Ocymvm. didynamta gymnospersua. 13 



even, hairy ; upper Up vaulted, and very hairy ; the under one 

 oi'three, broad, villous segments. 



CLINOPODIUM. Schreh. gen. N. 980. 

 Involucre many-leaved under the verticel. Calj/x bila- 

 biate. Corol^ with upper lip plain, obcordate, and straight. 



C. rppens. R, 



Root annual. Stems and branches four-sided, creeping", 

 clothed with recurved hairs. Xeaues short- petioled, ovate, 

 crenate- serrate. Verticels numerous. Bractes subulate, very 

 hairy. 



A native of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in November 1802, 

 where the plants blossom during the rains. 



Root generally annuMJ, fibrous. Stems and branches, while 

 the plants are young, nearly erect, but with the branches soon 

 becoming procumbent, and lastly creeping ; all are four sid- 

 ed, and clothed Avith many, white, recurved hairs. Leavesop\)0~ 

 site, from one to two inches asunder, short- petioled, ovate, cor- 

 date, with the interior maroins crenate, serrate, hairy, and 

 wrinkled, about one inch long, and three quarters of an inch 

 broad. Verticeh numerous, from ten to fifteen- flowered. 

 F'toicers sniall, rose-coloured. Involucres subulate, and cili- 

 ate with numerous, long distinct hairs. Calyx striated, hairy. 



OCYMUM. Schreh. gen. N. 986. 



Calyx with the upper lip circular, lower one four-parted. 

 Corol resupinate, with the superior lip four-cleft ; the other 

 undivided. Exterior filaments (in some of the species) crest- 

 ed near the base. 



1. O. rillosvm. R. 



Shrubby. Branches round, villous. Leaves ovate, oblong, 



