18 DIDYNAMIA OYMNOSPERMJ A. Ocymum. 



ovate- oblong-, grossly and acutely serrate, smootli. Bractes 

 lanceolate, ciliate. Upper lip of the calyx broad cordate. 

 Stamina and style longer than the corol. Filaments amply 

 crested. 



A native of Persia, from thence sent to the Botanic garden 

 at Calcutta, under the Persian names, Deban shah, and De- 

 ban Mncwassi. It is very nearly allied to our Indian Gonial 

 tulasi, and to thyrsijlmum. In Bengal it flowers during- the 

 rains and the cool season. 



10. O. poly stach yon. Willd. i. 065. 



Annual. Stem and branches four sided, with sharp an- 

 gles, ieaue^ sub cordate, serrate. »S/;/A*e.s- terminal. Bractes 

 petioled. round-cordate. Stamens the length of the corol, not 

 crested. 



Teliny. Neeru, ?. e. water tulasi. 



Is a native of ditches, and wet places. It flowers during 

 the rainy season. 



Stem aimual, erect, from three to four feet high, four-sided, 

 with very sharp angles, which are armed w^ith small, sharp, 

 scabrous excrescences. Branches numerous, opposite, like 

 the stem. Leaves opposite, spreading, petioled, cordate, 

 pointed, serrate ; about two inches long, and one and a 

 half broad. Petioles four sided. liacenies terminal, and 

 axillary, erect; verticels approximate. Bractes petioled, 

 cordate, pointed, three-flowered. Corol twice the length 

 of the calyx, all the divisions of the border are of the same 

 length; wider lip concave. Fi aments wanting- the charac- 

 teristic processes of hairs. Cattle eat it. It possesses little 

 or no fragrance. 



11. O. tnberosnm. lioxb. 



Herbaceous, four-sided, smooth. Leaves sessile, oblong*, 

 grossly serrate, smooth. Bractes oval. J^ilaments crestless. 



Is a native of vallies among- the Orissa mountains; the 

 whole plant is about a foot high. 



