672 LABIAT £. 
G. Native of Arabia Felix, on Mout Chadra, Forsk. ; Cape of 
Good Hope, Burchell. O. Burchelliànum, Benth. lab. p. 8. 
O. fruticulósum, Burch. Leaves about the size of those of 
Thijmus vulgaris, fascicled. Processes of filaments large, vil- 
lous. Corollas purplish. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Basil. Shrub dwarf. 
12 O. ApscE'NpENs (Willd. spec. 3. p. 166.) stem herbace- 
ous, prostrate; branches pubeScent; leaves petiolate, ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, a little toothed, narrowed at the base, pubes- 
cent; floral leaves bractea-formed, deciduous; raceme simple ; 
fructiferous calyxes nutant: tube striated: lateral segments 
truncate, with membranous ciliated edges ; corolla twice longer 
than the calyx; stamens much exserted. Y. H. Native of 
the East Indies, in sandy places. O. Indicum, Roth, nov. 
spec. p. 273. Plectranthus Indicus, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 691. 
O. cristàtum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 45. Leaves hardly larger 
than those of O. minimum, often clothed with hoary tomentum 
beneath. 
Ascending Basil. Clt. 1822. 
Fl. July, Sept. Pl. prostrate. 
+ Species belonging to the present section, but are not suffi- 
ciently known. 
13 O. Guinen’nse (Schum. pl. guin. l. c.) suffruticose, 
branched ; branches hairy; leaves petiolate, ovate, attenuated 
at both ends, serrated, pilose beneath, dotted and wrinkled; 
racemes terminal, branched; calyxes glabrous ; bracteas del- 
toid, acuminated, deciduous. h.S. Native of Guinea, in the 
woods of Accra, Thonning. Branches quadrangular. Corolla 
length of calyx. Upper tooth of calyx broadly orbicular, acu- 
minated, concave outside ; middle tooth of the lower lip emar- 
ginate, deflexed. 
Guinea Basil. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
14 O. AnisrA' TUM. (Blum. bijdr. 833.) leaves ovate, obtuse, 
repandly crenulated, attenuated at the base, quite entire, pube- 
rulous on the margins and veins beneath; branches tetragonal, 
and are, as well as the nearly simple raceme, obversely pubes- 
cent; whorls remote, 6-flowered ; bracteas ovate-acuminated, 
ciliated, sessile; lower lip of calyx 4-toothed : middle teeth 
with long awns.—Native of Java, about Batavia, in grassy 
places. 
Z4 wned-calyxed Basil. Pl. 
15 O. pracuia‘tum (Blum. bijdr. p. 833.) leaves lanceolate- 
ovate, acutish at both ends, remotely serrulated’above, puberu- 
lous on the margins and ribs beneath ; branches fastigiate, tetra- 
gonal, ohversely hispid; whorls distinct, 6-flowered ; bracteas 
ovate, petiolate, and are, as well as the pubescent calyx, cili- 
ated ; lower lip of calyx 4-toothed: middle teeth the longest.— 
Native of Java, in dry places about Batavia. 
Armed Basil. Pl. 
Secr. II. Hreréscymum (from iepoc, hieros, holy; and Ocy- 
mum ; so called because this section contains O. sanctum.) 
Benth. lab. p. 11. Superior filaments appendiculate by a fas- 
cicle of hairs at base. Raceme loose, slender; whorls 6-flow- 
ered. Pedicels spreading. Calyxes nutant. 
16 O. carnodsum (Link, et Otto, ex Benth. lab. p. 11.) stem 
herbaceous, nearly glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acutish, 
coarsely serrated, smoothish, rather fleshy ; floral leaves bractea- 
formed, deciduous ; raceme simple, many-flowered ; whorls 6- 
flowered ; calyxes campanulate, glabrous : throat naked inside : 
upper tooth with reflexed margins: lateral ones truncate; corolla 
hardly exceeding the calyx. @.?2S. Native of South Ame- 
rica, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and New Spain. Lumnitzera car- 
nósa, Spreng. cur. post. 223.? Stem sometimes pubescent 
towards the top. Leaves glandular beneath. Corolla small 
purplish, 
I. Ocymum. 
Fleshy Basil. Pl. erect. 
17 O. sa'xcrux (Lin. mant. 85.) stems pilose ; leaves peti- 
olate, oval, obtuse, toothed, pubescent, with the nerves and 
petioles pilose : floral ones bractea-formed, sessile, shorter than 
the pedicels ; raceme slender, simple, or branched at the base; 
calyxes shorter than the pedicels, smoothish: throat naked 
inside: upper tooth obovate, concave ; corolla hardly exceeding 
the calyx. (OQ. S. Native of the East Indies, in dry places, 
common. O. hirsütum, Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 14. 
O. villosum, Roxb. hort. beng. 44.? but not of Weinm. O. 
tomentósum, Lam. dict. 1. p. 387. ^ Lumnítzera tenuiflora, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 687. O. tenuiflorum, Lam. Willd. but not 
of Lin. Plectranthus monachórum, Lin. mant. 58. O. inodó- 
rum, Burm. fl. ind. 130. O. frutéscens, Burm. fl. ind. p. 129. 
—Burm. thes. zeyl. 174. t. 80. f. 2. and f. 1. Basilicum 
agréste, Rumph. amb. 5. p. 265. t. 92. f. 2. The whole plant 
is generally purplish. Leaves small, on long petioles. Corollas 
pale purplish. Stamens a little exserted. 
Holy Basil. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1758. Pl. 1 foot. 
18 O. rENvirLORUM (Lin. spec. 833. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes) stems herbaceous, ? ascending, branched, pilose; leaves 
on long petioles, oblong, bluntish, crenated, rather narrowed at 
the base, pubescent; racemes filiform, branched a little at the 
base ; whorls few-flowered, remote ; floral Jeaves broad-ovate, 
sessile; calyxes on short pedicels, rather nutant, smoothish : 
throat naked inside: upper tooth ovate, obtuse: lower ones 
short; corolla rather shorter than the calyx.—Native of the 
East Indies. Very nearly related to O. sanctum, but the ra- 
cemes are shorter, the floral leaves broader, and the flowers very 
small and sessile. 
` Thin-flowered Basil. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
19 O. cra‘cite (Benth. lab. p. 12.) stems ascending, pilose, 
panicled at top; leaves on short petioles, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 
crenated, narrowed at the base, pubescent: superior ones lance- 
olate, nearly sessile: floral ones bractea-formed, sessile, much 
shorter than the pedicels; racemes numerous, simple; fructi- 
ferous calyxes longer than the pedicels, declinate : throat villous 
inside: upper tooth ovate-obtuse ; corolla rather shorter than 
the calyx.—Native of the Eastern coast of Africa, within the 
tropic; Island of Zanquebar. Very nearly related to O. sánc- 
tum, but differs in the leaves being narrower, the flowers 
smaller, and in the calyx being villous inside. 
Slender Basil. Pl. 1 foot.? 
20 O. rExr'rrvM (Benth. lab. p. 12.) glabrous; stem small, 
creeping; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, crenated; racemes 
loose, simple, the whorls 6-flowered ; calyxes on long pedicels, 
declinate, glabrous: upper tooth ovate, very blunt: throat 
naked inside; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx; genitals 
exserted.—Native of Madagascar, Lyall. Habit of Sálvia te- 
nélla. Sterile branches creeping, generally pubescent, florifer- 
ous ones ascending, glabrous. Leaves like those of Linarta 
cymbalària : floral ones very minute. Corolla of O. sánctum. 
Slender Basil. Pl. creeping. 
Secr. III. Gymnécymum (from yvpvoc, gymnos, naked; and 
Ocymum ; so called in allusion to the filaments being naked.) 
Benth. lab. 12, . Filaments all naked and toothless. Whorls 
6-flowered, rarely 10-flowered. ^ Pedicels shorter than the 
calyxes. 
21 O. micra’ntuum (Willd. enum. 630.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched, nearly glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute; 
serrated, rounded at the base, or cuneated, nearly glabrous: 
floral ones bractea-formed, deciduous; fructiferous calyx de- 
flexed, oblong : upper tooth obtuse, concave ; corolla inclosed. 
©. H. Native of Tropical America, from Caraccas to Rio 
Janeiro. O. frutéscens, Sieb. pl. exsic. O. Americànum, of 
