340 Cll. LABIAT.E (BAKER). [Ocimum. 
pedicels ;',-;1, in. long; bracts twice as long as the calyx. Calyx 
finally + in. long, tomentose, reflexed in fruit and adpressed to the 
stem; lateral teeth ovate, mucronate; lower very acuminate. Corolla 
nearly } in. long. Stamens nearly twice as long as the lower lip ; 
filaments of the upper pair toothed at the base. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: between Taita and Wanga, Fischer, 509. 
10. O. glossophyllum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 162. An 
undershrub, with branchlets pubescent towards the apex. Leaves 
crowded into whorls at the base of the racemes, petioled, linear-lanceolate, 
3-4 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, acuminate, entire, coriaceous, green and 
glabrous on both surfaces. Raceme long, lax; pedicels very pubescent, 
4-1 lin. long; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx pubescent, §—5 10. long ; 
tube tinged with violet: upper tooth broadly ovate ; lateral teeth 
truncate; lower setaceous. Corolla protruding } in. from the throat 
of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Kuango River, Pogge, 354. 
11. O. menthzefolium, Hochst. ex parte ; Benth. in DC. Prod. Xu. 
34. Very like O. canum, but perennial. Stems erect, much-branched, 
densely pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong oF 
oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, 1-14 in. long, entire or obscurely crenate. 
Racemes lax, finally 4-6 in. long; rhachis densely pubescent ; bracts 
deciduous ; pedicels very short. Calyx } in. long; tube campanulate, 
very short, densely hairy; upper lobe orbicular ; lateral teeth deltoid, 
minute ; lower connate high up, cuspidate, protruding beyond the 
upper. Corolla twice as long as the calyx; tube short. Stamens much 
exserted ; upper filaments with a tooth near the base.—A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 175 ; Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 314; Engl. Hochgebirgs4. 
Trop. Afr, 357. 
Mile Land. Nubia: Hor Tamanib, Lord! sea-coast, Bent! Kordofan: Gebel 
Kurbag, Pfund, 483! Obeid, Kotschy, 263! Abyssinia: Tigre; on hills in the 
Jelajeranne district, Schimper, 1599! near Adowa, Schimper, 294! Shire, Quartin- 
Dillon & Petit ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 190! 425! Quart in- Dillon 
&§ Petit! Somaliland: Adda Galla, James § Thrupp ! 
Also in Arabia. 
12. O. kilimandscharicum, Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 349- 
An undershrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, 14-2 in. long, acute, narrowed to the base, deeply 
serrated, pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls lax, forming a long 
raceme with a densely pubescent axis; pedicels very short ; bracts 
orbicular-cuspidate, rather large, persistent. Calyx pubescent, finally 
4 in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth orbicular, with decurrent 
margins ; lateral teeth deltoid-cuspidate; lower subulate. Corolla 2-98 
times the length of the calyx. Stamens much exserted ; upper fila- 
ments toothed near the base. 
Mozamb. Dist, German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 4900 ft., 
Volkens, 756! between Meru Mountain and Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 1637. 
