1174 CXXVT. LABIATE. [Ocimo'uhiB. 



ginatng. Wuculte siiborbiculatnj, compresste, licvos, nitidfie. Cotylcdoncs (in seminibus 

 examinatis) orbiculata^j planse, radicula longiuscula inflexa accumbente. — Herbte erectae, 

 elatse. Verticillastri in spicani densam temiinalem globosaiu v. elongatam conferti, 

 fluribiis niajusculia sessilibus rcflexia, bracteis calyce brevioribns. 



Species 3, Columbi3&, Americse ccotralis et Mexici incolEe. 



Genus in Praclromo pro sectione Onhohiphonis descrlptum, satis difft^re vidotiir Uim calycis et 

 corollse forma quam habitu et patrin. Stamina longe esserta etiam in O, siamineo observantur^ qui 

 tamen cseteris characteribus omniuo Orthosiphoni nee CatophcricB conveniL Radiculam accumben- 

 teni in nullo alio genere obscrvavimus, 



8. Orthoslpbon, Bentlu in BoL Reg. sub t 1300. — Calyx ovoideua v. tubulosus^ frnc- 

 tifer deflesiis, dente postico ovato membranaceo marginib^is in tubnm deciirrentibuSj 

 lateralibus anticisque distinctis v- his brevissime connatis, Corollae tubus exsertus, ssepius 

 tenuis, rectus v. incurvus, nee gibbosus nee defractus, fauce rarius ampliata ; limbus 

 2-labiatus, labio postico 3-4-fido, antico integro concavo. Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, 

 filamentis liberis edentulis ; antherje confluentia l-loculares^ demum explanatse, Discus 

 antice siepius in glandulam turaens. Stylus apice stigniatoso claA'ato-capitatus v. obtusus, 

 integer v. leviter eiuarginatna, Nuculte ovoidese, niinutissime punctulato-rugosulsB v. 

 Ireves- — Herbse perennes suffruticesve rarius frutices, Verticillastri vulgo 6-flori, rarius 

 2-4-flori, in racemis sFepius elongatis distantes v. rarius conferti. Flores pedicellati, 

 tenues v, speciosi, bracteis pedicello stepins breviuribus. Stamina sa^pius exserta, in una 

 specie praslonga. 



Species ad 16, plera?que Im3i;e orient^dis et Archipebigi Malayani, 2 v. 3 Africfe tropicse incolae, 

 Tina sola e Makyanis usque ad Australian! extensa. Be^itk. in DC. Prod, xii, 50 {fxcL srcL Cafo- 

 feria) ; FL Atistral. v, 76. Waif. Ann. iii. 243, v. 668. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. ii. 942, Hook, Ic. PL 

 t. 459- BoL Mag. t. 3847, 6833. Wight, Ic, t. 14?8. Maund, Botanist, t 173. 



O. pkysocalgcinus, A, Rich. FL Abjss. ii- 180, est Hoslundits species ab H. dtcurnhmte, Benth,, 

 Tix V. non distinguenda, 0. petiolaris^ ili*!- I'i- I^^d. Bat. ii, 943, idem videtur ac O, glabratus, 

 Benth., O. aristatvs. Miq. L c, saltern quoad specimina Horsfieldiana, videtur Ocimi species reri- 

 similiter inter varietates O. basilici, Linn., iacludenda. Genus O^'thoHphon calycem ostendit Ocimi, 

 sed corollae tubo elongate et stylo facile distiiiguitur, 



9. Syncolostemon, E, Mey, Comm, PL Ajr. A%idr. 230, — Calyx tubulosus, rectus v, 

 incurvus, fructifer erectus v, declinatus ssepe subinflatus, dentibua 5 sequalibus v, anticis 

 longioribus, postico interdum paullo latiore non decurrente. CoroUse tubus exsertus, 

 rectus, cylindraceus, fauce vix ampliata ; limbus 2-labiatu3j labia postico 4-dentatOj 

 antico vix longiore integro concavo v. planiusculo. Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, 

 filamentis (inter se) liberis edentulis ; antherse confluentia l-Ioculares, demum cxplanataj- 

 Discus lobatus, postice ovarium superans v. brevior. Stylus apice acutus subclavatus 

 V, brevissime 2-fidu3- Kucuby niajusculre^ oblongae, compressse, lajves. — Frutices foliia 

 S8epius parvulis, Verticillastri 2- rarius 4-florij racemosi, racemis terminalibus simplicibus 

 v^- paniculato-ramosis, bracteis deciduis- Flores interdum pollicareSj pedicellati. Calyces 

 nunc costati rigidule pubescentes fauce intus villoaa, nunc tenuiores colorati. 



Species 5 v. 6. Africse australis incolfe. Benth. in DC. Prod. sli. 53. 



Genus ab OrthosipJione calyce, a Plectrantho imprimis corolla differ^ Nomen Mej-erianum e 

 ataminibus tubo corollae adnatis ucc inter ae eoalitis dcrivatum fuit. 



10. Hoslundla, Vahl, Ennm, PL I 212, (Micranthes, BertoL Misc. Bot xis. 8, L 4.)— 

 Calyx tubulosus, breviter S-dentatus, fructifer infiatus, baccatus, apice dentibus conni- 

 ventibus clausus. Corollte tubus rectiusculus, exsertus, ad faucem pai'um ampliatus ; 

 limbus 2-labiatuSj labio postico brevissime 3-4-fido, antico paullo longiore integro con- 

 cavo. Stamina perfecta 2, antica, declinata, filamentis liberis edentulis ; anther*^ con- 

 fluentia l-loculares, demum explanat^ ; staminodia 2 postica brevia, ananthera. Discus 

 antice in glandulam tumens, Stylus apice breviter 2-lidus, Nucuhc ovoideo-oblongfle, 



