PLATE DXCIV. 





PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS 



Bearded Plectranthus. 





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CLASS XIV. ORDER I. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIJ. Four unequal Stamens. Naked Seeds. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 





Calyx lacinii summS majore. Corolla resupi- 

 nata, ringens 5 tubo sursilm gibbo vel cal- 



carato. 





Cup with tlie upper division largest. Blossom 

 lying on its back, gaping j tube with a spur 



above or swelled out. 







SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Plbctbanthus racemis bracteatis, bracteis de- 

 ciduis; foliis ovatis, crenatis, pubescenti- 

 bus, rugosis, per petiolos decurrentibus : 

 corollae labio superiore emarginato brevissi- 

 mo 5 inferiore subovato, concavo, hirsuto. 







Plectranthus with bracts to the bunches, 

 bracts falling off: the leaves oval, scolloped, 

 downy and wrinkled, running down the 

 footstalks; the upper lip of the blossom 

 short, and slightly notched; the lower 

 nearly ovate, compressed and hairy. 





REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The empalement. 





2. 

 3. 



blossom with the segments 



summit 



The stem of Plectranthus is four-sided with blunt corners, and woolly. The leaves are fleshy, mi- 

 nutely dotted on both sides, and border their footstalks down to the stem. The flower- stalks, the 



tiff 



The tube of 



the blossom is without a spur, and swelled on the upper side. Every part of the plant has a powerful 

 fragrance. The specimens were communicated in November by Mr. Giddings, gardener to Lord Va- 

 lentia at Arley ; with a letter stating, that he raised the plants from Abyssinian seeds sent home by 

 his Lordship about four years ago, and that they grow at Arley to about two feet in height, and thrive 

 with the common treatment of stove plants. 



The first species known of this genus, Plectranthus punctatus, the Ocymum punctatum of Linnaeus, 

 was also brought from Abyssinia by the celebrated Bruce. 



