156 SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 
diversum est cui flores lactei nec ccerulescentes ut in Phyt. 
Can. (v. 2. p. 49.) falso diximus quod nuper ex specimi- 
nibus, insule Lancerotte pulchre florescentibus cl, Bour- 
geau cognovimus. 
XXXVII. Lasiata, Juss. 
162. Ocymum Basilicum, Linn, (1764, ed. 3.) 2. p. 83% 
Benth. Lab. Gen. et Spec. (1832-36.) p. 4. Basilicum m- 
dicum, Burm. Herb. Amboin. (1747) pars 5. p. 266. Soladi 
Tirtava. Rheed Hort. Malab. (1690) pars 10.p. 171. Ocy- 
mum Americanum, Jacq. Hort. Vind. (1766) 3.—1c. Burm. 
1. c. t. 93. mediocris. Rheed, Z. c. t. 87. mediocris. Jacq: l 
c. t. 86. bona. 
Han. In ins. S. Jacobi in valle S. Dominici, (J. D. Hooker, 
n. 121. November, 1839, spec. fructifera.) à 
Has. hzc species in regionibus calidioribus orbis veteris et 
novi sed illic si indigena incertum. Occurrit in oris utri" 
que Lybie calidioris (ex Benth.) in insula Mauritii (ex 
Benth.) in regionibus Indiz intra Gangem Mace! Wight! 
in insula Taprobana, (ex Benth.), in insula Java Commer- 
son! in insulis Philippianis Commerson! ad insulas An- 
tillicas in ins. Jamaica, Murray! in Brasilia, Martius! : 
Calycis tubus intus pilosus. Mericarpia oblonga, kevia "* 
grescentia, humectata mucilaginosissima. Cotyledones ob- 
longz, obtuse, cordate, radicula parva, crassiuscula. 
163. Ocymum suave, Willd. Enum. (1809) 2. p. 629. Benth. 
Lab. Gen. et Sp. (1832-86) p. 7. 
Has. In insula S. Jacobi, (Darwin, n. 276. specimen flo- 
ridum.) P 
Legitur hee planta in Senegambia prope urbem Kandoni®, 
Heudelot! (exsicc. n. 769 in herb. Delessertiano) atque 
inde in insulam Madagascarie, (ex Benth.) in insulam 
Sancte Mariæ, Richard! (exsicc. n. 23. in herb. Deles- 
sertiano), et in insulam Anjouan, Richard! (exsicc. n- 239. 
in herb. Delessertiano) procurrit. 
Calycis tubus intus nudus. Mericarpia rotundato-ovat® 
excavato-punctata, fusca, humectata non mucilaginos? 
