N. O. Labiate. 
TAB. CDLVI. 
| AcrocernaLus CAPITATUS. 
Caule procumbente foliisque ovatis subglabris, calycis labio in- 
feriore 4-dentato. 
Prunella indica. Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 130. 
Ocimum capitellatum. Linn. Mant. p- 276. 
Ocimum capitatum. Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 276. 
Acrocephalus capitatus. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 23. 
Has. Common in moist situations over the greater portion of 
East India, in the Burman Empire, in Java, and, according to 
Willdenow, in China. , 
This little plant has much the appearance of an Escholizia 
and in some respects approaches that genus in character. The 
decidedly declinate stamens have, however, placed it amongst 
Ocimoidee, where, with a Javanese plant (probably a mere ve 
riety) and a Madagascar species, distinguished by the entire 
lower lip of the calyx, it forms a genus differing from Ocimum, 
Geniosporum and Moschosma in the form of the calyx, and more 
especially in inflorescence, and from all other Ocimoidee by the 
all but regular corolla. The calyx is tubular, as in several Ge- 
niospora; but in the latter genus the lateral teeth are more or 
less connected with the upper one into an upper lip, whilst in 
Acrocephalus the four lower teeth form the lower lip, leaving the 
upper tooth solitary. Bentham, 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Ripe calyx. 7.3. Corolla cut open. 
J. 4. Upper portion of the style. f. 5. Bract. f. 6. Carpel :— 
all magnified. 
