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yellow, others were pale yellow, and others were entirely green 
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were well distributed. These verano in yellow and ere were 
combined with 
internal (chiefly in veins) development or purplish ani red tint 
Coleus Blumei, as stated above, was already in cultivation in 
Java when described by Blume. Blume (1826) suggests that 
the plant named by him Plectranthus laciniatus may h een 
pl ariety, as it seems to hav ered largely in having 
laciniate lea me’s original description spe: e 
lea Blumei as spotted above, t lored plates 
urther hybridization work there is no recor It was the least 
Baba colored, pescseee no yellow aug sold for the sum of 
5 guineas, f the es 
ide ard. Chron. 33: 432. 1868). iieve heli unable to 
find further mention of this hybrid, which was named Reevesii. 
and figured odigas in 188 Rodigas later (18 he 
wide variability obtained from the seed progen hat was 
considered as umet from e four derived types, 
t the present time it does not appear oe any pure strains 
