33C 



CII. LABIAT.E (baker). 



[Ocimum. 



Stems simplo ...... 



Stems much branched. 



llacemes capitate ..... 



Racemes not capitate .... 



**HiEROCiMUM. — Filaments of the upper stamens with 



of hairs near the base. 

 Annual ........ 



Perennials. 



Flowers small. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate .... 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate ..... 



Leaves ovate. 



Stamens not exserted. 

 Fruit-calyx ^ in. long 

 Fruit-calyx \ in. long 

 Stamens slightly exserted. 

 Leaves very small . 

 Leaves not very small 

 Stamens much exserted. 

 Raceme capitate 

 Raceme lax 

 Flowers large. 



Raceme short, dense 

 Raceme long, lax. 



Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate 

 Leaves ovate 



***GrMNOCiMUM. — Filaments of the upper stamens without 



either a tooth or a tuft of hairs near the base. 

 Annuals. 



Tube of fruit-calyx carapanulate . 

 Tube of fruit-calyx oblong-cylindric 

 Perennials. 

 Leaves linear 

 Leaves lanceolate 

 Leaves ovate-oblong. 

 Whorls few-flowered 

 Whorls many-flowered 

 Leaves ovate. 



Leaves slightly hairy 

 Loaves villous 



21. O. usaramense. 



36. 

 37. 



38. 

 39. 



40. 

 41. 



42. 

 43. 



O. dichotomum. 

 O. tereticaule . 



O. verticillifoHum. 

 O. rigidum. 



0. stamuiosum. 

 O. Buchananii. 



O. laxiflorum. 



O. membranaceum. 



1. O. basilicum, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 32. An erect 

 annual, with much-branched glabrous or sh'ghtly pubescent stems 1-2 ft. 

 long. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, membranous, 1-2 in. long, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent. Kacemes moderately dense, the end 

 one finally 6-9 in. long ; rhachis slightly pubescent ; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts ovate, about as long as the whorls. Calyx finally | in. long; 

 upper lobe orbicular, much longer than the very short campanulate tube ; 

 lower lobes deltoid-mucronate, protruding beyond the upper. Corolla 

 J-J in. long, white, or tinged more or less with purple. Stamens 

 slightly exserted, the posticous filaments appendiculate with a tooth 



