342 CII. LABIATE (BAKER). [ Ocimum. 
lower long, setaceous. Corolla red, three times the length of the 
calyx. Stamens nearly twice as long as the lower lip; upper filaments 
with a large tooth at the base. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; near Gonda, Bohm, 19. 
82. Usinja; Bugando, Stuhlmann, 3519. Usukuma ; Usiha, Stuhlmann, 4206. 
18. O. fimbriatum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 161. A tall 
branched perennial, with stems minutely pubescent upwards. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, 14 in. long, 1 in. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 
base and decurrent on the petiole, sharply toothed, pubescent on the 
ribs beneath. Racemes long, lax; pedicels 4 in. long, pubescent ; bracts 
deciduous. Flower-calyx }-} in. long; upper tooth ovate, slightly 
decurrent ; lateral teeth short, deeply fimbriated ; lower long, setaceous, 
also fimbriated. Corolla protruding above } in. from the throat of the 
calyx. Stamens much exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mualange, Mechow, 165. 
19. O. affine, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 36. A perennial 
herb, with erect slender branched subglabrous stems 1-1} ft. long. 
Leaves nearly sessile, distant, oblong-lanceolate, obscurely toothed, 
nearly glabrous, 14-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Raceme dense at 
the top, but the lower whorls very remote; rhachis pubescent ; pedicels 
very short; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx finally } in. long; upper 
tooth orbicular, shorter than the tube; lower teeth 2 small cusps. 
Corolla 4 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, as long as the calyx; lips as 
long as the tube. Stamens much exserted; upper filaments with a 
tooth at the base.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss., ii. 177; Vatke 1m 
Linnea, xxxvii. 315; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Sana; in a valley, near Dochli, Schimper, 1621! 
Somaliland: Mount Haquin, near Harar, Hardegger 5 Paulitschke. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Simbah, 4000 ft., Speke 
4 Grant ! Usambara; Masheua, Hols‘, 8790! British Central Africa: Urungu ; 
Fwambo, Carson, 90! 93! 102! Nyasaland; Blantyre, Scott / Mount Mlanji, 
Mi / Mianji Plateau, McClounie ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 631! 
5! 
20. O. Schweinfurthii, Briguet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 160. A 
perennial, with tall robust branched stems pubescent upwards, glabrous 
in the lower part. Leaves subsessile, oblong, the lower 3-4 in. long, 
acute, cuneate at the base, crenate above the base, moderately firm, 
green on both sides, slightly scabrous on the upper surface, pubescent 
beneath, Racemes short, dense, terminal, the lower flowers abortive; 
axis densely pubescent ; pedicels very short; bracts obovate, cuspidate, 
large, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, 4 in. long; upper tooth ovate, 
slightly decurrent ; lower teeth setaceous. Corolla 3 times the length 
of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam ; Gumango Hill, Schweinfurth, 
2890! 
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