Ocimum.] vu. labiatvE (baker). ;{4 1 



]o. O. tomentosum, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 15l^9. A dwarf 

 perennial, with a shrubby base and branches coated with dense white 

 stellate pubescence. Leaves shortly petioled, small, broadly on ate, 

 entire, thick, densely pubescent, especially beneath. Racemes short, 

 the lowest whorl subtended by an ordinary leaf; rhachis densely 

 tomentose; pedicels short. Calyx \ in. long; tube campanulate, 

 densely coated with white tomentum ; upper lip small, orbicular ; 

 4 lower teeth very small. Corolla not much longer than the calyx ; 

 lips short, tomentose outside. Stamens much exserted; filaments of 

 the two upper with a large hairy tooth above the base. 



wile Xiand. Somaliland': Hahi, James S( Thrupi) I 



14. O. linearifolium. Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. \i\'2. A dwaif 

 perennial, with minutely pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, linear, ^-| 

 in. long, entire, green and pubescent on both surfaces. Whorls 1-2, 

 the flowers crowded so that they appear to form a dense head ; 

 pedicels scarcely any; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx J in. long; 

 upper tooth ovate, decurrent ; lateral teeth truncate, clothed with 

 white tomentum; lower short, setaceous. Corolla protruding \ in. 

 from the throat of the calyx. Stamens much exserted. 



Iio^irer Culnea. Angola : Kuango River, Pogge, 357. 



15. O. poggeanum, /?ri<7i<ei in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 163. Perennial, 

 with slender subglabrous stems ; internodes 3-5 in. long. Leaves 

 linear, \—'l in. long, \-\ lin. broad, sub-entire or minutely denticu- 

 late, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Racemes 2-3 in. long; 

 lower whorls remote ; pedicels very short, densel}'' pubescent ; bracts 

 deciduous. Flower-calyx \ in. long ; upper tooth ovate, decurrent ; 

 lateral teeth ovate-cuspidate, fimbriated and villous on the margin ; 

 lower setaceous. Corolla protruding \ in. from the throat of the calyx. 



Xiower Culnea. Angola : Kuango Kiver, Pogge, 355. 



16. O. xnodestuxn, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 162. A perennial, 

 with slender branches, pubescent towards the apex. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, |-1 in. long, acute, entire, green and pubescent on both 

 surfaces. Whorls (except the lower) congested into a terminal head ; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts deciduous. Flower-calyx \ in. long ; upper 

 tooth ovate, decurrent ; lateral teeth and lower short. Corolla pro- 

 truding \ in, beyond the throat of the calyx. Stamens much exsei-t<d. 



ILower Guinea. Angola : province of Huilla, Welwitsch, 5518 I 



17. O. Stahlmanni, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xix. r.>6. Stems 

 herbaceous from a woody base, puberulous or glabrous. Leaver ^essile 

 or shortly petioled, linear or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 in, long, ,\, \ in, 

 broad, acute, entire or remotely serrated, glabrous on both sides. 

 Racemes short, simple ; bracts linear-lanceolate ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx. Calyx \-\ in, long, pilose, reflexed in fruit, adpressed to the 

 stem ; upper tooth orbicular-mucronate ; lateral teeth broad, truncate ; 



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