Ocimum, 815 
If. Fruiting-calyx open. Stamens more or less 
exserted from the tube. 
a) Nutlets rounded at the tip. . .-.'. ... 12, Stachys. 
b) — acutely triquetrous. 
i. Calyx 5-toothed ...'..-. 13, Lamium. 
a, Calyx 8—10-toothed,. rarely with — 
teeth. 
a) Calyx not bilabiate. 
* Lobes of the style subequal . . 14. Ballote. 
** Lobes of the style unequal. 
+ Lower lips of the corollalong. 
A Calyx-teeth 10... . 15. Leucas, 
AA Calyx-teeth 5... . . 16. Phlomis. 
+; Lower lips of thecorollashort 17. Leonotis. 
8) Calyx bilabiate, scariose ... . . 18. Otostegia. 
3. Calyx-tube fleecy or cottony, with : 
5 spiny teeth « . .% 19. Eremostachys. 
E. Prasieae. — As in the last. tribe, ik ie auiieie 
echiy merge... UA. tans heh See. aeons fe oe) rasa, 
F. Ajugoideae. — Perfect stamens 4, ascending, 
with divaricate anther-cells. Corolla nearly 
l-lipped, by obsolescence of the upper lip. 
Nutlets dry, pitted or reticulate. 
I. Corolla deciduous. lower lip 5-lobed .. . 21. Teucrium. 
II. Corolla -marcescent, lower lip 3-fid ... . . 22. Ajuga. 
464. (1.) Ocimum Linn. 
Fruiting-calyx enlarged and reflexed; the upper tooth orbicular 
or ovate with the margins decurrent, forming an upper lip, the 4 
lower teeth small; pointed, equal or the two lowest with longer 
points. Corolla-tube straight, rarely .exceeding the calyx, 4. upper 
lobes united in a broad shortly 4-lobed upper lip, the fifth lower 
lobe entire, flat or slightly concave, about as long as the upper lip. 
Stamens 4, declinate, the 2-upper ones usually with a tooth or tuft 
of hairs near the base; anther-cells confluent. Style-lobes subulate 
or somewhat flattened. Nuts smooth or minutely-granular. — Herbs 
undershrubs or rarely small shrubs. Foliage usually densely dotted 
and highly scented. Flowers in false-whorls: of 6, rarely 10, arranged 
in terminal racemes, the - floral » Leettes reduced to small deciduous 
bracts. 
The genus extends over’the tropical ana subtropical regions of the 
New as well as the Old World, two or three species having been very long 
in cultivation amongst aromatic herbs. 
