346 CII, LABIATE (BAKER). [ Ocimum. 
34. O. knyanum, Vatke in Linnea, xxxvil. 315. Perennial. 
Stems erect, branched, pubescent. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate or linear, crenate, cuneate at the base, 1—2 in. long. 
Raceme long and lax, with (in the type) a coma of persistent jinear 
bracts; flowers 4-6 in a whorl; pedicels very short, pubescent. Calyx 
finally }~} in. long ; upper lip orbicular, shorter than the tube ; lower 
cusps large. Corolla twice as long as the calyx; lips as long as the 
tube. Stamens much exserted; two upper filaments with a tuft of 
hairs above the base.—0O. calycosum, Hochst. and O. comigerum, Hochst. 
ex Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 161. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Hamedo plain near Croelleb, 4000-5500 ft., 
Schimper, 2303! and without precise locality, Schimper, 221! 387! Somaliland : 
Boobi, James & Thrupp! British East Africa: Jur ; Jur (hattas, Schweinfurth, 
1315! Gir, Schweinfurth, 1438 ! 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; Ukambia, Schinz, 
50! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; between Lupata 
and Tete, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte! 
Var. astephanwm, Baker. Raceme withont an apical coma of persistent linear 
bracts.—O. hians vars, macrocaulon and microphyllum, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. 
xix, 161, 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, at Lom, Barter, 1283 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5493! 5514! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! Lower 
plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson ! 
35. O. lamiifolium, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 30. An 
erect perennial, with very hairy stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate, acute, regularly crenate, 1—2 in. long, slightly pubescent on both 
sides. Racemes long, lax, branched at the base ; whorls many-flowered : 
bracts broadly ovate, cuspidate, deciduous, bright-coloured ; pedicels 
in. long. Calyx at first } in., finally }—-} in. long ; upper tooth ovate, 
obtuse, rather shorter than the tube; lower with two large cusps: 
Corolla-tube as long as the calyx. Stamens much exserted ; filaments 
of the two upper penicillate above the base.—A. Rich. Tent. FI. Aby SS. 
ii. 178; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 358; Vatke in Linnea, 
xxxvli. 315, 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; among shrubs on the high banks of rivers in 
the northern region of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 107! near Adowa, Schimper, 1864: 
and without precise locality, Schimper, 258 ! 
36. O. dichotomum, Hochst.; Benth. in DC. Prod, xii. 39. An 
erect annual, with the habit of Q. busilicwm. Stems much-branched, 
erect, slightly pubescent. Leaves shortly-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 
subentire, 1-1} in. long, nearly glabrous. Racemes long, lax ; rhachis 
slightly pubescent ; whorls many-flowered ; bracts small; pedicels very 
short. Fruit-calyx } in. long; upper lip ovate-cuspidate, longer than 
