Tab. 5833. 

 ORTHOSIPHON stamineus. 



Long-stamened Orthosiphon. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. — Didynamia Gymnospeumia. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx ovato-tubulosus, 5-dentatus, dente superiore ovato 

 membranaceo marginibus saspius decurrentibus, post anthesin deflexus. Corolla 

 tubo exserto recto v. incurvo nee gibboso nee defracto, fauce aequali v. rarius 

 inflata, labio superiore 3-4-fido, inferiore integerrimo concavo. Stamina 4, 

 filamentis liberis edentulis. Stylus filiformis, stigmate emarginato v. 2-labiato. 

 Nuculos punctulataa v. tuberculatas. — Herba? perennes suffruticesve tropici, 

 Asiatici, Americani, et African!. Kacemi simplices, sospius elongati. Verti- 

 cillartri 2-10 flori, distantes, laxi. Folia fioralia bracteeeformia, reflexa. 

 Pedicelli fructiferi recurvi. — Benth. 



Outhosiphon stamineus; caule herbaceo suberecto ramoso, foliis petiolatis 

 ovatis v. rhombeo-ovatis basi cuneatis cordatisve grosse crenato- 

 dentatis, racemis elongatis, corollas tubo recto angusto elongato calyce 

 triplo longiore, labio inferiore anguste-oblongo porrecto, superiore piano 

 maxirno 3-lobo refracto, filamentis longissime porrectis. 



Outhosiphon stamineus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. vii. p. 17, et in DC. 

 Prod. v. xii. p. 52. Masters in Gard. Chron. ann. 1869, p. 941 cum 

 Ic. xylog. 



Ocimum grandiflorum, Blume, Bijd. p. 835, non L'Herit. 



As Bentham well remarks in his description of this plant, 

 and Masters in his notice of its introduction (Gard. Chron. I.e.), 

 it resembles in its inflorescence a Clerodcndron, far more than 

 its allies, the Basil, Coleus, or Mint. It is a very wide- 

 spread Eastern plant from Assam and Birma to the Phi- 

 lippine Islands, and from the Nicobars and Siam to Java, 

 Borneo, and Cape Goole in North-East Australia. It was 

 introduced from the latter locality by Mr. John Veitch, from 

 whose specimens, which flowered in the Boyal Exotic Nur- 

 series in July of last year, the accompanying drawing was 



APRIL 1st, 1870. 



