xcA'iii. labtat-t;. 441 



exserted ; filaments slender, the 2 upper with a tooth at the base. Style 

 exserted beyond the filaments. Nutlets ^V ^^- lo^^n' ellipsoid, black. 

 El. B. I. V. 4, p. 607 ; Grab. Cat. p. 147 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 203 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 365 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 360 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 842 ; Watt, Diet. Ecun. Prod. v. 5, p. 442.— 

 Flowers : July-Dee. Vebjs'. lldn-tulsld. 



Tlie Hoary Basil, abundant about native gardens. Dalzell & Gibson (l. c.) say that 

 Africa is supposed to be its native country. Konkan : Stocks ! Deccan : widely, 

 Woodrow ; Poona, Cooke ! S. M. Country : hills N.B. of Belgauiu, Ritchie ^^^ 1 — 

 DiSTRiB. Plains and lower hills of India ; Ceylon, Java, W. Asia, Tropical Africa, 

 Madagascar, cultivated in America. 



3. Ocimum adscendens, Willd. Sp. PL v. 3 (1800) p. 166. 

 Annual, 6-15 in. high, erect, or prostrate with ascending branches. 

 Leaves g-l by |-| in., oblong, obtuse, entire or faintly serrate, glabrous, 

 much gland-dotted, base tapering ; petioles g-| in. long. Flowers in 

 short racemes, the whorls distant ; bracts reaching | by gV ^^-j li^ear- 

 oblong-lanceolate with a small gland at the base ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx. Corolla ^ in. -long. Upper filaments with a dilated appen- 

 dage at the base. Nutlets ^ in. in diam. ; subglobose, compressed, 

 smooth, yellowish-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 609 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 203 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 366; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 360. 



I have seen no specimens of this plant from the Bombay Presidency. Though it 

 has been often sought for, none of the plant collectors attached to the Poona College 

 of Science have, so far as I know, succeeded in obtaining it. Woodrow, in his list 

 above cited, merely quotes Dalzell, who states (Bomb. Flor. 1. c.) that it is common all 

 over India, which is clearly a mistake. There are no specimens in Dalzell's Herbarium 

 in Herb. Kew. The plant occurs in S. India and sparingly in Ceylon and is also given 

 for Jubbulpore. 



4. Ocimum gratissimum, Linn. Sp.Pl. (1753) p. 1197. Shrubby, 

 perennial, 4-6 ft. high, much branched, woody below ; stem and 

 branches subquadrangular, the young ones pubescent. Leaves 2^-5 by 

 l|-2^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, pubescent 

 on both sides, gland-dotted, base cuneate ; petioles 1-2| in. long, slender, 

 more or less pubescent. Flowers in simple or branched rather short 

 racemes, in tolerably close whorls ; rhachis quadrangular, softly pubes- 

 cent ; bracts sessile, longer than the calyx, acuminate from a broad 

 ovate base, decussate and squarrose in the young inflorescence, ciliate ; 

 pedicels shorter than the calyx, softly pubescent. Calyx g in. long in 

 flower, becoming twice as long in fruit, pubescent and glandular ; upper 

 lip rounded, veined, scarcely mucronate, curved upwards in fruit, longer 

 than the lower ; lower lip strongly nerved, the 2 central teeth short, 

 subulate, the lateral teeth shorter and broader, lanceolate. Corolla \ in. 

 long, pale greenish-yellow, pubescent outside ; upper lip g in. broad 

 with 4 rounded teeth ; lower lip longer than the upper, -^ in. broad. 

 Stamens exserted ; upper filaments with a bearded tooth at the base. 

 Nutlets ^ in. in diam. subglobose, rugose, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 608 ; Grab. Cat. p. 147 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 203 ; Jacq. Icon. PI. Ear. 

 V. 3, t. 495 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 367 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 360 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 842 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 5, p. 443. — Flowers : July-Oct. Vern. Bdm-iidshi, Mdli-tidshi. 



