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5. ORTHOSIPHON, Benth. 



1. O PALLIDUS, Royle Benth. Lab. p 708. Smooth; stem 

 ascending ; leaves petioled, ovate-obtuse, coarsely cut and toothed, 

 entire and cuneate at the base ; tube of the small white corolla 

 as long as the calyx ; spike short, terminal. Very common in the 

 Deccan; flowering from June to October. Is very like an Ocimum, 

 and may be easily mistaken for one of that genus. 



2. GLABRATUS, Benth. in Wall. PL As. rar. ii, p 14. Stems 

 ascending, branched, glabrous; leaves long-petioled, ovate-acute, 

 toothed, rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous ; corolla sub- 

 incurved ; tube twice the length of the calyx ; flowers light-purple. 

 Common in the rains. Syn. Ocimum thymiflorum, Roth. nov. sp. 

 p 269 (?) ; Plectranthus thymiflorus, Spr. syst. ii, 690 ; Pallidus 

 deccan ; flowers in June. 



6. PLECTRANTHUS. 



1. WIGHTII, Benth. Lab. p 41. Stem herbaceous, erect- 

 branched ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate or rounded-acuminate, 

 cordate at the base ; lower floral leaves like tliem ; upper and the 

 bracts membranaceous, rounded spathulate, shorter than the 

 peduncle and pedicels ; calyx oblong, incurved, striated ; mouth 

 oblique bilabiate; corolla inflated, declinate. Ram Ghaut, Law ; 

 leaves 1 1 to 2 inches. 



2. ROTUNDIFOLIUS, Spr. syst. ii, p 690. Stem procumbent at 

 the base, rooting ; branches erect, thick, fleshy ; leaves petioled, 

 ovate-rounded or cuneate, running into the petiole, smooth, thick ; 

 floral leaves bract-like ; racemes simple ; verticels rather lax, many- 

 flowered, approximated ; corolla three times longer than the calyx, 

 declinate. The Concans. Syn. Germanea rotundifolia, Poir. Diet, 

 ii, 763 ; Coleus rugosus, Benth. in Wall. PL As rar. ii, p 15. 



3. CORDIFOLIUS, Don. Prod. Fl Nep. p 1 16. Pubescent or 

 tomentose, hoary ; stem herbaceous, erect ; leaves petioled, broadly 

 ovate-crenate, cordate at the base ; floral leaves bract-like, ovate- 

 cuneate ; racemes lax, panicled ; verticels secund, few-flowered ; 

 corolla scarcely twice as long as calyx ; tube bent in the middle, 

 the throat dilated ; flowers small, pale-blue. About Kandalla ; 

 Sawunt Warree. 



7. COLEUS. 



1. BARBATUS, Benth. in Wall. PL As. rar. ii, p 15. Stem 

 fruticose at the base, ascending, tomentose and hispid; leaves 

 petioled, ovate-crenate, softly tomentose, younger ones strigose 

 hispid ; floral leaves membranaceous, broadly ovate-acuminate, in 



