Plectranthus.] cxii. LABiATiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 617 



3. P. pulneyensls, HooJc.f. ; tall, robust, villous, lower leaves stoutly 

 petioled ovate-cordate reticulate creuate, racemes narrow, branches short, 

 corolla-tube short broad, lips short subequal, stamens far exserted, fruiting 

 calyx ^ in. sparingly hispid, lobes obtuse, nutlets broadly oblong. P. stria- 

 tus, Eerb. Wight 2096. 



Deooan Peninsula j Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Foliage, hairiness, and stout stems of i". nilghirieusj, but flowers and fruit quite 

 difi'erent. 



4. P. nigrescens, Benth. Lab. 710, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 58; 

 erect, finely pubescent, rarely subvillous, blackish when dry, leaves small 

 petioled ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, cymes narrow usually terminal and 

 solitary, corolla-tube short, lips subequal short, stamens shortly exserted 

 or included, fruiting calyx sparsely scabrid, lobes obtuse, nutlets suborbicular. 

 Thwaites Enum. 287, excl. syn. P. Walkeri. P. montanus, Herb. Wight. 

 P. hians, and P. soabrellus, Benth. in DC. I. c. 57, 58. 



Ceylon j Central Province, alt. 4-7000 ft., Mackenzie, &c. 



Stem stout or slender, simple or branched, variable in pubescence. Leaves l-lj in. 

 Corolla J in., white, spotted with red. FruHiwg calyx about as long. 



5. P. Walkeri, Am. Pugill. PI. Ind. Or. 36, and in Nov. Act. Nat. 

 Cur. xviii. 354 ; stems subsimple ascending leafy pubescent, leaves petioled 

 lanceolate serrate above the middle glabrous, cymes terminal solitary narrow 

 hoary, corolla-tube rather broad longer than the subequal lips, stamens 

 shortly exserted, fruiting calyx nearly glabrous, lobes obtuse, nutlets broadly 

 oblong. P. nigrescens, var. Thwaites Mnum. 237. 



Cetlon ; Eamboddi, &c., alt. 4-5000 ft., Sir G. MacTcenzie, Walker. Deccan 

 Pehinsttla ; Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Beddome. 



A very distinct plant, blackish when dry. Stem 12-18 in. Leaves l§-2 in , 

 acute, puberulous on the nerves. Racemes 2-5 in. Calyx nearly as in P. nigrescens. 



6. P. rivularis, Wight mss. ; stem erect leafy pubescent, leaves long- 

 petioled lanceolate crenate to below the middle pubescent or glabrate, racemes 

 terminal and axillary narrow pubescent, corolla-tube rather broad longer 

 than the subequal lips, stamens shortly exserted, fruiting calyx nearly 

 glabrous, lobes subacute, nutlets broadly oblong. P. nigrescens, /S. 

 soabrellus, Wight (Kew Distrib. 2093). 



NiLOHiEi and Anamallat Hills ; Sispara, Wight, Gardner, Beddome. 

 Very near P. Walkeri, and perhaps a variety, but taller, more hairy, green when 

 dry, leaves longer petioled, crenate (not serrate) to near the base. 



*** Fruiting calyx indistinctly 2-lipped, shortly h-toothed. Corolla ^-^ in. 

 long, tube straight, equal at the base. 



7. P. GerardianuS; Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Par. ii. 17, Lab. 40, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 56 (all in part) ; tall, branched, nearly glabrous, leaves 

 large lower petioled ovate crenate or toothed, floral and bracts small, cymes 

 in branched panicles, corolla ^ in., tube subcylindric, lips subequal, fruiting 

 calyx -jj, in. glabrous or nearly so, teeth subacute, nutlets ellipsoid. Wall. 

 Cat. 2742. P. oblongifolius. Wall. PL As. Bar. ii. 16; Cat. 2739; Benth. 

 II. c. 



Tempebate Himalaya, alt. 3-9000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Sikkim (ascending to 

 12,000). Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Wallich, &e. 



Stem 4-6 ft., glabrous or puberulous above. Leaves 3-7 by 1-4 in., acuminate, 



