Ocimiim. 



CII. LABIAT.E (baker). 



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smaller than the two mucronate lower ones. Corolla-tube not longer 

 than the calyx ; limb bilabiate, upper lip 4-lobed, lower scarcely longer, 

 nearly flat. Stamens didynamous, declinate ; filaments free, upper 

 pair often appendiculate above, the base with a tooth or tuft of h;»irs • 

 anthers 1-celled. Disk of 1-4 glands. Style shortly bitid at the apex. 

 Nucules ovoid or subglobose, smooth or punctate. — Herbs or siirubs. 

 Leaves usually petioled and crenate. Racemes of numerous whorls- 

 bracts usually small and deciduous. Flowers usually white, small or 

 of medium size. 



Species 60, widely spread through the warmer regions of botli houiisphere«, some 

 extensively cultivated and used for pot-lierbs and medicinally. 



*OciMODoy. Filaments of the upper stamens with a tooth 



near the base. 

 Annuals. 



Stem and leaves nearly glabrous . 

 Stem and leaves covered with tine white down 

 Perennials. 



tFlowers small (corolla under \ in. long). 

 Stamens not or but little exserted. 

 Herbaceous. 



Leaves slightly hairy. 



O. hasilicum. 

 O. cauum. 



