418 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



19. PLECTRANTHUS L'Heritier 



PLECTRANTHUS D1FFUSUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 235, 5 (1910) Bot. 382. 



Luzon (Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4,554, Elmer 84.06 as Mos- 

 chosma, B. S. 12921 Fenix, 5402, 5393, 5382 Ramos. In thickets, in ravines, 

 and on forested slopes, altitude 1,400 to 2,200 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Bungbungtit (Ig\). 



20. COLE US Loureiro 



COLEUS ACUMINATUS Benth. in Linnaea 6 (1831) 81, DC. Prodr. 12 

 (1848) 73; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 950; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 163; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 135, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 213. 



Samar, Cuming 1683. I have not seen Chamisso's Luzon specimen cited 

 by Bentham, but suspect that it probably does not represent the same spe- 

 cies as Cuming 1683. Endemic. 



COLEUS AMBOINICUS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 372; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 344, Fl. Manila (1912) 410, Sp. Blan- 



coanae (1918) 338, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 459. 

 Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 22, non Hort. 



Beng. (1814) 45. 

 Coleus aromaticus Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 (1831) 16, DC. 



Prodr. 12 (1848) 72; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 625; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 163. 

 Coleus suganda Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 438, ed. 2 (1845) 337, ed. 



3, 2 (1878) 259; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12 (1848) 71; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 948. 



Cultivated here and there for its aromatic leaves, Lete 55, Merrill 8370, 

 7568, Sp. Blancoanae 129, B. S. 36950 Ramos & Edano. I have seen no 

 flowering specimens; introduced. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Bildu (Sul.) ; latai (Sub.); oregano (Sp.); suganda 

 (Tag.); torongil de limon (Sp.). 



COLEUS APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2694. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 1,1601. In thickets, altitude about 900 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Kalalapo-bulan (Bag.). 



COLEUS ATROPURPUREUS Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 (1831) 16, Lab. 

 Gen. Sp. (1832) 54, DC. Prodr. 12 (1848) 74; Walp. Repert. 3 

 (1845) 518; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 951; Hook. f. FL Brit. 

 Ind. 4 (1885) 626; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 163. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, but nowhere wild, Merrill 7385, 

 Sp. Blancoanae 786, B. S. 2065, 24104 Ramos. Malay Peninsula and Ar- 

 chipelago to Polynesia, often, or usually, cultivated. 



Local names: Badiara (Tag., Bis., Pamp.) ; lapunaya (Bis.); malaina 

 (Tag., Bis., Pamp.); marayapa (Pamp.); mayana (Tag., Bis., Pamp.). 



