N. O. Labiate. 
TAB. CDLV. 
OcIMUM BRACTEOSUM. 
Caule herbaceo erecto piloso-hispido, foliis breviter petiolatis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis remote serratis basi angus- 
tatis supra glabriusculis subtus hispidulis, floralibus bractez- 
formibus, calyce 2-3-plo longioribus coloratis, calyce fructifero 
reflexo ovato subinflato dente supremo ovato breviter decur- 
rente, lateralibus ovatis breviter mucronatis, infimis longe 
subulatis, filamentis edentulis. 
Ocimum bracteosum. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 14. 
Has. In the fields of Lambsar in Senegambia. Leprieur and 
Perottet. 
This and the nine following plates illustrate some of the 
genera of Ocimoidee, a tribe of Labiate consisting chiefly of 
tropical species, and readily distinguished by their stamina, which 
instead of ascending under the upper lip of the corolla in pairs 
as in most Labiate, or spreading in all directions as in Mentho- 
idee, are turned downwards, and lie on the lower lip; a circum- 
_ Stance which induced the older authors to consider the flowers 
form apparently unilocular disk, the two cells being always con- 
_ fluent. The genus Ocimum, as now limited, is distinguished 
___ from others of the tribe by the decurrent margins of the upper 
tooth of the calyx, the flat lower lip of the corolla, and from 
__ Orthosiphon by the style bifid at the apex with pointed lobes 
=, : arginal stigmatic surfaces. 0. bracteosum be- 
= longs to the section Gymnocimum, in which the filaments are 
_ entirely without appendages at the base. Bentham. 
-e Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same cut ope 
De Babee pen. f. 3, Calyx at 
the: maturity of the fruit. i? 4. Upper portion of the style. 
: f- 5. Anthers, J. 6. Carpel. ff. 7. Seed :—all magnified. 
