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158 DuNN—NoTES ON CHINESE LABIATAE. 
P. Prainianus, Dunn, nom. nov. Léveillé under Hancea. 
P. vacemosus, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi (1890), 
273=P. excisus, Maxim., var. racemosus, Dunn. The series of 
specimens now in the Kew Herbarium does not admit of any 
practical demarcation between P. racemosus, Hemsl. and P. 
excisus, Maxim. 
P. sinensis, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i, 115. The de- 
scription does not distinguish it from the rather variable P. 
amethystoides, Benth., which is frequent in the region in which 
Miquel’s plant was gathere d. 
P. Tatet, Hems}. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi (1890), 274. Type 
in Kew Herb.= striatus, Benth. 
P. veronictfolius, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885 (Nov.) 327. Type 
in Brit. Mus. Herb.= P. Strachey, Benth. (August 1885). 
Coleus bracteatus, Dunn, sp. nov. C. malabarico, Benth.., affinis, 
corollae labio superiore brevi erecto distincta. 
Herba perennis, 30-40 cm. alta; caulis pauciramosa, puberula, 
carnosa, fragilis. Folia ovata, cordata, acuta, crenata, 6-8 cm. 
longa, subcarnosa, sparse puberula. Petioli laminis bis breviores 
vel aequilongi. Cymae breviter pedunculatae, distantes, 
bracteatae, paniculam 10-15 cm. longam, 3 cm. latam formantes ; 
bracteae rotundatae, I-1.5 cm. longae, integrae, sessiles. Flores 
I-I.2 cm. longi; pedicelli ut pedunculi corollaeque puberuli. 
Calyx campanulatus, membranaceus, 2 mm. longus, subglaber ; 
tubus dentibus aéquilongus ; dentes 4, subaequilongi; supremus 
ovatus, acutus, decurrens, in fructu reflexus; alii lanceolati, 
acuti. Corolla tubulosa, purpurea, puberula, paullo supra 
calycem declinata, altius subito refracta, erecta, puberula ; labia 
tubo 6—8—plo breviora; superius erectum, concavum, intus 
lanatum ; inferius breviter 3-lobum. Stamina brevia, declinata, 
fauci inserta brevissime cohaerentia; antherae disciformes, 
loculis confluentibus. Stylus equaliter bifidus. Nuculae palli- 
dae, areola parva basilari. 
YUNNAN. Szemao, W. Mountains, at 5000 ft., Henry, 12537 ; 
Puerh at 4500 ft., Henry, | 13498. 
C. carnosifolius, Dunn, nom. nov. Hemsley under Plectranthus. 
C. Esquirolii, Dunn, nom. nov. (Calamintha Esquirolii, Léveillé 
in Fedde, Repert. Nov. sp. viii (1910), 450.) Coleo atro- 
purpureo, oe affinis, tubo corollae longiore graciliore- 
que distinct 
Herba 30-60 cm. ei succosissima. Rhizoma breve, crassum, 
caules paucos stolonesque graciles emittens. Caulis ascendens, 
ut folia carnosulus et brevissime puberulus.. Folia rotundo- 
ovata, obtusa, basi truncata, paullo cordata, subito in petiolos 
