XCVI. LABIATR. 3038 
Upper lip of corolla not longer than the lower. 
Calyx 8-10-toothed . . . . . 15. Leveas. 
Calyx 5-toothed . . . . .. . « + . 16, Lasrocorys. 
Upper lip of corolla much longer than lower, 
erect,entire. . . . epic il de eRONOTIS. 
Tribe 5. Asucrx. Stamens as in Stachydee, but the upper lip of 
corolla very short or deflexed or obsolete. 
Upper lip of corolla 4-parted, lower much larger, 
Re tae) tee eet RE eee” LS. A RUORIUM! 
Upper lip of corolla emarginate, lower lip 3-fid . . 19. Asuaa, 
TripE 1. OcIMER. 
1. OCIMUM, Linn. 
Calyx ovate or bell-shaped, 5-toothed, winged by the decur- 
rent margins of the upper, roundish or obovate, membranous 
tooth, deflexed after flowering, the throat nude or rarely hairy 
within. Corolla-tube mostly shorter than the calyx, not 
ringed inside, the throat mostly bell-shaped, limb 2-lpped ; 
upper lip 4-fid, lower scarcely longer, declinate, entire, flat or 
shortly concave. Stamens 4; filaments free, the upper often 
with a tooth or tuft of hairs at base. Style shortly 2-fid, the 
lobes subequal. Disk of 1-4 fleshy glands. Nuts ovoid or 
subglobose, smooth.—DC. Prod. xii. p. 31. 
Herbs or small shrubs, from the warmer parts of the globe. Floral 
leaves bract-like, commonly deciduous. Cymules 6-10-flowered, in a lax 
raceme.—8 South African species, all Eastern. 
2. MOSCHOSMA ?, Reichb. 
Calyx ovate or bell-shaped, 5-toothed, with the upper tooth 
larger, not decurrent, after flowering subdeclinate, naked in 
the throat. Corolla-tube included; limb sub-2-labiate, the 
upper lip shortly 4-fid, lower entire, flattish, all the lobes sub- 
equal. Stamens 4; filaments free, toothless. Style clavate- 
capitate. Nuts ovate-compressed, smooth.—DC. Prod. xii. p. 49. 
M.? riparia, Hochst., of which the fruit is unknown, and the genus 
therefore doubtful, is our only species; found by Krauss, at Natal. It has 
a viscid pubescence ; ovate, petioled, crenate, thickish leayes, and a much- 
branched panicle of small flowers. 
3. SYNCOLOSTEMON, E. Mey. 
Calyx inflated-tubular, equal or subincurved, the 5 teeth 
equal or the lower longest. Corolla-tube straight, exserted, 
the upper lip 4-toothed, lower entire, flat or concave. Sta- 
mens 4:; filaments free from each other, but adnate to corolla- 
tube, toothless. Style shortly or scarcely 2-fid. Disk lobed. 
Nuts oblong, compressed, smooth.—D0@. Prod. xii. p. 53. 
South African shrubs. Leaves small, tough, often tufted in axils, 
