348 CII. LABIAT (BAKER). [Ocimum. 
Calyx pilose, finally 4 in. long; upper tooth orbicular, decurrent ; the 
others cuspidate. Corolla 4 in. long; tube as long as the calyx; upper 
lip oblong ; lower rather longer. Stamens exserted ; filaments glabrous, 
not appendiculate at the base. Style longer than the stamens. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Golis range, at Shaile (? Sheikh) Pass, 3000-4000 ft., 
Miss Edith Cole! 
41. O. Buchananii, Baker. A tall perennial herb, with the habit 
of 0. gratissimum. Stems erect, glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong 
or ovate-oblong, crenaté, cuneate at the base, 2-3 in. long, subglabrous. 
Racemes moderately dense, 3-6 in. long ; whorls many-flowered ; rhachis 
hairy ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels }-} in. long. Fruit-calyx } in. 
long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as the tube; basal cusps very lai ge. 
Corolla not much longer than the calyx. Stamens short, all inserted 
high up in the corolla-tube ; upper filaments not appendiculate. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
common, Buchanan, 81! Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Plains of Zomba, 
2500-3000 ft., Whyte ! Blantyre, in waste places, Scott ! 
42. O. laxiflorum, Baker. Perennial. Stems long, slender, erect, 
slightly hairy. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, crenate, 
1-1} in. long, slightly hairy beneath. Racemes very long and lax; 
flowers about 4 in a whorl; pedicels finally } in. long; bracts small, 
foliaceous. Calyx finally } in. long; upper lip ovate, shorter than the 
tube; lower cusps longer. Corolla a little longer than the calyx; upper 
filaments naked. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Pungo Andongo and Golungo Alto, 
Welwitsch, 5552! 5554! 
43. O? membranaceum, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 41. Stem 
erect, villous, apparently herbaceous. Leaves shortly-petioled, ovate, 
obtuse, rounded at the base, crenate, rugose, villous. Raceme 4—6 in. 
long; whorls about 10-flowered; lower bracts like the stem-leaves ; 
upper smaller. Calyx oblong, pubescent; upper lip orbicular, scarcely 
decurrent ; lower cusps linear, subulate. Corolla scarcely longer than 
the calyx; upper filaments naked. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 
Imperfectly known species. 
44. O. Menyhartii, Giirke in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 556. A 
dwarf undershrub, with pubescent stems, Leaves sessile, linear, 1} in. 
long, 3-1 lin. broad, entire or sometimes tovthed, pubescent on bot 
surfaces. Whorls remote, usually 2-fowered ; bracts small, lanceolate ; 
pedicels ;!,—{ in. long. Calyx between tubular and campanulate ; uppet 
tooth broadly ovate, subacute ; lateral teeth short, deltoid-cuspidate ; 
lower subulate, curved, rigid, longer than the upper. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, Meny- 
harth, 810. 
