348 cii. LABiATiE (baker). [Ocimum. 



Calyx pilose, finally ^ in. long ; upper tooth orbicular, decurrent ; the 

 others cuspidate. Corolla J in. long ; tube as long as the calyx ; upper 

 lip oblong; lower rather longer. Stamens exserted ; filaments glabrous, 

 not appendiculate at the base. Style longer than the stamens. 



irile Xiand. Somaliland : Golis range, at Shaile (? Sheikh) Pass, 3000-4000 ft., 

 Miss Edith Cole ! 



41. O. BncHananii, Baker. A tall perennial herb, with the habit 

 of 0. gratissimum. Stems erect, glabrous. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong 

 or ovate-oblong, crenate, cuneate at the base, 2-8 in. long, subglabrous. 

 Kacemes moderately dense, 8-6 in. long ; whorls many-flowered ; rhachis 

 hairy ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels \-\ in. long. Fruit-calyx J in. 

 long ; upper lip orbicular, as long as the tube ; basal cusps very large. 

 Corolla not much longer than the calyx. Stamens short, all inserted 

 high up in the corolla-tube ; upper filaments not appendiculate. 



Xttozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 common, Buchanan, 81 ! Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Plains of Zomba, 

 2500-3000 ft., Whyte ! Blautyre, in waste places, Scott ! 



42. O. laxiflomm, Baker. Perennial. Stems long, slender, erect, 

 slightly hairy. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, ovate, crenate, 

 1-1 J in. long, slightly hairy beneath. Racemes very long and lax; 

 flowei-s about 4 in a whorl ; pedicels finally J in. long ; bracts small, 

 foliaceous. Calyx finally ^ in. long ; upper lip ovate, shorter than the 

 tube ; lower cusps longer. Corolla a little longer than the calyx ; upper 

 filaments naked. 



laO'weT Guinea. Angola : province of Pungo Andongo and Golungo Alto, 

 Welwitsch, 5552 ! 5554 ! 



43. O ? membranaceum, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 41. Stem 

 erect, villous, apparently herbaceous. Leaves shortly-petioled, ovate, 

 obtuse, rounded at the base, crenate, rugose, villous. Raceme 4-6 in. 

 long ; whorls about 10-flowered ; lower bracts like the stem-leaves ; 

 upper smaller. Calyx oblong, pubescent ; upper lip orbicular, scarcely 

 decurrent ; lower cusps linear, subulate. Corolla scarcely longer than 

 the calyx ; upper filaments naked. 



]bower Guinea. Angola ; in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 



Imperfectly known species, 



44. O. Menyhartii, Gilrke in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 556. A 

 dwarf undershrub, with pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, linear, H in. 

 long, ^-1 lin. broad, entire or sometimes toothed, pubescent on both 

 surfaces. Whorls remote, usually 2-flowered ; bracts small, lanceolate; 

 pedicels yV-| in. long. Calyx between tubular and campanulate ; upper 

 tooth broadly ovate, subacute ; lateral teeth short, deltoid-cuspidate ; 

 lower subulate, curved, rigid, longer than the upper. 



Blozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, Meny- 

 harth, 810. 



