Beeiwm. | LABIAT (Brown). 233 
Ocimum burchellianum, Benth. Lab. 8, 707, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 36. 
O. serpyllifolium, Benth. Lab. 707; E. Meyer, Comm. 226, not of 
Forsk. O. helianthemifoliwm, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 67, and Krauss, 
Beitr. Fl. Cap- und Natal. 131; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 36. 
Coast Recion : Uitenhage Div. ; Sand Fontein, Burke! near Uitenhage, Prior ! 
Krauss, 1121! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, Burke! Galpin, 201! between 
Konap River and Enon, 500-600 ft., Baur, 1082! and without precise locality, 
Bowker ! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 541! 
CenTRAL REGION: Somerset Div.; near Little Fish River, 2000-3000 ft., 
Drége, 2320b! and without precise locality, Bowker, 22! Graaff Reinet Div. ; 
mountain sides near Graaff Reinet, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 2320a! Bolus, 56! 
Middelburg Div. ; on dry mountains between Seven Fonteins and Wagenpads 
Berg, Burchell, 2812! on the Sneeuwberg Range between Compass Berg and 
Rhenoster Berg, 5000-6000 ft., Drége, 3587 ! Tarka Div. ; near Tarkastad, Shaw ! 
Cradock Div. ; Rietfontein Plantation, near Cradock, Sim ! 
II. OCIMUM, Linn. 
Calyx 5-toothed, deflexed in fruit, campanulate or tubular- 
campanulate ; dorsal tooth much larger than the rest and more or 
less decurrent on the tube; 4 lower teeth usually unequal. 
Corolla 2-lipped ; tube about as long as the calyx-tube or shortly 
exserted ; upper lip erect, 4-lobed ; lower lip concave or nearly flat. 
Stamens 4, declinate, exserted; filaments free, the upper pair 
abruptly bent near the base, with a crest, tuft of hairs or retrorse 
process at the knee; anthers 1-celled. Disk 1-4-lobed. Style 
filiform ; stigma shortly bifid. Nutlets oblong, ellipsoid or sub- 
globose. 
Herbs or small shrubs; leaves opposite, simple, gland-dotted ; inflorescence 
terminal, spike-like ; flowers small, in 6-flowered whorls. 
Distrrs. A genus of many species, distributed throughout the warmer regions 
of the earth. ~ 
Leaves 3-2 in. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, very 
distinctly and rather coarsely serrate ; calyx-tube 
glabrous inside ... oes ais a eas .-- (1) suave. 
Leaves }-{ in. broad, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or 
ovate, entire or obscurely toothed : 
Calyx-tube hairy inside; leaves 3-2} in. long: 
Fruiting racemes about 3 in. in diam.; upper tooth 13 
of fruiting calyx 24-24 lin. broad ans e-» - (2) simile. 
Fruiting racemes 4 in. or less in diam. ; upper tooth 
of fruiting calyx 1} lin. broad : i 
Annual, with 1 main stem branching above ... (3) americanum, 
Perennial, with several or many stems from a : 
woody branching base ... us ae ... (4) fruticulosum. 
‘Calyx puberulous, especially towards the base, 
becoming glabrous on other parts ; leaves up to 
3 in, long” (5) Dinteri. 
