1. OciMUM.] 106. LABIATJE. 



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1 0. tfratissimum, L. , ,. 



An undershrub 2-4 ft. high with very woody base (sometimes 

 .ttS.:stt:Lr provincel) and ave^T J^v^etly a^^^^^^^ 

 Leaves 3-4-5" below, ovate, decurrent on the long petioie. J^ ^^ ; 

 wSIe nconspicuons whorled in racemes 4-5" l-g-^^^^P^^^^f,^^^^^^ 

 half as long as the calyx and lanceolate- acmmnatesho^^^^^^^^ 

 bracts. Calyx pubescent ontside, glabrous mside. Filaments bearaea 



at the base. 



waste .round -avi"ages aj^cl douUfully i-f f-%- , «^f ^S: '" ' 

 shoulder of Parasuath ! Santal Parg ! ^^ fi^Vimrselv b^irVon the nerves beneath 



L. coarsely crenate or crenate-serrate acute^ Lower petioles 



and slightly shortly pubescent with h.yal me hau. ^^^^fl^\^^. ,^,,ch longer than 

 1-5". Racemes densely pubescent. . <^alyx with tlie u^^^^^ obovate obtuse, -2" in 

 the lower, upper lobe;i2" (from ^^^f^) f , Jj^^'^^e^^^^^^^^ ; loNver lip with 



fruit ; lateral lobes with an obtuse ^of ^ andlo^^el mucro^^ exserted, 



?eKm^, 05" clTam.; with oblong basal scar, mmutely verrucose. 



2. 0. basilicum, L. Lo :-ba, Ho. „ ^ • i i 



4 1obeSupperlip. Bracts petioled. Pedicels about "12 long. 



p-f^^^risrisi, ISi^-S&^i^ouSrtKivlS: 



^^Tl^pStisvery vanable. The ^e^- i-on^ -se^are ^ly like ^^^^ 



O. canum. In var. difforme ^^^%^''^^fj^^'%,^}^i^ and have longer petioles. In 

 larger and attain nearly 3^ are di.tnctlyseii ate ^^^^ pet'iole •2--3" The 



general the leaves are about 1-1 o lo g ,f"'^,',''\o,er (scarcely -25" apart) than 

 facemes are often 6" long with tl^evboi. usually closer U^ca j ^^^^ 



in O. camuu, the fruiting ^^ f e^^, 1?.' ji-T- ion. haTrs at base, 3-ribbed and very 

 Slets 07'' oblong, shghtly glandular, otherwise smooth, black. 



3. 0. canum, Sms. Lo :-ba. Ho. „,.-,, i^a 



Erect slender herbaceous and often strict 12-20" 1^°^ '/"^?i^,f 

 stem deSy pubescent upwards and sometnnes aln-ft -^^^^^ 

 Leaves elliptic or usually ell.-lanceolate or rhomboid, 1-1 7 by 4 7 , 

 pX^orsha lowly serrate with long slender sparsely pilose petioles. 

 Flo^ei's atuS whorl in terminal elongating racemes 2-4 'rarely 

 ^lo-no-atino- to 8" in fruit, the short pedicels erect and often closely 

 appilssed^tf^^^ that the flowers on their Recurved tips 



annelrs sessile Calyx densely villose inside, pilose or villose below 

 S spreadi^- haiis outside. -07-14" measured along upper lip 

 • - n''Kg lower lip. Corolla 'l^-lj" long or -o^^^-l^^^^ntl 

 •25" long, white or pale-purple with tube "Oo- 1 . Filaments 



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