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PLECTRANTHUS australis. 
Southern Plectranthus. 
Sa 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Lasrarz. Sect. II. B. Calyx bilabiatus. R. Br. 
PLECTRANTHUS VU Héritier.—Calyz bilabiatus, labio inferiore diviso, 
striatus; fructifer basi subtis gibbosus. Corolle labium superius 3-fidum, 
lacinid media bilobd; inferius longius integrum (plerumque concayum). 
Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (nunc basi connatis); antheris unilo- 
cularibus, imberbibus. Herbee v. suftrutices plus minus pubescentes glan- 
dulisque consperse. Folia crenata. Flores verticillato-racemost, terminales. 
Corolla sepits cerulea. Brown prodr. 1. 505. 
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I. Corolla tubo ecalcarato, calycem bis superante: labio inferiore longiore 
concayo, 
P. australis; calycis labio inferiore 4~partito: laciniis mediis vix longioribus, 
yerticillis distinctis; pedicellis calycem fructiferum subeequantibus, foliis 
ovatis inciso-crenatis rugosiusculis pubescentibus, caule herbaceo. Brown 
prodr. 1. 506. Spreng. syst. 2. 690. 
Caules carnos?, pubescentes. Folia petiolata, carnosa, subrotunda, rugosa, 
grosse crenata, petiolis hirsutis. Raciis angulatus, pubescens. Verticillastri 
subehracteati, pauciflori. Flores parvi, pallide purpurer. Calyx pubescens, 
resinoso-punctatus, basi subtis giblosus, lacinia suprema subrotunda, ovata, 
inferioribus subulatis, sursim falcatis. Corolla lacinis superioribus rotun- 
datis, intermediis ovatis, labello maximo, concavo. Stamina 4, didynama, in 
labello declinata, filamentis basi distinctis, antheris bilocularibus, glabris, 
loculis divaricatis. Cariopsides disco carnoso insert?, glaberrimi. 
A greenhouse herbaceous plant, of a neat appearance, 
native of the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. It propa- 
gates by division of the roots, or by cuttings of the stem. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in Sep- 
tember 1826. 
Stems fleshy, pubescent. eaves stalked, fleshy, round- 
ish, rugose, coarsely crenated, with hirsute petioles. Rachis 
angular, downy. Verticillastri generally without bractee, 
few-flowered, lowers small, pale purple. Calyx downy, 
