Odmiim.'] cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 609 



VAR. suavis ; leaves densely softly tomentose on both surfaces. O. suave, Willd. 

 Enum. Hort. Berol. 629; Benth. in DC.Prodr. xii. 35, excl. various syn. ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 236. 0. urticsefolium, Roth Catal. Bot. ii. 52. 0. vnenthaefoliura, Hochet. 

 in Schimp. Herb. Abyss, n. 1860. Ceylon; Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. 

 Distrib. Trop. Africa and Madagascar (apparently native). Cult, in W. Indies, &c. 

 This differs from O. gratissumum only in pubescence. 



4. O. adscendens, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 166 ; herbaceous, puberulous, 

 erect, or prostrate with ascending branches, leaves small oblong-ovate obtuse 

 entire or sparingly toothed, floral lanceolate petiolate, two lower calyx- teeth 

 reduced to short bristles, upper broadly obovate, lateral truncate ciliate, 

 corolla J in. Wall. Cat. 2719; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 35; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 203. O. indicum, Roth Nov. Sp. 273. 0. cristatum,-^oa-6. 

 Hort. Beng. 45, and in Fl. Ind. iii. 19. 0. verticillatum, Heyne in Herb. 

 Hottl. Plectranthus indicus, Spreng. Syst. ii. 691. 



The DEC^N, in sandy places; Heyne, &c. CENTRAL INDIA; Jubbulpore, 

 Beddome. 



Annual, very variable in habit, 416 in. hi<rh ; branches often widely spreading. 

 Leaves 1 in., narrowed into the petiole. Racemes short, rather lax-fid. ; bracts 

 lanceolate, caducous, with a gland at the base. Corolla % in., pale rose. Filaments 

 twice as long as the corolla ; knees dilated, hairy. Fruiting calyx 53 in. ; lower lip 

 as long as the up^er, rather membranous. Nutlets subglobose, compressed, smooth, 

 red-brown. 



5. O. sanctum, Linn. Mant. 85 ; herbaceous, erect, softly patently 

 hairy, leaves oblong obtuse or acute entire or subserrate, floral sessile 

 ovate-lanceolate or cordate, racemes very slender, calyx short, two lower 

 teeth very long-awned longer than the broadly oblong upper, lateral broadly 

 ovate shorter than the lower, corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 14 ; Wall. Cat. 2716; Smth. in DC.Prodr. xii. 38, and in 

 Fl. Austral, v. 74; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 147; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 204; Thwaites Enum. 236; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 539. 0. monachorum, 

 Linn. Mant. 85. O. tenuiflorum, Linn. Sp. PI. 833 ; Benth. in DC. I. c. 39. 

 O. inodorum, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f. 2, and Fl. Ind. 130, not of 

 Kornig.Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f. 1; Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. t. 92, 

 f. 2. Parnassa, Jones in Asiat. Research, iv. 288. 



Throughout INDIA, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. (doubtfully indigenous). 

 CEYLON ; common in waste places, Thwaites. DISTRIB. jMalay Islands to Australia 

 and the Pacific, W. Asia to Arabia. 



Stem sometimes woody below ; branches erect, ascending or spreading. Leaves 

 1-2^ in., variable in breadth, base narrowed. Racemes 6-8 in. long; pedicels as long 

 as the calyx. Corolla very small, hardly longer than the calyx. Filaments exserted, 

 knee villous. Fruiting ealyx ^ in. lonsr, on a slender pedicel, broadly campanulate, 

 membranous. Nutlets subglobose or broadly oblong, slightly compressed, nearly 

 smooth, pale red-brown. 



YAK. himuta; densely pubescent. O. hirsutum, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Bar 

 ii. 14; Wall Cat. 2717? O. villosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 13. O. subserratum, 

 Heyne in Herb. Rottl. South Deccan. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



O. MINIMUM, Linn. (Benth in DC. Prodr. xii. 33), is a very small cultivated 

 form, probably of O. Basilicum (with which it agrees in all essential characters), to 

 which Linnaeus has assigned Ceylon as a habitat. I have seen specimens from gardens 

 in various parts of the world. 



2. amrxospORunx, Wail. 



Herbs. Whorls many-fid., iii long lax racemes or spikes ; bracts often 

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