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2. Lippia, — Like the last, but fruit a capsule instead of a drupe. 



L. nodifiora, — A small creeping plant, tough and hairy ; flowers 

 in ovoid heads, very small, pale, arranged so closely as to look as 

 if on a common receptacle {Composite) ; bracts many, overlapping. 

 Common in grassy places. Abundant throughout India. 



3. Premna, — Trees or shrubs ; flowers small, often polygamous, 

 calyx cup-shaped, surrounding the drupe. 



P. coriacea, — (P. scandens, D.) — A large strong smelling climber; 

 flowers greenish white, in large panicles ; one of the lobes of the 

 corolla much larger than the rest ; leaves very large, pointed, shin- 

 ing. Chdmbdri, Bhansar. Konkan and Ghats. 



P. latifolia, — Is an erect shrub, with flowers and leaves very 

 much like the last. Common near the sea, and called by the same 

 name as the last. 



4-. Gmelina, — Flowers large ; corolla tube short ; calyx bell- 

 shaped. 



G. arborea, — A tree hairy in most parts ; flowers brown and yellow, 

 in racemes ; lobes of corolla broad, roundish, curled back, the lower 

 are much larger and protruding. Shewan, Kumar, Gumbd, Kon- 

 kan. Less common in Deccan. 



5. Vitese, — Flowers small ; calyx as in the last, but more or less 

 enlarged in fruit ; corolla decidedly 2-lipped. 



V. Negundo (V. bicolor, D.) — Tall shrub, leaves 3 or 5-ffoliate, 

 grey, leaflets lanceolate, the underside with the branches white 

 and downy ; flowers in terminal panicles, lilac or light blue. 

 Nirgund. 



I should call this the commonest shrub in the Konkan : very com- 

 mon also on the Ghats. 



VIII. — Order Labiate. 



I. Ocimum, — Flowers in whorls of 6 to 10, racemed or spiked; calyx 

 with upper tooth very large, running down into the pedicel ; corolla 

 tube short, upper lip equally 4-lobed. 



0. basilic-urn, — Erect, nearly smooth ; spikes long ; flowers white, 

 pink, or purplish. Sabza. " Sweet basil." Commonly cultivated 



0. sanctum, — Softly hairy, the whole plant often purplish ; corolla 

 very small, pale purple, hardly longer than the calyx. Kula tulsi. 



Bam tulsi is 0. gratissimum* 

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