Ocimum.] cii. labiat.b (uakeu). :U3 



21. O. usaramense, Gilrke in Kmjl. Jahrh. xxvi. 79. Stem simple, 

 erect, pubescent. Leaves subsessile or shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 

 2^-3 in. long, under an inch broad, acute or obtuse, narrowed to the 

 base, obscurely toothed, pubescent on both surfaces. Bracts lanceolate, 

 ^-\ in. long; pedicels yV-J in. long. Calyx pubescent, finally \ in. 

 long ; upper tooth orbicular, obtuse ; lateral teeth obsolete ; lower very 

 long, setaceous. Filaments of upper stamens with a tooth at the bnse. 



XVXozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usaramo, Sfuhlmann, 9292. 



22. O. Descampsii, Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 8:>. 

 An undershrub, with pubescent dull green divaricate branches. Leaves 

 subsessile, oblong, h in. long, subacute, narrowed to the base, entire, 

 dull green above with scattered short hairs, subglabrous and gland - 

 dotted beneath. Whorls few, 6-flowered, forming a dense terminal 

 head ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, pilose, as lohg as the calyx. Flower- 

 calyx \-\ in. long ; tube campanulate, densely clothed with short white 

 hairs ; upper tooth ovate, obtuse ; lower teeth small, setaceous. Corolla- 

 tube produced y\j in. from the throat of the calyx ; upper lip obovate, 

 J in. long. Stamens much exserted. 



South Central. Congo Free State: M'Tovvh, on Lake Tanganyika, Z)(?.9ra;«;Av. 



2o. O. filamentosum, Forsk. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 3(i. A 

 much-branched erect low shrub, with densely pubescent branches. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, finely serrated, pubescent, 

 lJ-2 in. long. Racemes few, at first dense, finally lax in the lower 

 half, 4-0 in. long ; rhachis pubescent ; pedicels not very short ; bracts 

 deciduous. Calyx finally J in. long; tube campanulate; upper lobe 

 orbicular, as long as the tube ; two lower teeth with large cusps, as long 

 as the upper. Corolla white, J in. long ; tube as long as the calyx ; 

 lips shorter than the tube. Stamens twice as long as the corolla ; two 

 upper filaments with a villous tooth near the base. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 177; Yatke in Linnjea, xxxvii. 314; Engl. Hochgebirgsti. 

 Trop. Afr. 357. 0. grandiflorum, L'Herit. Stirp. 80, t. 43. Bechium 

 bicolor, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 15. 



irile Iiand. Eritrea: environs of Acrur, 6000 ft., Schiveinfurth S; Rira^ V7o ! 

 Bogos ; Atirba, Steudner, 1424! Abyssinia: Tigre : at the foot of Mount Sholoiln, 

 Schimper, 151! near Adowa, Schimper, 18-i9! and witliout precise locality, Bruct, 

 Petit ! Parhym ! Schimper, 20a ! 20b ! 



Also in Arabia. 



24. O. gracile, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 39. An erect annual, 

 with much-branched pubescent stems i-1 ft. long. Leaves small, 

 shortly petioled, oblong, obtuse, crenate*', shortly pubescent on both 

 sides. Racemes many, simple; rhachis very slender; whorls usually 

 2-3-flowered ; pedicels not very short; bracts minute. Calyx /. in. 

 long ; upper lip ovate, as long as the campanulate tube ; lower with two 

 largo cusps. Corolla very small. Stamens not exserted ; filaments of 

 the two upper appendiculate w;th a tuft of hairs. 



