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ENTJMEBATION OF [LaUatcB. 



PI. As. Ear. 5 DC. Prod. xi. p. 165, cum syn. ; Wiglit, le. 1. 1506. A. 



pjmnhaginea, I^. ab E. in Wall. PL As. Ear. A, quaterna, N. ab E, in 

 1)C. 1. c. p. 166, A, infrusa, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. A. calyelna, Benth. 

 ri. Niger, p. 478. A. Bojeriana, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. A. Comorensis, 

 Bojer; DC. I.e. (T, A,)~c.v. 1998. 



Hab. Very abundant in the hotter parts of the island. 



Ihe extensive distribution of this species over tropical Asia and Africa renders the 

 specific name adopted by Nees von Esenbeck qfuite inappropriate ; and the same ob- 

 jection may be made to the original one given by Linnrens, and which, as being the 

 oldest, I have revived. Por so cosmopolitan a plant the specific term eommmm or 

 vulgaris would perhaps be more suitable. The notes by Mr. Beutham to the As//- 

 slas'w of the 'Mora Nigretiana' show that I have the best authority for the greater 

 part of the identifications I have made of tliis variable species.— T. A. 



2. A. chelonoides, JS". ab E. in WaU. PL As. Ear. ; DC. I.e. p. 164, 

 cum syn.— ^. 7iemorum, N. ab E, L c. et DC. 1. c. p. 167, cum syn. 

 (r.X),—c.p. 552, 1989. ^ -f 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Mr. Thwaites observes that the somewhat procumbent habit, smaller flowers and 

 shorter pedicels, seem sufficiently to distinguish A. 7temoricm from A, chelonioides, and 

 that when growing they look very different ; but I have been unable to find any 

 sumcient characters amongst the large series of specimens contained in the Hooteriau 

 Herbarium, and moreover Nees and others have nartiallv united them.— f. A. 



CXVIII. LABIATE. 



TRIB. OCIMOIBEM 

 1. OCIMUM, Linn. 



3624. 



TUlg 



lum 



ground about native gardens. Jfom. 



0. Basilicum, Linn., is very common as a cultivated plant in native gardens. 

 It really specifically distinct from 0. camim ? 



Is 



gratissixnum 



c-P. 2062. 



Willd 



parti 



TT V ' '""■ f^^^tli' 1- c. p. 35, cum syn.)— c.P. 3623. 



Hab. Ambagamowa ; not common. 



4. O. sanctum, Linn. (Benth. L c. p. 38, cum syn.)— 0. tenuiflorum 

 Linn.; Benth. I.e. p. 39.— c.P. 249. 



Hab. Common in waste places. N'om. wig, " Madooroo-tallu." 



Much used as a medicine by the Cinghalesc. 



2. GEWIOSPOKUM, WalL 



1. G. elongatum, Benth. Lab. p. 21 (DC. Prod. xii. p. 45.)— c.P 



Hab. Common in grassy places in the Central Province, at an dera- 

 tion of 4000 to 6000 feet. 



