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GENUS VIII, C0LEU8. 



Diilynanila Cyninosperinia. Sex]: Si/sii 



Deriv, From Koleos, a sheath ; alluding to the manner in 

 which the Stamens are united. 



Gen, Char. Calyx ovate-campanulate, throat naked or hispid 

 within, 5 toothed or 2-lipped, uppermost lip ovate, membranace- 

 ous, margins rarely deonrrent, lower ones narrower, all acute or the 

 lateral ones ovate-truncate, two lowest ones often connate : corolla 

 tube exserted, deolinate, curved downwards or often defracted, 

 throat inflated or equal, limb 2-lipped, upper lip abbreviated, 

 obtusely 3— 4-cleft, lower one entire, elongated, concave, often 

 boat-shaped : stamens 4 : filaments without teeth connected at the 

 base into a tube sheathing the stj^e j style subulate at the top, equ- 

 ally 2.cleft : nuts roundish compressed, smooth. — Annual herbs 

 rarely shrubs : verticils 6 or many-flowered, sometimes very dense, 

 sometimes loose, boat-shaped : floral leaves bracteiform, more oj 

 less comose before flowering at the apex of the branches, deci- 

 duous while in flower, reflexed. 



(1) C. BARBATUS. (Benth. 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 15.— Dec. prod XH. 

 p. 71. , 



Syn, Plectranthus Forskolaei, ^iZZrf. — Germanea Forskolaei, 

 Pojr. ~ P. barbatus, Andr. — Ocimum asperum, Roth. — P. asper, 

 Spreng. — P. monadelphus, Roxb. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon, t. 1432.— Bot. Mag, t. 2036 & 2318. 

 —Andr. Bot, Rep. t, 594, 



Spec. Char. Stem fruticose at the base, ascending, tomentose 

 and hispid : leaves petioled, ovate-crenate, softly tomentose, 

 younger ones strigosely hispid : floral leaves membranaceous, 

 broadly ovate-acuminate, in flowering deciduous : verticils distant, 

 6-flowered : calyx in fruit deflexed, hispid : flowers light-purple.- 



Caranjah hill. Deccan hills. Bangalore. Dindigul. Flower- 

 ing in the cold season. 



(2) 0. spicatus. {Benth.') 



Ident. Benth. in Wall, PI. As. Rar. II. p, 15.— Dee. prod. XIL 

 p. 71. 



Syn. Plectranthus caninus, Roth, 



jEngrav., Wight's Icon. t. 1431. 



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