Ocimum. ] CH, LABIATE (BAKER). 347 
the campanulate tube; lower cusps large. Corolla a little longer than 
the calyx. Stamens short; upper filaments not appendiculate. 
Wile Land. (Kordofan: Arashkol Mountain, in dried up stagnant pools, 
Kotschy, 73! and without precise locality, Kotschy, 122! 
37. O. tereticaule, Poir.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii.41. An erect 
much-branched annual, with pubescent stems 3-1 ft. long. Leaves 
shortly-petioled, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, cuneate at the base, entire 
or serrate, 1-1} in. long, pubescent on both sides. Racemes lax ; rhachis 
pubescent; flowers about 4 in a whorl; bracts often as large as the 
stem-leaves ; pedicels hairy, not very short. Calyx finally } in. long ; 
upper tooth much shorter than the oblong-cylindrical tube; 4 lower 
teeth shorter. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens short ; 
upper filaments not appendiculate.—-O. Thonningii, Schumach, in 
Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 265. 0. darfurense, Schweinf. 
MS. in Pfund. Pl. Kordof. Exsicc., No. 472. 0. corchorifolium, Hochst. 
MS. in Schimp. Exsicc. 2214. Orthosiphon cleistocalyx, Vatke in 
Linnea, xxxvii. 317. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur ! Heudelot, 168! Guinea, Thonning. 
Nile Land. Darfur: Gebel Surin, Pfuad, 472! Abyssinia: mountains near 
Mawerr, 3000-5000 ft., Schimper, 2214! Somaliland : Boobi, James § Thrupp! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; between Lupata 
and Tete, Kirk ! 
38. O. verticillifolium, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 224. An 
undershrub 2 ft. high, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves mostly fas- 
cicled, sessile, linear, entire, rigid, green and finely pubescent on both 
surfaces, the largest 4—} in. long. Racemes lax; whorls 5-6-flowered ; 
pedicels very short ; bracts minute. Calyx pubescent, finally } in. long ; 
tube campanulate ; upper tooth orbicular, decurrent, the others minute. 
Corolla 3 in. long ; tube as long as the calyx ; lips shorter than the tube. 
Stamens much exserted, 3-1 in. long. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Golis range at Guldoo Hammed, Miss Edith Cole! 
Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! 
39. O. rigidum, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii, 40. A low undershrub, 
with erect pubescent branches. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, 
amplexicaul, rounded at the base, entire, rigid, ciliate. Racemes lex, 
3-4 in. long; whorls reduced to 2 flowers: rhachis and pe ip 
glandular-pubescent. Calyx ovate, glandular-pubescent ; upper “lp 
Shortly decurrent; lateral ovate, as long as the upper; lower cusps 
longer. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx; upper filaments 
naked. 
wae r , orl 
Lower Guinea. Angola; in the Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 
40, O. staminosum, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1899, 224 An 
undershrub ; branches clothed with short spreading white hairs. eav es 
petioled, ovate-oblong, 14-2 in. long, subentire or obscurely crena e; 
pubescent on both surfaces. Racemes long, lax; whorls few- owered ; 
pedicels very short, deflexed ; bracts small, oblong, foliaceous, persistent. 
