674 LABIATA. 
leaves ovate, acute, serrated, wrinkled beneath. — Native of Japan. 
Stem tetragonal, furrowed, tomentose, Racemes of flowers 
terminal, contracted. 
Wrinkled-leaved Basil. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
38 O. sca‘srum (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 338.) racemes 
simple, erect ; leaves ovate, dotted beneath.—Native of Japan. 
O. punctàtum, Thunb. jap. 249. Stem panicled, tetragonal, 
scabrous from pili, like the whole plant. Leaves oblong, acute, 
serrated. Racemes terminal ; flowers opposite. 
Scabrous Basil. Pl. 1 foot. 
39 O. INFLE'xUM (Thunb. fl. jap. 249.) panicle terminal, 
racemose ; stem and branches flexuous.—Native of Japan. 
Stem and branches inflexed at top, tomentose, tetragonal. 
Leaves ovate, acute, serrated, scabrous. This species powdered 
is used by the Japanese to perfume their idols. 
Inflexed-branched Basil. Pl. 1 foot. 
40 O. vrca rum (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 250.) racemes verticil- 
late, twiggy ; leaves oblong, serrated.—Native of Japan. Stem 
tetragonal, deeply furrowed, tomentose, branched. Leaves 
obovate-oblong, tomentose, 1 inch and more long. Whorles 
6-flowered. 
Twiggy Basil. PI. 
41 O. cine‘rEum (R. Br. in append. to Salt. Abyss.) Native 
of Abyssinia. This species has not yet been described. 
Grey Basil. Pl. 
Cult. Plants of easy culture and propagation. Any light 
rich soil will suit the species. The shrubby and perennial 
kinds are readily increased by cuttings. The seeds of annual 
kinds should be reared on a hot-bed, and afterwards planted 
out. See O. Basilicum, p. 671. 
II. GENIO'SPORUM (meaning unknown to us.) Wall. 
mss. Benth. lab. 19. O’cymum, species of Lin. and other 
authors. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 
with an irregularly, somewhat 5-toothed, membranous margin, 
when bearing the fruit erectish, or declinate, usually transversely 
wrinkled at the base; throat naked inside; upper tooth not 
decurrent : lateral ones often joined by turns with the upper one 
and lower ones. Corolla with a straight tube, which is rather 
shorter than the calyx ; throat campanulate, sub-bilabiate ; 
upper lip 4-cleft; lower one hardly longer, declinate, quite 
entire, flattish. Stamens 4, declinate, didynamous: lower ones 
the longest; filaments free, toothless ; anthers ovate-reniform, 
with confluent cells. Style shortly bifid at top ; lobes usually 
flattened ; stigmas submarginal. Achenia smooth, or wrinkled, 
when examined by a lens. Annual, or perennial herbs, usually 
procumbent at the base. Whorles many-flowered, disposed in 
nearly simple racemes or spicate-racemes. Floral leaves usually 
cartilaginous at the base, white or yellow. Flowers small. 
The corolla is that of O'cymum and Moschósma, but the habit is 
very different. The form of the calyx and the many-flowered 
whorls separate it from the first; and the calyx, inflorescence, 
and style readily separate it from the latter. 
Secr. I. GexiósronuM (see genus for derivation.) Two lower 
teeth of calyx free. 
1 G. MapacascaniE'ssis (Benth. lab. p. 20.) stem suffruti- 
cose, procumbent, branched; leaves petiolate, ovate, bluntish, 
crenated, rounded at the base, or cordate, wrinkled, rather 
villous on both surfaces: floral ones bractea-formed, ovate, 
acute, white at the base. h. S. Native of Madagascar, on 
Mount Tanonarivan. Stem bluntly tetragonal. Floral leaves 
small, sessile. Whorles 10-flowered. Genitals exserted. 
i 
I. Ocymum. 
II. GenrosporuM. 
Madagascar Geniosporum. Shrub procumbent. 
2 G. STROBILTFERUM (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 18. Benth, 
lab. p. 20.) stem erect, branched ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate- 
oblong, narrowed at both ends, toothed, rough, hispid above, 
and rather glabrous beneath ; whorls many-flowered, spicate on 
the tops of the branches: lower ones rather remote; floral 
leaves ovate, acuminated, exceeding the flowers; calyxes nearly 
sessile, erect in the fructiferous state, tubular, transversely 
wrinkled at the base, with an irregularly 5-toothed, membranous 
border. h.S. Native of the East Indies; as of Nipaul and 
Silhet. Plectranthus coloràta, D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 116. 
Cauline leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla hardly longer than the 
calyx, blue. Genitals rather shorter than the corolla. 
Strobile-bearing Geniosporum. Shrub. 
3 G. parvirtorum (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 18. 
lab. p. 20.) stem erect, branched; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, narrowed at the base, serrated, strigosely hispid; raceme 
elongated, loose, many-flowered ; calyxes pedicellate, declinate 
while bearing the fruit, transversely wrinkled at the base, with 
a bilabiate border: upper lip tridentate: middle tooth larger, 
ovate; lower lip quite entire, inflexed, closing the calyx.— 
Native of Silhet. Stem glabrous at the bottom, but hispid from 
pili at top, and furnished with a fascicle of hairs in the axils of 
the cauline and floral leaves. Leaves tapering into the short 
petioles. Calyx hispid at the base. Corolla small. Stamens 
exserted. 
Small-flowered Geniosporum. Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
4 G. zLoxca' ru (Benth. lab. p. 21.) stem prostrate at the 
base, and are, as well as the erectish, elongated branches, pubes- 
cent; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrated, 
attenuated at the base, rather hispid; whorls many-flowered, 
approximate, spicate ; calyxes on short pedicels, rather declinate 
in the fructiferous state, ovate, striated at the base, and wrinkled 
transversely, with a contracted mouth : upper tooth ovate, 
membranous, obtuse, 4 lower ones smaller, and acute.— Native 
of Ceylon, on the mountains, Macrae. Rhinánthus Indica, 
Burm. fl. ind. 181. t. 39. f. 1. 
Elongated-branched Geniosporum. PI. prostrate. 
5 G. era'cire (Benth. lab. p. 21.) quite glabrous; stems 
prostrate, much branched; leaves oblong-linear, subserrated, 
narrowed a long way at the base ; whorls many-flowered, loosely 
racemose.: lower ones remote; pedicels capillary, about twice 
as long as the calyxes; calyxes tubular, striated at the base, 
transversely wrinkled, with a membranous, acutely 5-toothed, 
sub-bilabiate mouth —Native of Ceylon, on the sea-shore near 
Colombo, Macrae; Coromandel, Klein. Very nearly allied to 
G. prostrata, but is distinguished at first sight by its smooth- 
ness, narrower leaves, and more loose inflorescence. 
Slender Geniosporum. PI. prostrate. 
6 G. prostra‘rum (Benth. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 18. 
lab. p. 21.) stem prostrate, and is, as well as the branches, his- 
pid; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate : lower ones sub-ovate : 
upper ones lanceolate-linear, serrated, narrowed at the base; 
whorls many-flowered, spicate: lower ones rather remote; 
calyxes pedicellate, declinate in the fructiferous state, striated at 
the base, and transversely somewhat wrinkled, with an irregu- 
larly bilabiate, membranous mouth; upper lip tridentate, with 
the middle tooth the largest: lower lip erect, bidentate.— 
Native of the East Indies, Coromandel, Ceylon, &c. Lumnit- 
zera prostrata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 687. O’cymum prostratum, 
Lin. mant. p. 566. O’cymum menthoides, Burm. fl. ind. p- 
129. Lin. mant. 84. Thy'mus I’ndicus, Burm. fl. ind. p. 129. 
Méntha ocymoides, Lam. dict. 4. p. 103. Elshóltzia ocymoides, 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 114. Méntha Zeylánica, &c. Burm. thes. 
zeyl. 158. t. 70. f. 2. —Katu-tumba, Rheed. mal. 10. p. 183. t. 
