496 LABIATAE. geniosporum. 



cellalis, frucliferis declinalis, basi slrialis Iransverse subrugosis, ore membranaceo 

 irrcgulariter bilabialo, labio superiore tridenlato, dente medio majore, inferiori 

 erecto bidenlalo. ^ — Caulis prostratus ramosissimus hispidus, angulis subcal- 

 losis glaberrimis. Folia parva, semipollicem ad pollicem longa, lineas 3-4 lata, 

 acute et remote serrata. Racemi 2-4 pollices longi spicaeformes. Verticillastri 

 10-20-flori, inferiores remotiusculi, supremi approximati. Folia floralia ovata 

 acuminata sessilia, basi albida submembranacea. Pedicelli calyce longiores gra- 

 ciles erecti v. subincurvi. Calyces parvi , fructiferi vix r/o lin. longi, basi slriati 

 hispiduli, superne contracti , ore dilatato membranaceo. CoroUa minuta, calyce 

 vix duplo longior, tubo brevissimo incluso. Stamina breviter exserla. — Katu- 

 tumha Rheede, Hort, Mal. X. 183. t. 92? — Mentha Zeylanica etc. Burm. Thes. 

 Zeyl. 158. t. 70. Gg. 2. — Thymus Indicus Burm. Fl. Ind. 129. - Ocymum men- 

 thoides Burm. Fl. Ind. 129. — Linn. Mant. plant. 84. — Ocijmum prostratum Linn. 

 Mantiss. plant. 566. — Lumnitzera j)rostrata Spr. Syst, veget. IL 687. — Mentha 

 [Elsholtzia Pers. Enchir. 11. 114.) ocymoides Lam. Dict. IV. 103. — Crescit in India 

 orientali, in marilimis Coromandeliae et Zeylaniae. 

 7 G. THYMIFOLIUM Bth. 1, c, 21. t — Caule herbaceo, basi procumbenle pubes- 

 cenle; foll. sessilib, ovatis obtusis crenatis, floralib. subconformib. minorib., 

 supremis bracteisq. albido-carlilagineis; verticillaslris dislantib.; calycib. sub- 

 sessilib. irregulariler bilabiatis, labio superiore ovalo inlegro v. basi ulrinq. den- 

 tato, inferiore integro v. bidenlato. 2|.? — Caules basi procumbenles elongali, 

 superne adscendenles ramosi tenues. Folia vix ultra semipollicem longa, basi 

 rolundato-cuneala, supra hispidula, subtus ad nervos elevalos villosula, caelerum 

 glabriuscula, floralia suprema bracteaeformia minuta. Racemi graciles inlerrupli. 

 Verlicillastri globosi, remotiores quam in G.prostrato, at flores pauciores arclius 

 sessiles. Calyx magnitudine calycis G. prostrati, fruclifer magis auctus, dentibus 

 obtusioribus. CoroIIa calycem breviter excedens. Stamina breviter exserta. — 

 Habitat in Madagascaria, in provinciae Emirnensis montibus. 



Sectio II. PLATOSTOMA Bth. I. c. 22. 



Dentes calycini in labia duo subintegra coaliti. 

 8. G. PALISOTI Bth. 1. c, 22, f — Caule erecto pubescente; foll, peliolatis ovatis, 

 basi rolundalo -cuneatis, floralib, verlicillaslro vix longiorib.; racemo gracili 

 calycis labiis membranaceis subintegris. O? — Caulis herbaceus subsimplex, parce 

 pubescens, ramis junioribus villosis. Folia {Moschosmatis polystachyi) obtusa 

 crenala glabriuscula, pilis raris hispidula v. pubescentia , floralia bracleaeformia 

 acuminala. Racemus simplex 3-4-poIIicaris. Verticillastri laxi sub-10-flori. 

 Pedicelli tenues, 2 lin. longi. Flores parvi. Calyx ovatus , fructifer declinalus 

 bilabiatus, labiis membranaceis oblusis integris (denle superiore ovato elongato, 

 basi non decurrenle, laleralibus truncatis , infimis coalitis), superiore patenle, 

 inferiore calycem claudenle v. demum patenle, fauce intus nuda. Corollae tubus 

 calycem vix superans, faux subaequalis, labium superius 4-fidum, inferius decli- 

 natum concavum, basi anguslalum, superiori vix longius. Genilalia glabra, co- 

 rollam aequantia. Filamenla libera edentula. Slylus breviter bifidus(?). — Spe- 

 cimina Palisotiana villosiora suni quam Vahliana. — Platostoma Africanum Pal. 

 de Beauv. FI. Ow. et Ben. 11. 61. t. 95. fig. 2. — Ocymum sylvaticum Schum. el 

 Thonn. Kongl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. IV. 44. — Habitat in Africa tro- 

 pica, in regno Benin, ad Sherwood's Creek in Congo, in sylvis ad Aquapim. 



3571. HIEISOIVA Bhime. 

 (Blume, Bijdragen 838. - Meisn. Gener. plant. vascul. I. 282. H. 191. — Blh. Labial. 



gener. et spec. 22.) 

 1. M. PALUSTRIS Blume, Bijdragen 839. — Blh. l.c, — Herba inodora, foliis ovalo- 

 oblongis dentatis rugosis pilosiusculis; floribus dense verticillalo-spicalis; verli- 

 cillis bractealis, pedicellis fasciculalis. 2f? — In Javae paludosis circa Buitenzorg. 



