483 



Ordo CLV. LABIATAE Juss. 



(Endl. Gener planl p. 607. — Melsn. Gener. plant. vasoul. I. 28a. II. 190. — 



Lablatarum genera et species : or, a descrlptlon of ttie genera and Bpecles of 



plants of the order Lablatae; v/lth thelr general hlstory, characters, afflnltles 



and geographlcal distrlbutlon by CkeoTge Bentham, Esq. F. L. S. — 



LondoD. 8vo. 1832—1836.) 



Tribus L OCYMOIDEAE Bth. Labiat. p. 1. — Endl. Gener. 

 plant. p. 608. — Meisn. Gener. plant. vascul. L 282. 



Statnina declinata. Corolla subbilabiata, lobis quatuor superiorioribus 

 planis subaequalibus binisve supremis coalitis, inflmo declinato plerumque 

 dififorrai plano v. saepius concavo cymbaeformi v. saccato. Antherae de- 

 floratae saepissime patellaeformes. 



Subtribus I. MOSCHOSMEAE Endl. 1. c. 

 Corollae laciniae subaequilongae, infima angustior declinata subplana, 

 — Tropicae amphigeae. 



3569. OCIMVM Linn. 



(Linn. Gener. plant. no. 732. — Meisn. Gener. planl. vascular. I. 282. II. 191. - Blh, 



Labiat. 1. et 707.) 



Sectio I. OGIMODON Bth. 1. c. 3. 



Filamenta superiora basi denticulo appendiculata. — Verlicillastrl saepissime 

 sexflori, pedicellis reflexis, calyce fruclifero saepius brevioribus. 

 1. 0. CANUM Siras, Bot. Mag. t. 2452. — Btb. 1. c. 3. f et 707. — Caule herbaceo 

 erecto pubescenle; foll. peliolatis ovatis, utrinq. angustatis subinlegerrimis, sub- 

 lus canescentib., petiolis ciliatis; racemis simplicib.; calycib. pedicello longiorib., 

 fructiferis rellexis cauli adpressis, basi supra gibbis vix cilialis, dente supremo 

 orbiculato concavo brevissime acuminalo , alis basin calycis non attingentib., 

 dentib. lateralib. ovatis acutis, infimis setaceis; Glamentis superiorib. basi appen- 

 diculatis. ^ — Affine O. Basilico, sed floribus duplo minoribus et habitu distinctum. 

 Caulis pedalis vel ultra, ramosus, pilis brevibus reflexis saepius fasciculatis cano- 

 pubescens, ad axillas pilis nonnullis longis albidis cilialus. Folia ovata v. ovato- 

 oblonga, 1-2 poUices longa, integerrima v. subdentata, margine petiolisque pilis 

 raris longis albis saepius ciliata, supra ad nervos lenuissime pubescentia, subtus 

 glabra punctata. Racemi numerosi stricti, 6-poIIicares v. ullra, verticillastris nu- 

 merosis, fructiferis vix semipollicem distantibus. Folia floralia oblonga, petiolata, 

 calyces vix superantia, ciliata. Calyces uti pedunculi parce ciliati, orbiculato- 

 depressi vix sesquilineam lali. Genitalia corolla fere duplo longiora. — O. Ameri- 

 canum Linn. Amoen. acad. IV. 276. — (Id. Spec. plant. 833., non Jacq.) — O. album 

 Roxb. et aliorum, non Linn. — O. stamineum Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2452., in textu. 



— O. incanescens Mart. Reise nach Brasil. II. 787. — [Bth. 1. c. 13. no. 25.] — 

 0. hispidulum Schum. et Thonn. Kongl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. IV. 40. 



— Habitat in Asia calidiore, in Madagascaria, in Indiae orientalis peninsula, in 

 insula Zeylania, in provincia Silhet Benghaliae , in regno Burmanico ad Pagha- 

 mcw, in Cbina et in insulis Marianis. 



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