100 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



Ann on a. 



Annona squamosa, Willd. 2, p. 1265, the custard apple. 

 Cultivated, the fruit plentiful and of a good quality. 



DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPEEMIA. 



Plectranthus. 



Calyx with the upper segment larger ; Corolla resupmate, 

 ringent, the tube above gibbous or spurred. 



Plectranthus scutellarioides . {Cole us scutellarioides Benth.). 



Nectary gibbous, racemes terminal, three fold, verticelled. 

 pedicles branched ; leaves ovate, serrate, downy above, veined 

 below. Ocimum scutellarioides Willd. 3, p. 166. Majorana 

 rubra Eumph. 5, p. 291, t. 101. 



Stem : herbaceous, erect. Branches opposite, brachiate, 

 four angled. Leaves opposite, decussated, petioled, ovate, 

 pointed serrate ; above downy, below veined. Petioles short, 

 declining. Stipules none. Eacemes : terminal, three fold, 

 verticelled : Peduncles opposite, two parted; the partial ones four 

 or five flowered. Bracts cordate, acuminate, at the bases of 

 the peduncles. Flowers small, of a purplish blue. Calyx, 

 perianthium bell-shape, four cleft : the upper segment larger, 

 ovate, obtuse ; the lower two cleft, acute ; the two lateral 

 very small obtuse. Corolla one petaled, ringent, resupinate, 

 tube reflected gibbous above, throat drooping, limb, upper 

 lip ascending, two cleft ; lower boat-shape declining. A gland 

 ovate, erect, within the calyx, at the base of its lower segment. 

 Stam : Filaments four, awl-shaped, declining, hid within the 

 lower lip of the corolla, united at the base ; the two upper a 

 little shorter. Pist : Germs four, ovate ; style thread form, a 

 little longer than the stamina ; stigma slightly bifid, with seg- 

 ments acute. Per : none. Seeds : Four. 



The branches, leaves, petioles, and peduncles are all of a 

 brown or purple colour. Cultivated in Gardens. (The little 

 cultivated coleus). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



