ceolato-linearibus ; corollis calyce subtriplò longioribus.— Prasium 
melissifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 45. 
Precedenti valdè affine; differt caule basi repente, foliis subtüs 
vix tomentosis, floribusque minoribus. Corolla 13—14 lineas longa, 
tubo gracili, apice parùm dilatato. 
Hab. in Sillet. 
11. G. velutinum; caule basi repente, radicante, ramis adscenden- 
tibus, subsimplicibus, tomentosis ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, crenatis, 
basi rotundatis, crassis, utrinque densé velutino-pubescentibus, florali- 
bus conformibus; verticillastris axillaribus, remotis, 2—6-floris ; brac- 
teis oblongis, calycem equantibus ; calycibus tomentosis, dentibus 
ovato-lanceolatis; corollis calyce dupló longioribus. 
Species distinctissima, affinis G. melissifolio. Folia 12—18 lineas 
longa, 8—15 lata. Corollæ flavæ, 11— 12 lineas longe, tubo gracili, 
apice valdé dilatato. 
Hab. in Sillet. 
Tribus 6. 
n. 1300. 
XXXVII. Moscuosma, Reichenb. Consp. p. 171. in nota. 
Calyx ovatus, 5-dentatus, dente superiore majore, marginibus non 
decurrentibus, post anthesin declinatus. Corolla tubo calyce breviore, 
bilabiata, labio superiore brevitér quadrifido, inferiore integerrimo, 
subplano. Stamina 4, declinata. Filamenta libera, edentula. An- 
there ovato-reniformes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus clavato-capi- 
tatus, brevissimè bifidus, stigmatibus in emarginatura minutis.— 
Herbæ annue, paniculato-ramosæ. Flores minuti.  Verticillastri 
pauciflori, nutantes, secundi, in racemos elongatos, graciles, axil- 
lares dispositi. Folia floralia et bracteæ minutissima vel omninò 
abortiva. 
1. M. polystachya; caule acutè tetragono, angulis lævibus vel vix 
asperis; verticillastris 6—10-floris, laxis, approximatis.—Ocymum 
polystachyon, Linn. Mant. p. 567. Lumnitzera polystachya, Jacq. 
Caulis 1—2-pedalis, ramosus, gracilis, glaber, vel pilis brevibus 
raris hispidulus. Folia longé petiolata, ovata, acuminata, crenata, 
basi rotundata vel cuneata, glabra vel suprà tenuissimé pubescentia, 
subtüs pallidiora. Racemi numerosi, graciles, 2—4-pollicares. Ver- 
ticillastri sæpius 6-flori, rarius 8—10-flori. Calyces hispiduli, vix 
bilabiati, dente supremo ovato, obtusiusculo, lateralibus acuminatis, 
infimis setaceis. 
Hab. in Tavoy ; ad Rangoon, Prome; in Travancore, Arcot. 
2. M. ocymoides; caule tetragono, angulis asperis; verticillastris 
2-floris, laxis.— Lumnitzera ocymoides, Jacq. 
Habitus præcedentis, sed folia acuté serrata, suprà hispidula, 
subtüs canescentia. Calyces paulló majores, glabriusculi, fructiferi 
ovato-patentes, distinct bilabiati, dentibus 3 ovatis, brevissimè acumi- 
natis in labium superius, 2 lanceolatis, acutis in inferius approximatis. 
Hab. in Sillet. 
XXXVII. Ocymum, Linn. Gen. 732. 
Calyx ovatus vel campanulatus, 5-dentatus, dentis superioris ovato- 
membranacei marginibus decurrentibus alatus, post anthesin deflexus. 
Corolla tubo calyce subbreviore, bilabiata, labio superiore 4-fido, in- 
feriore integerrimo, subplano. Stamina 4, declinata. Filamenta 
libera, inferiora basi seepiús dente vel pilorum fasciculo appendicu- 
lata. Antherz ovato-reniformes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus apice 
subulato-bifidus, stigmatibus minutis.—Herbze vel suffrutices. Verti- 
cillastri 6-flori, interruptè spicati vel racemosi, spicis subsimplicibus, 
vel rariüs densè thyrsoideo-paniculatis. 
$ 1. Caule herbaceo, sepitis annuo. 
1. O. Basilicum (Linn. Sp. 833); caule herbaceo, erecto vel ad- 
scendente ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis vel oblongis, basi attenuatis, sub- 
dentatis, glabris, petiolis ciliatis ; racemis simplicibus; calycibus 
pedicello longioribus, fructiferis reflexis, inflato-campanulatis, ciliatis, 
basi suprà gibbosis, labio superiore orbiculato, concavo, brevissime 
acuminato, alis basin calycis non attingentibus, lobis lateralibus 
ovatis, acutis, infimis setaceo-acuminatis ; filamentis iuferioribus ap- 
OCYMOIDEE, Benth. in Bot. Reg. vol. 15. ad calc. 
pendiculatis. 
This species, cultivated for so many ages in a great variety of 
Vou. II. 
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climates, has necessarily become exceedingly changeable in its forms. 
Those which have come under my own observation appear to be re- 
ducible to the following races. 
a. pilosum ; caule ramosissimo, erecto vel adscendente; verticil- 
lastris remotis, spicatis, pilosissimis.—0. Basilicum, Linn. Sp. 833. 
O. hispidum, Lam. Dict. 1. p. 884. O. pilosum, Willd. Enum. p. 629. 
Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 45. O. ciliatum, Herb. Vahl., et Hortul. Plur. 
B. majus.—O. majus, Hortul. 
y. glabratum ; petiolis calycibusque minds ciliatis; foliis vix den- 
tatis.— O. integerrimum, Willd. Sp. 3. p. 162. O. caryophyllatum, 
Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 45. O. Barrelieri, Roth. Nov. Pl. Sp. p. 278? 
ò. album; foliis majoribus, latioribus, crassiusculis; verticillastris 
approximatis, spicis vix ciliatis, canescentibus ; corollis majoribus.— 
O. album, Linn. Mant. p. 85. 0. laxum, Herb. Vahl. 
e. difforme; foliis bullatis vel laciniato-dentatis.—0. bullatum, Lam. 
Dict. 1. p. 384. O. urticefolium, Hortul. 
C. purpurascens.—O. nigrum, Thouin. 
Caulis erectus, ramosissimus, in var. a. sæpé adscendens, laxè 
ramosus, pedalis vel ultrà, basi sepiùs glaber vel pilis brevibus, re- 
flexis pubescens. Folia ovata, obtusiuscula vel frequentiüs acuminata, 
subtüs punctata, sæpius irregularitér dentata, raró integerrima. Ra- 
cemi sæpé 8—10-pollicares vel ultra ; verticillastri inferiores pollicem 
circitér distantes, supremi approximati. Folia floralia parva, petio- 
lata, ovata, acuminata, ciliata, calyces paulló superantia, sepè colo- 
rata. Corolla calyce subdupló longior, tubo incluso, fauce subinflatå ; 
labium superius latè 4-fidum, lobis sepè crenatis, undulato-crispis, 
vel (in varietatibus cultis) fimbriatis. Filamenta staminum inferiorum 
brevitér appendiculata. Achenia levia. Stylus basi incrassatus. 
Hab. «. Sillet, Kantanagur, Oude, Madras. y. Nathpur, Patna, 
Penang. (3.3. ets. in hortis orte. 4. in hortis occurrit, an ex India 
Orientali allata ? 
Occurrit etiam sponté in India occidentali, sed non indigenum. 
2. O. canum (Bot. Mag. 51. t. 2452.); caule herbaceo, erecto, 
pubescente ; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, utrinque attenuatis, subinteger- 
rimis, subtüs canescentibus; petiolis ciliatis ; racemis simplicibus ; 
calycibus pedicello longioribus, fructiferis reflexis, cauli adpressis, 
basi suprà gibbosis, vix ciliatis, labio superiore orbiculato, concavo, 
brevissimé acuminato, alis basin calycis non attingentibus, lobis 
lateralibus ovatis, acutis, infimis setaceis; filamentis inferioribus 
appendiculatis.—O. album, Herb. Roxb. et aliorum, non Linn. 
Species O. Basilico valdé affinis, at distincta videtur. Caulis pedalis 
vel ultra, erectus, ramosus, pilis brevibus, reflexis, seepiús fasciculatis 
cano-pubescens, ad axillas pilis nonnullis longis, albis ciliatus. Folia 
ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 1— 2 pollices longa, integerrima vel subden- 
tata, margine petiolisque pilis raris, longis, albis sæpius ciliata, suprà 
ad nervos tenuissimè pubescentia, subtüs glabra, punctata. Racemi 
numerosi, stricti, 6-pollicares vel ultrà; verticillastri fructiferi semi- 
pollicem distantes. Folia floralia oblonga, petiolata, calyces vix 
superantia, ciliata. Calyces orbiculato-depressi, sesquilineam lati, 
parcé ciliati. ` Flores O. Basilici, sed minores. 
Hab. Sillet; Paghamew, Taong Dong; etiam prope Madras. 
3. O. thyrsiflorum (Linn. Mant. p. 84); caule herbaceo, erecto, gla- 
briusculo; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, utrinque attenuatis, integerrimis 
dentatisve, glabris; petiolis nudis; racemis pubescentibus, ramosis, 
thyrsoideo-paniculatis; verticillastris laxis, approximatis ; calycibus 
pedicello longioribus, fructiferis reflexis, dilatato-campanulatis, labio 
superiore orbiculato, alis basin calycis non attingentibus; filamentis 
inferioribus appendiculatis. 
(in hortis cultum.) 
This plant is frequently cultivated in European as well as Indian 
gardens, and scarcely differs from the O. Basilicum, except in the 
inflorescence. I have never met with wild specimens in any of the 
herbariums I have examined, and am therefore inclined to think it 
may be a mere variety of O. Basilicum, raised by cultivation. “This 
opinion is in some measure confirmed by those intermediate states 
which Miller considered as a distinct species, under the name of 
O. medium. 
The O. minimum, Linn., which belongs also to this section, is a 
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