.522 D. Prain — More additional species of Labiat.se. [No. 2, 



§ Coleoides might with advantage be merged in Coleus. This, to judge from his 

 proposed treatment of the species, must have been the view of Mr. Kurz also. 



9. COLEUS Lour. 



1. Coleus spicatus Benth. 



Add to localities of F, B. I.: — Burma; Shan Hills, common, Col- 

 lett ! King's Collectors ! 



6. Coleus atropurpureus Benth. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. :— Perak ; Jenah, 200-300 feet, Wray 

 1759! 



10.* HYPTIS Jacq. 



3. Htptis pectinata Poit. Ann. Mus. Par. vii. 474; erect; stem 

 glabrous or pubescent ; leaves petioled ovate crenate-serrate, base round- 

 ed, tomentose beneath ; cymes many-fid. paniculate, in flower laxly sub- 

 capitate, later elongated subsecund pectinate incurved, bracts laxly 

 setaceous hardly as long as calyx ; calyx tubular, hoary-tornentose, 

 mouth truncate, throafc villous within, teeth setaceous snbrigid, sliorfer 

 than tube. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 127. Bysteropogon pectinatum 

 L'Her. Sert. Angl. 19. Mentha perilloides Linn. Syst. ed. xii. 736. 

 Nepeta aristata Rich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 110. Brotera persica 

 S]jr. Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 151, t. 4. 



Madras; Bengal; and Assam. Introduced; though not so fre- 

 quently met with as H. suaveolens, where it does occur it is just as 

 plentiful and spreads as readily. 



Stem rigid below, branches erect 60-100 cm. ; leaves very variable from 2-8 cm. 

 long acute or acuminate, margins sometimes serrate more often crenate-serrate, 

 sometimes rather widely crenate, usually densely tomentose below sparsely above 

 but at times glabrous on both sides. Racemes secund densely congested towards 

 apex, interrupted below, simple or paniculately branched. Cymes 5-30-fld., at first 

 capitate, bracts and subulate calyx-teeth crinite. Corolla small pale-purple, or 

 yellowish-white with the lips purple spotted. Nutlets small, oblong, smooth, black. 



The reason for the introduction of the species of this American genus is in 

 every case the same ; they are planted like the Tulsis (Ocimum spp.) in the precincts 

 of sacred buildings and are usually to be found spreading from the neighbourhood 

 of shrines and temples. Up till now H. brevipes, H. eapitata, H. suaveolens and 

 H. pectinata are the only forms that have established themselves in India but the 

 naturalisation of other species is no doubt merely a matter of time. 



55. CYMARIA Benth. 



1. Cymaria dtchotoma Benth. 



Add to localities of F. B. I.: — Shan Hills ; Fort Sfcedman, etc., 

 common. Pekak; Scortechini ! 



