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533. GENIOSPORUM. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
1095. G. Prostratum. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 674 Elsholtzia ocymoides. Per- 
soons Synop. 2. p. 114. Mentha Zeylanica. Burm. Zey.t. 70. f° 2. Lumnit- 
rae prostrata, Sprengel’s syst. 2. p. 687. Kuttu tumba. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢. 
Herbaceous, much branched, prostrate plant; flowers in whorls; nume- 
rous, small.—S. Concan. N. 
534. PLECTRANTHUS. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
From plectron.—a cock’s spur, and anthos—a flower;—name given in re- 
ference to the spurred corollas. 
1096. P.RotunpiFoLivus. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 678. Nepeta Madagascariensis. 
Willd. Coleus rugosus. Bentham in Wall. Pl. As, Rar. 2. p. 15. Kurka. 
Rheed. Mal. 11. t- 25. 
Herbaceous, stem procumbent, rooting at the base; flowers blue.—The Con- 
cans. Tubers edible. N. 
1097. P.CorbiroLius. Don’s syst. 4. p. 678. Ocymum molle. Aiton. P. 
secundus? Rox. Flora. 3. p. 20. Perimtolassa. Rheed: Mal: 10. ¢. 84. 
Annual, erect, 4 sided, flowers light blue; in long terminal and axillary 
racemes; appear in the rains. 
_ Grows in great abundance throughout Kandalla village; also on the ruins 
of Rosa, near Ellora Caves; and generally every where near the habitations 
of man. 
1098. P. Wicutit. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 680. Herbaceous, erect, branched 
plant; corolla inflated —The Ram Ghaut. (Mr. Law.) 
535. COLEUS. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
From Koleos—a sheath; in allusion to the filaments being connected at 
the base, and sheathing the style. 
1099. C. Barspatus. Don's. syst. 4. p. 682. Plectranthus monadelphus, 
Rox. Flora, 3. p. 22. P. Forskoelii. Willd. Spec. 3. p. 169. Bot. Mag. ¢. 
2036. P. comosus. Bot. Mag. t. 2318. Bentham in Wall. Pl. Asiat, Rar. 
2.p. 1d. 
Meee stems shrubby at the base; flowers beset with white hairs of a 
light purple colour;—in verticels of 6, 
Commonly cultivated in native gardens for the roots, which are pickled. 
(Mr. Law.) On rice fields in Guzerat. (Dr. Gibson.) Sold in the green mar- 
ket, Bombay. N. 
Roxburgh observes that the whole plant possesses a strong, though not 
disagreeable smell, 
Can Don’s C. tuberosus 4. p. 685: (Rumph. Amb, 5. 182. f.1.) be iden- 
tical? 
1100. C. Aromaticus. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 682. Plectranthus aromaticus. 
Rox. Flora. 3. p. 22. Marrubium album Ambonicum. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢.. 
102 f. 3. Bentham in Wall. Asiat. Pl. Rar-2, p, 15. : 
Pathur-choor.—Country Borage; an agreeably fragrant plant, common in 
gardens, Surat &c, (Mr. Law.) 
536. ANISOCHILUS. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
From anisos—unequal, and chilos—a lip; in reference to the inequality of 
the lips of the calyx and corolla. 
1101. A. Carnosum. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 685. Plectranthus strobiliferus. 
Rox. Flora. 3. p. 23, Lavandula carnosa, Willd. Katu Kurka. Rheed. Mal. 
10. ¢. 90. 
Vova.—A Perennial, erect, with fleshy, hairy leaves, and lilac coloured 
flowers, in terminal spikes. 
