74 XCIII. LABIATJE. 
long, p the upper lip long erect and concave, the lower lip short and spreading. | 
8 4, ascen he in pairs under the u — lip. Anthers 2-celled.—4A native of the 
C. v “of Good ong since cultivated in gardens for Soares flaming flowers, 
now established with ‘other South African pais’ in West Aus 
E l. Octmor1pEm.—Stamens 4, declinate nee the lower | 
lobe pe tlie corolla. Anthers when fully o out 1-celled by the confluence 
of the two cells. uts VL rase "a cer "ps d Calyx | 
with the upper tooth often much bro hers. Corolla 
with the four upper lobes flat, e jai poen Linnie the lower lip, 
and flat concave or saccate. . 
1. OCIMUM, Linn. 
ovate wit e margins decurrent forming an upper lip, the 4 lower 
t 
n a broad een 4-lobed d upper li ip the fifth ig ower tobe ^. dd flat or 
e 
granular.— Herbs 
ma mE Ponies d usually densely dotted and highly scente 
wers in false-whorls of 6, rarely 10, arranged in terminal racemes, 
the land. tare reduced to small deciduous bracts. 
The genus ob arin over the bin and dici voe E E of the ass s well as | 
aromatic herbs. The only Austra lian poc is a abght, "ipit Midi variety of 
one of the common Asiatic 
base, but poate pos t rst year s 
he time of r en in fruit? 
to 2} lines long, the upper lobe orbicular, the lateral ones small and 
es i 
upper ones with tufts of hairs near the base of the filaments. 
lo so? aind: .— O0. anisodorum and O. caryophyllinum, F. Mue " 
2 
N. Australia. Victoria river, ee pa and Sturt’s Creeks, F. Mueller; G Gult d i 
Carpentaria, F. Mueller, Landsborough ; N. Ke medy district, Daintree; in the it 
terior, lat. 18° 30’, M*Douall Stuart's Expedition 
