stem procumbent at the 

 base ; branches ascending, clothed with silky villi ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, oblong- lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, narrowed 

 at the base ; spikes axillary and terminal, pedunculate ; lower 

 lip of calyx minute, truncate : superior one small, acute, de- 

 flexed. .? G. Native of the Peninsula of India, on the 

 Nielgherry mountains. Habit almost of Dysophylla rugosa. 

 Plant clothed with soft, silky, rufescent pubescence. Stamens 

 exserted. 



Dysophylla-like Anisochilus. PI. procumbent. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ocymum, p. 674. 



XI. CEOLLA'NTHUS (from aioXAo;, aiollo, to vary ; and 

 avdoc, anthos, a flower.) Mart, amoen. bot. monac. 4. Benth. 

 lab. p. 61. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx ovate, cam- 

 panulate, truncate ; teeth obsolete ; throat naked inside, closed 

 in the fructiferous state, and circumcised at the base. Corolla 

 with an exserted tube, which is decurved beyond the calyx, 

 and somewhat dilated above : limb bilabiate ; upper lip broad, 

 bluntly 4-toothed : lower lip entire, longer, concave. Stamens 

 4, declinate, didynamous ; lower ones the longest ; filaments 

 free, toothless ; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent cells. 

 Style shortly bifid at top ; lobes subulate ; stigmas minute, 

 nearly terminal. This genus is nearly allied to Anisochilus, 

 from which it appears to differ only by the calyx. 



1 2E. SCA'VIS (Mart. 1. c. 4. t. 2.) 0. H. Native of the East 

 Indies. ? Gathered by Martius in the Chinese Gardens at Santa 

 Cruz, in Brasil. Stem obsoletely tetragonal, branched, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves nearly sessile, obovate, entire, or obsoletely den- 

 ticulated, narrowed at the base, thickish, pale green, glabrous, 

 marked with impressed dots. Cymes or floriferous branches 

 axillary and terminal, erect, usually trifid, furnished with floral 



