49v 
Ocimum. ] CXII. LABIATÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) 609 
N 
VaR. suavis ; leaves densely softly tomentose on both surfaces. O. suave, Willd. 
Enum, Hort. Berol. 629; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 35, excl. various syn. ; Thwaites 
Enum. 236. O. urticefolium, Roth Catal. Bot. ii. 52. O. menthefolium, Hochet. 
in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. n. 1860.—Ceylon; Ambagamowa district, Thwaites, — 
Distrib. Trop. Africa and Madagascar (apparently native). Cult. in W. Indies, &c.— 
This differs from O. gratissumum only in pubescence. 
4. O. adscendens, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 166; herbaceous, puberulous, 
erect, or prostrate with ascending branches, leaves small oblong-ovate obtuse 
entire or sparingly toothed, floral lanceolate petiolate, two lower calyx-teeth 
reduced to short bristles, upper broadly obovate, lateral truncate ciliate, 
corolla tin. Wall. Cat. 2719; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 35; Dalz. & 
Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 203. O. indicum, Roth Nov. Sp. 273. O. cristatum, orb. 
Hort. Beng. 45, and in Fl. Ind. iii. 19. O. verticillatum, Heyne in Herb. 
fottl, Plectranthus indicus, Spreng. Syst. ii. 691. 
The Deccan, in sandy places; Heyne, &c. CENTRAL INDIA; Jubbulpore, 
Beddome. 
Annual, very variable in habit, 4-16 in. high; branches often widely spreading. 
Leaves 3-1 in., narrowed into the petiole. Racemes short, rather lax-ftd. ; bracts 
lanceolate, caducous, with a gland at the base. Corolla 3 in., pale rose. Filaments 
twice as long as the corolla; knees dilated, hairy. Fruiting calyx 1-j in. ; lower lip 
as long as the up, er, rather membranous. Nutlets subglobose, compressed, smooth, 
red-brown. 
5. O. sanctum, Linn. Mant. 85; herbaceous, erect, softly patently 
airy, leaves oblong obtuse or acute entire or subserrate, floral sessile 
ovate-lanceolate or cordate, racemes very slender, calyx short, two lower 
teeth very long-awned longer than the broadly oblong upper, lateral broadly 
ovate shorter than the lower, corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Korb. 
Fl. Ind. iii. 14; Wall. Cat. 2716; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xu. 38, and in 
Fl. Austral. v. 74; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 147; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
204; Thwaites Enum. 226; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 539. O. monachorum, 
Linn. Mant. 85. O. tenuiflorum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 833; Benth. in DC. 1. 6.39. 
. inodorum, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f. 2, aud FI. Ind. 130, not of 
Koenig.— Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f. 1; Rumph. Herb. Amh. v. t. 92, 
1. 2. Parnassa, Jones in Asiat. Research. iv. 288. 
Throughout INDIA, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. (doubtfully indigenous). 
EYLON ; common in waste places, Thwaites.—DisTRIB.;Malay Islands to Australia 
and the Pacific, W. Asia to Arabia. . . 
Stem sometimes woody below; branches erect, ascending or spreading. Leaves 
l-2} in., variable in breadth, base narrowed. — Z?acemes 6-8 in. long ; pedicels as long 
as the calyx. Corolla very small, hardly longer than the calyx. Filaments exserted, 
nee villous. Fruiting calyx din. long, on a slender pedicel, broadly campanu ate, 
membranous. Nutlets subglobose or broadly oblong, slightly compressed, nearly 
Smooth, pale red-brown. 
s YAR. hirsuta; densely pubescent. om 
"14; Wall. Cat. 2717? O. villosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 
Yne in Herb. Rottl.—South Deccan. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. I cultivated 
O. MINIMU? inn. nth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 33), is a very small cultiv 
form, probably of O. Basilicam (with which it agrees in all essential characters), to 
Which Linnæus has assigned Ceylon asa habitat. I have seen specimens from garden 
Mn Various parts of the world. 
O. hirsutum, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar 
13. O. subserratuin, 
2. GENIOSPORUM, Wail. 
Herbs. Whorls many-fid., in long lax racemes or spikes ; bracts often 
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