LAMIACEAE 1181 
at the base, slender-petioled: calyx becoming 6-7 mm. long; tube iua yi 
CTOSS- aibbed; lobes short-subulate, das l mm. long: corolla 3.5-4 
tube ut: nutlets oval, about mm. long. D waste- ree cult.- 
Er ud roadsides, Fla. Nat. of trop. Am.— (W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.) 
3. H. pectinata (L.) Poir. Stem 1.5 m. tall or less, sparingly pubescent with 
air : lea v em. 
irregularly serrate, cuneate to rounded at the base: calyx becoming 4-5 mm 
long; tube ae Cross- eae lobes setaceous-subulate, 1.5-2 mm. long: 
corolla about 4 mm. long; t e slender: nutlets ellipsoid, about 1 mm. long.— 
Hammocks, cult. Meri ind roadsides, S m Fla. Nat. of trop. Am.— 
I Mex » S. A.)—All year.—T'wo related species included in Fl. 
SE. U. S., H. ‘spicata Poir. and H. spicigera im are not now definitely iowa 
from our ran ge. 
H. verticillata Jacq. Stem 1-2 m. tall, SIR UB pubeseent, leaf- Eon 
lanceolate to linear- Bc md 9-12 em. long, rather sh arply s 
acuminate : calyx becoming 2—2.5 mm. long; tube slightly ribbed; lobes dato 
to tri mu ee. shorter jm the tube: corolla white, abou t twice 
long as the calyx: nutlets a DU about 1.5 mm. long. —Hammocks and ro hi 
sides, pen. Fla. Nat. of trop. Am.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—Sum.-fall. 
41. OCIMUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaf-blades often 
of an ovate type and toothed. Flowers in raceme-like panieles. Calyx strongly 
E eae accrescent: upper lip a broad lobe decurrent as wings on the sides of 
e tube: lower lip of 2 broad lobes and 2 narrow lobes. Corolla 2-lipped: lower 
is of 3 broad lobes.—About 40 species, widely distributed in warm and trop- 
ical regions. 
Corolla slightly exceeding the Coys: 2 obscurely fine-pubescent or the lower 
lobe entire: nutlets about ng. . 0. micranthum. 
o much exceeding the algae ios hirsutulous without, the 
ower lobe sharply toothed: nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. 2. O. basilicum. 
O. micranthum Willd. Stem 2-5 dm. tall, minutely and obscurely pubes- 
cent: leaf-blades ovate, often narrowly so, evidently but shallowly toothed: 
panicles eee loosely flower 
urple, 2- ong a 
p , 2-3 mm. long at anthesis: crest-like 
upper lobe mie orbicular in fruit roll 
purple or paler, about 4 ] o ior 
stamens without spurs: fruiting c 
rowly campanulate, the lateral nae with 
slender tips as long as the body.—( WILD- 
BASIL. MOSQUITO-PLANT.)—Hammocks, pine- 
lands, and jou -plaees, S Fla.—(W. I. 
Mez., C. A., S. A.)—Spr.-fall or all year. 
2. O. basilicum L. Stem 2-5 dm. tall, 
finely pubescent: leaf-blades ovate, usually 
broadly so, obseurely toothed: panicles 
dd pulsus calyx green, about 5 m 
long at nthesis; erent. like upper lobe 
bicular- reform in fruit: corolla white, abot t 7 mm. long: postarit ama 
ith hairy spurs a t the base of the filam ents: fruiting calyx anul th 
lateral e with ee ut tips much shorter than the body — (BASIL. rara 
us shell-mounds, and pinelands, pen. Fla. Nat. of Asia.— (JW. I.)—Sum.— 
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