Ocimum.] cii. lariat.e (baker). 337 



above the base. — Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 488 ; Schweinf. Beitr. 

 FJ. Aethiop. 125; Hayne, Gewachs. xi. t. 3; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 iv. (108. 0. yraveolens, A. Br. in Flora, 1841, i. 265. 0. petitianum 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 170. 



Upper Guinea. Gambia: north bank of the Kiver frainbia, Ozanne ! Siena 

 Leone, Don, Mias Turner I Cape Verd Islands : 8t. Nicohio, Bolle I Lagos, Rotoland ! 

 Fernando Po, Tog el, 80 ! 



STile Ziand. Nubia: Donsola, cultivated, JE'/i/Vigrti^-r// / Kritrea : Mount (Jhedem, 

 near Massowa, 480-1000 ft., Schweinf urfh <^ Riva, 9G I Kordofan : Schitiingul,iy««c/, 

 175 ! Arashkol Mouncain, Kotschy, 197 ! Ethiopia, Kots-chy, 198 1 Darfur, Purdi/, 

 91 ! Abyssinia : Chelicut, Fefit ! 



XMEozamb. X>lst. Geripan East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2S02 1 

 Portuguese East Africa : Kios de Sena, Peters j Inhainbaiie, Scott I Unangu to Lake 

 Shirwa, Johnson, 76 ! 



Widely spread in Tropical Asia, and often cultivated. 



2. O. canum, Si7ns in Bot. May. t. 2452; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 

 o2. All erect much-branched annual, with densely pubescent stems 

 1-2 ft. long. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate or lanceolate, more or less 

 pubescent, 1-2 in. long, entire or obscurely crenate. Racemes mode- 

 rately dense, 3-6 in. long ; axis very pubescent ; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts small, ovate, deciduous. Calyx finally ^ in. long ; upper lobe 

 oibicular, much longer than the hairy very short campanulate tube ; 

 lateral lobes minute ; two lower deltoid, mucronate, protruding beyond 

 the upper. Corolla white, J in. long. Stamens much exserted, the 

 posticous pair appendiculate at the base. — Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 

 487; Vatke in Linn<Ta, xliii. 83; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 125; 

 Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134; Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Bele^. 

 xxxvi. p. 83 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 607. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Lelievre. Cape Verd Islands : St. lago Island, 

 Hooker, 121 ! Lagos : Eferin Osliu, Moloney ! Abeokuta, Irving, 131 ! Niger 

 Territory : Xupe, Baikie ! Borgu, Barter, 868 ! Cameroons : Batanga, Bates, 203 ! 

 Fernando Po, Voyel, 32 ! Barter ! 



Wile Ziand. Ethiopia, Koischy, 568 ! Galabat : Matannna, Schiceinfur/h, 

 2VM Somaliland : Boobi, James <^ Thrupp ! British East Africa: Jur : Jur 

 Ghattas, Schwein/urth, 3019 ! Moru ; Neangara, Miirie ! fnyoro, Speke 4* Grant ! 

 I 'kamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6427! Taita; Ndara Mountain, Hildebrandt, 

 3394: 



Ziower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lukungu, Hens, 393. Angola, Welicitsrh. 

 5566! 5567! 5569! 5570! 5574! 5583! 5617^! 



South Central. Congo P>ee State : Mombnttu ; Munza, Schwein/urth, 3391 ! 

 bctneen Lusambo and the Loniami River, Laurent. 



XVXozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2841 ! 

 British Central Africa: Nyasalaiid ; ISIonkey Bay, H)00 ft., Whyte ! Tanganyika 

 Plateau, at Fort Hill, Whyte! 



Widely spread in Tropical Asia, often cultivated. 



3. O. viride, Willd. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. ;J4. A perennial 

 3-6 ft. high, with much-branched glabrous stems. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, oblong, acute, membranous, 3-4 in. long, glabrous on hM\ 

 sides, or obscurely pubescent beneath. Ricemes lax, copiously 



