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PLATE DXCIV.
P L E C T R A N T H U S BARBATUS.
Bearded Plectranthus.
CLASS XIV. OTvDER L
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Four unequal Stamens. Naked Seeds.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALTX lacinià summà majore. Corolla resupinata,
ringens j tubo sursùm gibbo vel caicarato.
CUP with the upper division largest. Blossom
lying on its back, gaping j tube with a spur
above or swelled out.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PLECTRANTHUS racemis bracteatis, bracteis deciduis
; foliis ovatis, crenatis, pubescentibus,
rugosis, per petiolos decurrentibus :
corollje labio superiore emarginato brevissimo
; inferiore subovato, concavo, hirsuto.
PLECTRANTHUS with bracts to the bunches,
bracts falling off: the leaves oval, scolloped,
downy and wrinkled, running down the
footstalks; the upper lip of the blossom
short, and slightly notched j the low«-
nearly ovate, compressed and hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom with the segments cut off to expose the chives.
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
THE stem of Plectranthus is four-sided with blunt corners, and woolly. The leaves are fleshy, minutely
dotted on both sides, and border their footstalks down to the stem. The flower-stalks, the
lower part of the cups, and under lip of the blossom, are set with stiff clear bristles. The tube of
the blossom is without a spur, and swelled on the upper side. Every part of the plant has a powerful
fragrance. The specimens were communicated in November by Mr. Giddings, gardener to Lord Valentia
at Arley j with a letter stating, that he raised the plants from Abyssinian seeds sent home by
his Lordship about four years ago, and that they grow at Arley to about two feet in height, and thrive
with ihe common treatment of stove plants.
The first species known of this genus, Plectranthus punctatus, the Ocymum punctatum of Linnaeus,
was also brought from Abyssinia by the celebrated Bruce.
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