Ocimum. ] CII. LABIATE (BAKER). 341 
13, O.tomentosum, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1529. A dwarf 
perennial, with a shrubby base and branches coated with dense white 
stellate pubescence. Leaves shortly petioled, small, broadly ovate, 
entire, thick, densely pubescent, especially beneath. Racemes short, 
the lowest whorl subtended by an ordinary leaf; rhachis densely 
tomentose; pedicels short. Calyx } in. long; tube campanulate, 
densely coated with white tomentum ; upper lip small, orbicular ; 
4+ lower teeth very small. Corolla not much longer than the calyx; 
lips short, tomentose outside. Stamens mnch exserted; filaments of 
the two upper with a large hairy tooth above the base. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Huahi, James & Thrupp ! 
14. O. linearifolium, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb, xix. 162. A dwaf 
perennial, with minutely pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, linear, $3 
in. long, entire, green and pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls I-2, 
the flowers crowded so that they appear to form a dense head ; 
pedicels scarcely any; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx } in. long ; 
upper tooth ovate, decurrent; lateral tceth truncate, clothed with 
white tomentum; lower short, setaceous. Corolla protruding } in. 
from the throat of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Kuango River, Pogge, 357. 
15. O. poggeanum, Briquet in Mngl. Jahrb. xix. 163. Perennial, 
with slender subglabrous stems; internodes 3-5 in. long. Leaves 
linear, 1~2 in. long, 4-1 lin. broad, sub-entire or minutely denticu- 
late, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Racemes 2-3 in. long ; 
lower whorls remote; pedicels very short, densely pubescent ; bracts 
deciduous. Flower-calyx 4 in. long; upper tooth ovate, decurrent ; 
lateral teeth ovate-cuspidate, fimbriated and villous on the margin; 
lower setaceous. Corolla protruding } in. from the throat of the calyx. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Kuango River, Pogge, 355. 
16. O. modestum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 162. A perennial, 
with slender branches, pubescent towards the apex. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, 3-1 in. long, acute, entire, green and pubescent on both 
surfaces. Whorls (except the lower) congested into a terminal head ; 
pedicels very short ; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx 4 in. long ; upper 
tooth ovate, decurrent; lateral teeth and lower short. Corolla pro- 
truding } in. beyond the throat of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5518! 
17. O. Stuhlmanni, Giirke in HEngl. Jahrb. xix. 196. Stems 
herbaceous from a woody base, puberulous or glabrous. Leaves sessile 
or shortly petioled, linear or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, 7» in. 
broad, acute, entire or remotely serrated, glabrous on both sites. 
Racemes short, simple; bracts linear-lanceolate ; pedicels shorter than 
the calyx. Calyx }—} in. long, pilose, reflexed in fruit, adpressed to the 
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stem ; upper tooth orbicular-mucronate ; lateral teeth broad, truncate ; 
