344 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Ocimum. 



Mozamba Slst. Zanzibar, Bojer ! Kirk! Hildehrandt, 998! (rerman East 

 Africa : Usambara : Amboni, Hoist, 2714 ! 



25. O. Camporum, Gilrke in Engl. PJl. Ost-Afr. C. 350. An 

 undershrub with villous branches. Leaves subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 subobtuse, narrowed to the base, |^1 in. long, densely pubescent on 

 both surfaces. Racemes very lax ; central cymes shortly peduncled ; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts small, suborbicular, pubescent, persistent. 

 Flower-calyx ^ in. long ; tube campanulate, pubescent ; upper tooth 

 orbicular, not cuspidate ; lateral teeth oblong, subacute ; lower very 

 acuminate. Corolla 2-?> times the length of the calyx. Stamens included ; 

 filaments with a tuft of hairs at the base. 



Mozamb. 3>l8t, German East Africa : Kilimanjaro : by the River Hinio, 

 3000 ft., Volkens, 1739 ! 



'2G. O. citriodorum. Vis. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 39. Suflfruti- 

 cose. Stems pubescent. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, crenate- 

 glabrous. Racemes lax, simple; whorls many-flowered; bracts acute, 

 entire, shortly petioled, ciliate. Calyx villous outside and at the throat ; 

 upper lip orbicular ; lateral teeth broadly ovate, apiculate ; lower lanceo- 

 late subulate. Corolla violet-blue, longer than the calyx. Filaments of 

 the upper stamens villous above the base. 



nrile Iiand. Nubia ; cultivated in the botanic garden at Padua in 1840. 



27. O. Hanningtoniiy Baker. Perennial ; stem short, densely 

 hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, crenate, rugose, coriaceous, 

 under 1 in. long, densely hairy, especially below. Racemes very long 

 and lax; whorls many- flowered ; pedicels very short; bracts small, 

 deciduous. Calyx finally J in. long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as 

 the tube ; lower cusps large. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens not exserted ; upper filaments with a tutt of hairs at their 

 insertion in the corolla-tube. 



Mozaxnb. Sist. German East Africa : without precise locality, Haunhigtou ! 



28. O. Rothii, Baker. Shrubby, erect, much branched ; stems 

 haiiy. Leaves small, petioled, ovate, crenate, very hairy beneath, Jess 

 so above. Racemes long, lax ; rhachis very hairy ; flowers few in a 

 whorl ; pedicels very hairy, finally J in. long ; bracts small, deciduous. 

 Calyx finally \ in. long ; upper lip ovate, decurrent, shorter than the 

 tube ; lower cusps moderately large. Corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Stamens not exserted ; upper filaments with a tuft of hairs 

 above the base. 



"Krile Xiand. Abyssinia : Shoa ; Ankober, Both, 500 ! 



29. O. thyxnoides. Baker. Perennial, closely resembling 0. raen- 

 thxjcfolium in habit. Stems very slender, slightly hairy.. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, small, ovate, membranous, obscurely toothed, slightly 

 pubescent. Racemes long, very lax ; whorls many-flowered ; pedicels 

 very short; bracts ovate or lanceolate, foliaceous, about as long as the 



