530i 



Spec. Char. Stem procumbent at the base: branches ascend- 

 ing, hairy : leaves petioled, obovaLte, narrowed at the base, fleshy,, 

 floral ones membranaceous, concav,ej exceeding the flowers, at length, 

 deciduous: spikes simple, elongated, dense: -verticils 6-10- flowered, 

 approximate : fructiferous calyx, deflexed, hispid ; throat villous- 

 within, uppermost tooth round, somewhat decurrent, lower ones, 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly equal ;. tube of the corolla bent down-< 

 wards, lower lip stipitate, boat-shaped. 



Pindigul mountains* 



(3) C. AROMATicus. (MentJi.y 



Jdent. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 15.— Dec. pro4, 

 XII. p. 72. "^ 



Syn, Plectranthus aromaticus,. /foajJ. — P. amboynensis, iS^ren^,. 

 — C. araboynieuSj Lour. — C. crassifolius, Benth. I. c. 



Engrav. Rumph. Amb. V. t. 102. f. 3. — Bot. Reg. t. 1520. 



Spec, Char. Stem fruticose at the base : branches totnentosely 

 pubescent or hispid : leaves petioled, broad-ovate, crenated, round 

 or cuneate at the base, very thick, hispid or hoary-villous on both 

 sides, floral ones scarcely equalling the calyx : racemes simple s 

 verticils remote, globose, many-flowered : calyx tomentose : throat 

 naked within : upper tooth ovate-oblong, membranaceous, not decur- 

 rent, lower ones shorter, bristly : flowers pale-blue, very aromatic. 



Patna, flowering in April. Is this indigenous ? It is very com^ 

 snon in gardens in many parts of Indi^, but rarely flowers. 



(4) C. PARYiFioRTjs. (Benth,.} ' 



Ideni. Dec. prod. XII. p. 72. 



Spec Chak. Slightly fleshy: leaves petioled, broad-ovftte ou 

 orbiculate, crenated, round at the base or decurrent in the petiole 

 floral ones at length deciduous, shorter than the verticil : racemes 

 long, slender : verticils loosely many-flowered : peduncle of the 

 cymes scarcely any : branches and pedicels short : uppermost tootli 

 of the calyx ovate, lowest ones connate beyond the mi<jldle» 



Peninsula. 



(5) C. ovAiBs. (Benth.) 

 Ifdent. Bentli. Lab. p. 57.— Dec. prod. XII, p. 76, 



