LABIATE. 
many authors. O. pubéscens, Mill. dict. O. montanum, Hook. 
bot. mag. 2996. Stem bluntly tetragonal. Leaves glabrous, or 
pubescent, glandular beneath. Corolla white, or pale purple, 
inclosed in the calyx. 
Small-flowered Basil. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 1 foot. 
22 O. Campecuia‘num (Mill. dict. no. 5.) stem erect, villous, 
at length glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, a little serrated, cuneate or narrowed at the base, canes- 
cent beneath ; petioles and nerves of leaves hairy ; floral leaves 
bractea-formed, broad, deciduous ; fructiferous calyx deflexed, 
oblong, hispid: upper tooth obtuse, concave : lower ones end- 
ing in long awns like most of the species.—Native of New 
Spain; at Campeachy, Miller. This species differs from O. 
micránthum in the stem being hairy, especially at the nodi, as 
well as on the nerves and petioles of the leaves, and in the leaves 
being smaller and canescent beneath. Corollas white. 
Campeachy Basil. Pl. 2 feet. 
23 O. ova‘tum (Benth. lab. p. 13.) stems erect, a little 
branched; leaves nearly sessile, broad-ovate, a little toothed, 
rounded at the base, smoothish, or hispid: floral ones bractea- 
formed, deciduous; racemes short; fructiferous calyx ovate, 
inflated, deflexed: upper tooth ovate-oblong, obtuse, concave ; 
corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 2%. S. Native of the 
South of Brazil, Sello. Stem villous. Leaves bluntish, entire, 
or 1-2-toothed. 
Ovate-leaved Basil. Pl. à to 1 foot. 
24 O. NupicAv'rLE (Benth. lab. p. 14.) stem simple, naked ; 
leaves approximate at the base of the stem, hardly petiolate, 
ovate roundish, rather pilose; racemes elongated; calyx ovate, 
deflexed : upper tooth running beyond the middle of the calyx ; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx.—Native of the South of 
Brazil, Sello. Stems rising from a thick woody base, tetra- 
gonal, glabrous, or downy. 3 
Naked-stemmed Basil, Pl. ascending. 
25 O.nmYeipuw (Benth.l. c.) branches erect, strict, pubes- 
cent; leaves sessile, stem-clasping, lanceolate, acute, quite en- 
tire, rounded at the base, stiff, ciliated: floral ones bractea- 
formed, ciliated; raceme loose; whorls 2-flowered ; throat of 
corolla naked inside; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. b. S. 
Native of Angola. Branches compressedly tetragonal. Rachi 
of flowers clothed with glandular down. 
Stiff Basil. Shrub. i 
26 O. tERETICAU'LE (Poir. dict. suppl. 1. p. 595.) stem suf- 
fruticose, villous ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, irregularly 
serrated, narrowed a long way at the base, pubescent on both 
surfaces: floral ones conform, longer than the flowers: upper 
ones permanent; calyx declinate, tubular, hispid ; corolla 
hardly longer than the calyx. h. S. Native of Guinea, O. 
Thonníngii, Schum. pl. guin. in act. roc. hafn. 4. p. 39. Branches 
terete. Whorls 6-flowered. Genitals inclosed in the tube. 
Terete-stemmed Basil. Shrub diffuse. 
27 O. sractedsum (Benth. lab. p. 14.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, pilosely hispid; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lance- 
olate, acutish, remotely serrated, narrowed at the base, smooth- 
ish above, and rather hispid beneath: floral ones bractea-form- 
ed, 2-3-times longer than the calyxes, cuneated, coloured ; fructi- 
ferous calyxes reflexed, ovate, a little inflated: upper tooth 
ovate; stamens a little exserted. ©. S. Native of the west 
coast of Africa, within the tropic. Branches bluntly tetragonal. 
Leaves 1-2 inches long, pale beneath. 
Bracteate Basil. Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
28 O.? pirru'sum (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. 2. p. 14. lab. p. 
15.) stem suffruticose, diffuse, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 
crenated, roundedly cuneated at the base, villously tomentose ; 
racemes slender, few-flowered ; corolla hardly twice as long as 
VOL. IY. 
I. Ocymum. 673 
the calyx, with a straight tube, and nearly equal throat ; stamens 
shorter than the corolla. p. S. Native of the East Indies, in 
arid places. Shrub much branched, clothed with rather clammy 
down all over. Whorls 2-4, rarely 6-flowered. 
Diffuse Basil. Shrub diffuse, humble. 
29 O.? MEMBRANA`cEUM (Benth. lab. p. 15.) stem erect, vil- 
lous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded 
at the base, wrinkled, villous: lower floral ones conform : supe- 
rior ones bractea-formed, lanceolate, membranous, villous ; 
racemes simple; whorls usually 10-flowered; calyxes oblong, 
pubescent: upper tooth orbicular, hardly decurrent, membra- 
nous; stamens shorter than the corolla. ©.? S. Native of 
Angola. Leaves minutely glandular: floral ones sessile. Co- 
rolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Membranous-calyxed Basil. Pl. erect. 
T Species not sufficiently known. 
80 O. Arrica‘num (Lour. coch. p. 370.) leaves lanceolate, 
quite entire, pilose; spike terminal, verticillate, interrupted. 
©. S. Native of the eastern coast of Africa, in sandy places. 
Stem tetragonal, pilose. Leaves pilose, petiolate, ovate-lan- 
ceolate. Flowers white, minute. Spikes hairy. Plant sweet- 
scented. 
African Basil. Pl. 1 foot. 
31 O. Zaranurx' wpr (Forsk. fl. egypt. arab. p. 110.) leaves 
fleshy, cuneate-oblong, generally 4-toothed on both sides, vil- 
lous, sessile. 5. G. Native of Arabia Felix. Stem diffuse. 
Branches terete, villous. Leaves villous, hoary above, and 
scattered with rusty dots beneath. Whorls 6-flowered. Plant 
very fragrant. 
Zatarhend?'s Basil. Shrub 1 foot. 
32 O. Vaa'im (Forsk. fl. egypt. p. 111.) stem tetragonal, 
bracteate ; roots filamentose; fruit pilose.— Native of Arabia 
Felix. Plant very sweet-scented. 
Vaala's Basil. Pl. 
33 O. macrosta‘cHyuM (Poir. dict. suppl. 1. p. 392.) stem 
suffruticose; leaves ovate-sublanceolate, obtuse, a little toothed, 
nearly glabrous; spike dense, terminal. b. S. Native of the 
East Indies, at Pondicherry. Stem much branched ; branches 
pilose. Leaves small, hardly petiolate, oval, or oval-oblong, 
rather fleshy. Flowers dense; calyxes hairy. 
Long-spiked Basil. Shrub. 
84 O. viscósuw (Roth, nov. spec. 274.) plant clammy, very 
pilose; leaves obovate-roundish, coarsely and bluntly serrated, 
reticulately wrinkled beneath; raceme simple; bracteas ovate, 
peticlate ; lower lip of calyx 4-toothed: middle teeth the long- 
est.—Native of the East Indies. Whorls 4-6-flowered. Co- 
rolla blood red. Filaments toothless. Perhaps a species of 
Orthosiphon. 
Clammy Basil. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
35 O. acu‘tum (Thunb. fl. jap. 248.) racemes filiform ; leaves 
ovate, acuminated, serrated ; bracteas hairy.— Native of Japan. 
Stem tetragonal, glabrous.  Petioles a little shorter than the 
leaves, hairy on the midrib beneath. Bracteas ovate, acute, 
hispid. 
Acute-leaved Basil. Pl. 
36 O. cri’seum (Thunb. fl. jap. 248.) racemes terminal; 
leaves ovate, serrated, curled ; calyxes hispid.— Native of Japan, 
about Nagasaki. Stem tetragonal, villous, branched. Leaves 
petiolate, acuminated, glabrous, purplish, an inch long; petioles 
villous. A decoction of this species is used in Japan to give a 
deep red colour to radishes, turnips, and various kinds of fruits. 
Curled-leaved Basil. Pl. ? 
37 O. nucósuw (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 249.) racemes terminal ; 
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