192 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Viti (Seemann! n, 358). Also collected in the Samoan (Sir E. Home!), and Marquesas Islands 
(Barclay !), Widely diffused in the East Indies and South America, 
Il. Plectranthus, L’ Hérit, Stirp. vol. i. p. 85; Benth. in DC. Prod, vol. xii. p. 55. Calyx 
per anthesin campanulatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus squalibus v, supremo majore, fructifer auctus, nune 
declinatus, rectus, incurvus v. inflatus, dentibus equalibus v, varie 2-labiatis, nune erectus, tubulosus 
y, campanulatus, zequaliter 5-dentatus. Corolle tubo exserto basi supra gibbo v. calearato dei de- 
clinato defracto y. subrecto; fauce xquali v. rarius inflata; labio superiore 3—4-fido, inferiore integro 
sepius longiore concavo, Stamina 4, declinata, didynama, inferiora longiora. Filamenta libera, 
edentula, Anthere ovato-renifermes ; loculis confluentibus v, rarius subdistinctis divaricatis. Stylus 
apice breviter 2-fidus; lobis subzequalibus subulatis, stigmatibus minutis terminalibus.—Herbe 
suffrutices fruticesve; racemis terminalibus simplicibus v. ramosis; verticillastris laxis, oo-floris, 
cymis utringue sepius evolutis, rarius in verticillastros densos contractis.—Germania, Lam. Dict. 
vol, ii, p. 682. Dentidia, Lour. Cochinch. p. 869. Jsodon, Schrad. 
Besides the following species we have in tropical Polynesia P. parviflorus, Willd. (P. australis, Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. Beech. non K, Brown) from the Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Barclay !). 
1, P. Forsteri, Benth. Lab. p. 38; DC. Prodr. l. c. p. 68 (Tab. XLVIT.) ; caule herbaceo 
ascendente glabriusculo ; foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusiusculis basi cuneatis remote crenulatis glabrius- 
eulis, floralibus minutissimis subnuilis; racemis laxis simplicibus, verticillastris laxe 6—10-floris ; 
ealycibus glabris, fructiferis declinatis pedicello brevioribus, dente supremo ovato acuto vix decurrente, 
lateralibus lanceolatis acutis, infimis setaceis; corollis minutis calyce florifero vix duplo longioribus. 
—Ocimum pysillum, Forst. Prodr. n. 527, sine descriptione. Nomen vernac, Vitiense, ‘“ Laca.’— 
Viti Leyu (Barclay! Hinds!), Taviuni (Seemann! n,359). Also collected in Tana, Eromanga, and 
Aneitum, New Hebrides (Forster! M‘Gillivray !). 
A weed abounding in cultivated places, and having purple bracts supporting pale-blue flowers. The 
leaves are aromatic and in repute amongst the natives as a cure for “ bad eyes” and headache; they are also 
recommended for coughs and colds. 
Expuanation of Prarn XLVI, representing Plectranthus Forsleri—tFig. 1, an entire flower; 2 
ealyx ; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, corolla laid open; 5 and 6, ovary :—all magnified. 
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III. Leucas, Benth, Lab. p. 602; DC. Prodr. vol, xii. p, 523. Calyx tubulosus y. tubuloso- 
campanulatus, striatus, apice rectus v, incurvus, ore zequali aut oblique supra v. infra producto, 8—10- 
deutato. Corolla tubo incluso, intus annulato y. nudo; limbo 2-labiato; labio superiore concavo, 
erecto, mtegro v. rarius emarginato, extus hirsutissimo; inferiore longiore patente 3-fido, lacinia 
media maxima. Stamina sub galea adscendentia, Filamenta basi nuda. Anthere sub labio supe- 
riore per paria approximate, subbiloculares; loculis divaricatis confluentibus. Styl lobus superior 
brevissimus, inferior subulatus. Nuculs 8-quetre, apice obtuse.—Herhe suffruticesve; foliis inte- 
gerrimis v. sepius dentatis; floralibus subconformibus; verticillastris nunc paucifioris, nune dense 
ce-floris ; corollis sxpius albis, rarius purpurascentibus, 
1. L, decemdentata, Smith in Rees Cyclop.; Benth. 1. c.; annua ?; pubescens; foliis ovatis 
erenatis, tenuiter tomentosis utrinque viridibus vy. subtus subcanescentibus ; verticillastris oo-floris, 
inferioribus v. ommibus petiolo brevioribus; bracteis minutis; calycibus pubescentibus striatis, ore 
eequali, dentibus brevibus setaceis.—Stachys decemdentata, Forst. Prodr. n. 526; Parkins. Drawings 
of Tahit. Plants, t.57. Phlomis decemdentata, Willd. Spec. vol. iii, p. 124, Leucas stachyoides, 
Spreng. Syst. vol. ii, p. 743. On roadsides, common in Viti (Seemann! n. 357). Also collected 
in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay! Cuming! n, 1409). 
Flowers white. 
