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Re: Dittany of Crete

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Nick Turland wrote:

> Maybe William's plant is a species of Coleus, also in the mint family. 
> Some of the wild species from Arabia and nearby Africa have notched, 
> fleshy leaves with fuzzy hairs and strongly aromatic oil glands. I had a 
> Coleus species in cultivation the U.K., which smelled strongly of pine 
> disinfectant, and another one which was more camphor-like. These plants 
> have a glutinous-sticky feel to them too.

Oh that thing...;)  I found some on the compost pile of the U.W.
Greenhouse (for those in the know, "dumpster diving" at the greenhouse is
a great source of interesting plant material!); the one I found smelled
like mint-scented kerosene.  I had to get rid of it as the scent made me
feel woozy.  Powerful stuff!

bob
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