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OcyMUM MONTANUM. Mountain BAsIL. 
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Class and Order. 
DipynaMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasiarz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. ovatus vel campanulatus, 5-dentatus, dentis superti- 
oris ovato-membranacei marginibus decurrentibus alatus, 
post anthesin reflexus. Cor. tubo calyce subbrevior, bi- 
labiata, labio superiori quadrifido, inferiori integerrimo 
subplano. Stam. 4, declinata. Filamenta libera ; superi- 
ora basi sepius dentata v. penicellata. Antheré ovato-re- 
niformes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus apice subulatus, 
-®qualiter bifidus. Verticillastri sepius multiflori, mterrupte 
ry spicis simplicibus v. dense thyrsoideo-paniculatis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Ocymum montanum; filamentis integris nudis paululum 
_ exsertis, corolla calycem vix excedente, verticillis ap- 
proximatis racemosis, foliis lato-ovatis acutis serratis, 
_ caule ramisque pubescentibus tetragonis. ‘. 
Atgacca montana. W. Hamilton, MSS. 
a 
Descr. Apparently an annual, eight or ten inches high, 
with an erect branching stem, four-sided as well as the 
short opposite branches, and downy. Leaves on rather 
long stalks, the younger ones somewhat oblong and acu- 
minated, the older ones three inches and more long, broadly 
ovate, acute, glabrous or nearly so, serrated. — Petioles 
owny, slender. ‘The flowers are small, arranged in whorls 
each of six, three on each side, and these are placed in 
1 inal, leafless racemes, the principal one on the stem, 
-*8sser ones on the branches. Calyx as in all of this — 
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