618 ran. labiate. (J. D. Hooker.) [Plectranthus, 



membianons or rigid, sparsely scaberaloaa above or more so all over ; base of lower 

 narrowed into the long or short petiole. Panicles pyramidal, branches slender. 

 Flowers white, speckled with pink. Stamens exserted. — 1 cannot distinguish P. graci- 

 liflorus by any sufficient character. Sj/ssapus lophanthoides. Ham., referred here by 

 Bentbam, is, according to an original specimen of Hamilton's, a different plant (see 

 end of genns). P. oblonffifoUas is a diseased state with inflated barren calyces. 



Yak. graciliflora ; leaves more scabrous above, and usually red-brown when dry. 

 P. graciliflora, Pettfh. in DC. Prodr. xii. 56. P. Gerardianus, var. hispida, Merb. Ind. 

 Or. S.f. ^ r.— Nepal, Sikkim, and Khasia Mts. 



Vak. hrachyantha ; corolla-tnbe very short and wide, scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 —Khasia Mts.; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. B. l( T. T. Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft., 

 Clarice, J. D. H. Prome Hills, Benson (in Herb. Meungay).—A. dubious plant, 

 referred by Clarke (mss.) to P. striatus, which small specimens resemble. Fruiting 

 calyx not seen. 



8. P. stviAtMS, Benih. in Wall. PL As. Itar. ii.l7, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 56 ; stem usually 6-12 in. glabrous pubescent or subviUous, leaves small 

 lower petioled broadly ovate crenate, cymes panicled, corolla-tube broad 

 or narrow short or tubular, fruiting calyx -^ in. hispid, teeth obtuse, nutlets 

 oblong. Wall. Cat. 2740. 



Tbjcpbeate HiiiAiATA ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 4-8000 ft., Wallieh, A:c. 

 Khasia Uts., alt. 3-6000 ft., common. 



The usually much smaller size, shorter broader leaves, more flaccid habit, and 

 hispid calyx best distinguish this from P. Gerardianus, but there are many specimens 

 that I am in doubt about. The corolla is very variable, and the stamens are nor- 

 mally far exsAted. 



9. P. Stracbeyi, Benth. mss.; stem simple ascending pubemlous, 

 leaves 4-5 in. short^petioled narrowly lanceolate serrate above the middle, 

 cymes in a terminal narrow panicle. 



Westebs HrstAiATA ; KnmaoD, in the Surja valley, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey ^ 

 Winterbottom . 



Flmirers of P. Gerardianus, bnt very distinct in foliage and habit, which resemble 

 P. Walieri. The fruit is not ripe. A very similar but more flaccid plant (speci- 

 mens without coroUa and fruit), and with longer petioles, is found in Pegu by Dr. 

 Brandis. 



10. P. llispidus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Sar. ii. 17, Lai. 41, and in 

 DO. Prodr. xii. 57 ; stout, erect, scaberulous, densely pubescent or villous, 

 leaves subsessHe ovate crenate or serrate tomentose beneath, corolla tubular 

 pubescent, lower lip much longer than the upper, fruiting calyx ^j in. densely 

 villous, nutlets very minute ellipsoid. Wall. Cat. 2741. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ; Wallieh, &c 



Like a robust and (usually) densely woolly form of P. Gerardianus, with a very 

 minute woolly calyx. Flowers white, speckled with red. 



11 . P. Stocl£Siij Hook. f. ; slender, simple or branched, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-cordate crenate membranons, 

 panicles pyramidal, corolla- tube short broad, fruiting calyx -^ in. scaberulous, 

 teeth subacute, nutlets broadly oblong. P. striatus & Concan, Serb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. §• T. P. Wightii, G-rah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 148 ; Balz. S- Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 205. 



Dbccas PESlsSTriA ; the Concan, Sfoctt, Law, &c ; Bababoodan Hills, Hegne in 

 Serb. Sottler ; Belgaum, at Purwar Ghat, Ritchie. 



Possibly a form of P. striatus, but is a lara^er plant. Small spei^meus from the 

 Kala Xuddi (banks above Saopa), from Ritchie, have very minute fruiUug calyces. 

 Heyne's specimen is a very small one, but, I think, of this species. 



