with curious decurrent margins to the upper tooth, which 
soon curve in above the back of the calyx, so as to make 
that part appear boat-shaped, slightly hairy, after flowering 
becoming greatly enlarged. Corolla nearly white, scarcely 
longer than the calyx, five-lobed ; the lobes spreading, the 
lower one rather the largest. Stamens free from teeth or 
hairs, declined, the extremity only ascending. Anthers 
small, ovate or cordate. Style rather longer than the sta- 
mens. Stigma bifid ; the segments bent back or recurved. 
The same remark will here hold good which was made 
by our estimable predecessor in the Editorship of the 
present work, when describing the Ocymum sanctum (t. 
2452) : “ there are so many species of Ocymum which are 
but indifferently defined, that it is almost impossible to de- 
cide whether this may not have been already described.” 
It was raised two years ago, in the garden of our valued 
friend, P. Nei, Esq., Canon Mills, Edinburgh, from seeds 
communicated to him by Dr. W. Hamizron, of Plymouth, 
and a drawing of it was sent to us from the elegant pencil 
of Dr. Grevitie. 
Upon the same plant, indeed, Dr. Hamitron has fre- 
quently written to me, and having discovered that it did not 
accord with the old character of the Genus Ocymum, he was 
disposed to form a new one of it under the name of ALBACcA 
(Arsganacas being the Spanish name for the Columbian 
Basils). But I think my obliging and learned friend will 
agree with me that it entirely accords with the Genus, as it 
is now remodelled by Mr. Benruam. This species, like 
the rest of the Basils, is fragrant. It inhabits the moun- 
taims about Carthagena, where it is known by the name of 
Albahaca del monte, and whence the seeds were obtained by 
Epwarp Warts, Esq. of that place, and introduced to our 
gardens through Dr. Hamitron, a gentleman who has long 
paid the most devoted attention to West Indian Botany. 
{t requires the heat of the stove for its cultivation. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla. 3, Calyx enlarged.—Magnified. 
