Plants of the Punjab. 175 
Heres, Erect, witH Opposite ExstipuLATEe Simple LEAVES. 
Ocimum basilicum, 
Sweet basil, 
Furrunj-mushk, tulsi, 
baburi, niyazbo, panr. 
LABIATA. 
HB. 1, 1. 608. 
The Plains to 
2,000 ft. 
Cultivated, but in- 
digenous in the low 
hills (Aitchison). 
Baluchistan 
(Huches-Buller). 
Ocimum sanctum, 
Sacred basil, 
Kala tulsi, ban tulsi. 
LABIATA. 
EB: Toive 609: 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Lear MareGins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNITED. 
COROLLA TWO-LIPPED. 
STAMENS FOUR. 
medium size, strongly scented, many oil glands, 
smooth or velvety; leaves 14-2 in., ovate, sometimes 
toothed, stalk very slender, usually slightly hairy ; flowers 
4-4 in. long, in clustered circles, 6-10-flowered, in brac- 
teate spikes and racemes, bracts stalked, ovate, minute, 
soon falling off, calyx 5-toothed, upper tooth rounded, 
shorter than the others, 2 lower teeth ovate-lanceolate 
with a bristle point, 2 lateral shorter than the lower, 
corolla 3-4 in. long, white, pnk or purplish, 2-lipped, 
tube short, upper lip nearly equally 4-lobed, lower lip 
curved down, not lobed, stamens 4, protruding, twice as 
long as the corolla, bent, hairy at the bend, stigma bifid ; 
nutlets 4, $i. each, very black, oblong with rounded 
ends, minutely dotted, convex on one side and flattened 
on the other, when wetted become coated with mucil- 
age. These seeds form one of the ingredients of Char- 
tukm, a preparation well-known to Indian druggists. 
They are used as a demulcent in genito-urinary diseases. 
The dried leaves are used as a substitute for cloves, and 
as a seasoning for culinary purposes. 
medium size, perennial, cultivated, doubtfully in- 
digenous, often woody below, much branched, bushy, 
often with a purplish tinge, leaves 1-23 in., oblong, blunt 
or sharp-pointed, sometimes almost toothed, base narrow- 
ed, floral leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate or heart-shaped, 
flowers very small, white, pink or purplish on 
small stalks in very slender bracteate racemes, bracts 
as in the last species, calyx short, 2 lower teeth with 
very long bristle points, longer than the upper which is 
broadly oblong, lateral broadly ovate, shorter than the 
lower, corolla scarcely extending beyond the calyx, calyx 
in fruit ¢ in. long, on a slender stalk, widely bell-shaped, 
thin, nutlets nearly round, nearly smooth, pale reddigsh- 
brown ; other characters are like the last species. The 
leaves and seeds are used for the same purposes as the 
last species. It is worshipped by the Hindus and a plant 
is to be found in every Hindu’s garden. 
