370 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Ortfiosiphon . 



018. 0. Ehrenhergii, Vatke in Linnaea, xxxvii. 316. Ocimum rejiejcum, 

 Ehrenb. exSchweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^ohiop. 120. 0.7iepeta'fol'nim, Hochst. 

 ex Vatke, 1. c. 0. rejiexus, var. pallidus, Terracciano in Ann. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma. V 101. 



XTile Xiand. Island of I) iliik, Ehrenherg. Nubia: Erkowit Mountain, near 

 Suakin, Schweinfurth, 211 ! Eritrea : near Massowa, Ehrenherg ; Ailet, Ehrenherg ; 

 Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth, 302 ! near Saati, Schroeinfurth ^ Eiva, 330 ! 

 Abyssinia, Schimper. 



AIjo in Aral)ia and Nortli-West Indir'.. 



17. O. heterochrous, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 173. A branched 

 herb, with reddish-green glabrescent stems. Lecives subsessile or shortly 

 petioled, ovate or ovate-obloag, about 1 in. long, acute or subacute, 

 narrowed to the base, regularly crenate, glabrous en both surfaces 

 Racemes 3-4 in. long, lax towards the base ; bracts deciduous ; axis 

 densely ferrugino-pubescent ; pedicels \ in. long. Calyx violet, ferru- 

 gino-pubescent, especially at the base, \ in. long in flower ; upper tooth 

 ovate, the others setaceous. Corolla protruding |^^J in. from the throat 

 of the calyx ; lower lip yV in. long. Stamens rcciching the tip of the 

 lower lip. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : at tlie River Kuango, Pogge, 366. 



18. O. Stuhlmannii, Gurke in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 349. A 

 branched herb, with pubesgent stems. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, 1-1 J in. long, narrowed to the base, deeply inciso- 

 crenate, glabrous on both surfaces. Whorls 0-flowered, forming lax 

 racemes ; bracts broadly ovate, acute. Calyx naked inside at the 

 throat ; upper tooth suborbicular, obtuse ; lateral teeth deltoid-cuspidate ; 

 lower 3etaceous. Stamens included. 



BKozamb* Dlst. German East Africa : Mwanza, on tbe Victoria Nj,anza, 

 Stuhlmann, 4168. 



19. O. violaceus, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 178. Perennial. 

 Stem short, decumbent, purple, thinly hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenate, rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, \\ in. 

 long, obscurely pubescent beneath, with raised veins. Raceme short ; 

 whorls many-flowered ; pedicels very short ; bracts as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx \ in. long ; upper )ip orbicular, us long as the campanulate tube ; 

 lower cusps small. Corolla a little longer than the calyx. Stamens as 

 long as the corolla. Upper filaments naked. 



Kower Guinea. Angola : province of Huillfi, Welivitsch, 5473 ! 



20. O. villoSTlS, Briquet in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 177. A perennial 

 herb. Stem erect, clothed with short hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 ovate, crenate, rounded at the base, 1-1 J in. long, moderately firm, 

 thinly pubescent on both sides. Raceiries lax, 2-3 in. long ; rhachis 

 hairy; flowers about 6 in a whorl; bracts lanceolate, small ; pedicels 

 \-^ in. long. Fruit-calyx \ in. long; upper lip ovate, shorter than the 

 tube; lower cusps moderately large. Corolla \ in. long. Stamens 



