614 cxir. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Orthosiphon. 



VAR. vltcosa ; usually taller and stouter,viscidly pubescent or tomentose with spread- 

 ing hairs, leaves 1-3 in*, base often cordate, petiole slender, corolla -f in. twice or 

 thrice as long as the calyx. O. viscosus, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2723 and 11. c. 

 On the Ghats from Canara southwards. 



VAE. rubiginosa, Clarke mss. ; branches and leaves beneath clothed with a fine close 

 rusty pubescence, leaves of var. viscida, flowers rather larger. Nilghiris; Wiyht, 

 Clarke, &c. 



VAR. glabrata ; usually more slender, quite glabrous or sparsely patently hairy, 

 leaves 1-3 in., usually broadly ovate-cordate or.base rounded coarsely toothed, petiole 

 sometimes as long as the blade and very slender, .corolla about \ in., tube slender 2-3 

 times as long as the calyx. O. glabratus, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2724, and 11. c. ; 

 I D'alz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 205 ; Thwaites Enum. 237. ? Ociinum thymiflormn, Roth 

 , 'Nov. Sp. 269. ? Plectranthus thymiflorus, Spreng. Syst. ii. 690. Ocimum glaucum, 

 Heyne in Herb. Rottl. O. ascendens, Wight, and O. cordifolium, Herb. Madr. in 

 Wall. Cat. Gammon from the Concan southwards. Ceylon common. Thwaites 

 remarks that this in Ceylon varies much in the size of the flowers. O. petiolaris, 

 Miquel, of Java, with the habit of this, differs in the narrow bracts and form of the 

 calyx. 



- VAE. parviflora ; pubescent or glabrate, leaves |-| in. ovate, calyx shorter broader, 

 fruiting % in. long campanulate, corolla \ in. long very narrow, twice as long as the 

 calyx. O. tomentosus, var. parviflora, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 51. Nilghiris; 

 Wight, &c. Probably a distinct species. 



4. O. incur vus, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2725, and in Wall. PI. As. Ear. 

 ii. 15, Lab. 28, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 52 ; pubernlous, pubescent or tomen- 

 tose, stem usually subsimple ascending 4-angled, leaves 3-6 in. petioled 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely crenate, bracts ovate, 2 lower calyx-teeth 

 awned, corolla ^-1 in. straight or incurved, nutlets broadly ellipsoid com- 

 pressed asperulous. Hook. Sot. Mag, t. 3847 ; Maund Botanist, iv. 

 t. 173. 



SUBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Hamilton; Sikkim (Herb. Griff".), J. D. H., 

 &c. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-4000 fc. ; Bruce, Masters, &c. 



Stem 1-3 ft., rarely branched. Leaves narrowed into winged petioles | 3 in. long, 

 rough or smooth above, sometimes of a fine purple beneath. Calyx in fruit J in. ; 

 lateral teeth triangular, hardly awned. Corolla pale pink, variable in size and curva- 

 ture. O. rubicundus, Benth., consists of two plants, one of which with petioled 

 leaves I refer to 0. incurvus, the other with more lanceolate subsessile leaves is the 

 true rubicundus, Bth. 



VAE. elata ; tall, branched, racemes densely tomentose, bracts larger longer than 

 the pedicels. E. Nepal, Tambur and Khabili rivers, alt. 4-6000 ft,; J. D. H. A 

 very large form with ovate-lanceolate leaves 4-7 in. long, scaberulous above and 

 beneath. Corolla % in. long, tube slender. 



5. O. robustus, HooTc.f. ; finely pubescent, stem robust terete, leaves 

 5-6 in. shortly petiole! oblong-lanceolate subacute obscurely crenate, bracts 

 ovate acute, 2 lower calyx-teeth awned, corolla 1 in. 



ASSAM j Jyrung Hills, Simons (Herb. Calcutt.}. 



Whole plant when dried a dark rusty purple colour, clothed uniformly with a 

 fine pubescence. Stem nearly as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 2% in. broad, base 

 cuueate ; petiole stout, |-f in. Racemes stout, whorls rather distant. Fruiting calyx 

 (unripe) in. long. 



tf Leaves sessile, rarely petioled in 0. rubicundus. 



6. O. rubicundus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear: ii. 141, Lab. 26, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 57; erect, tomentose pubescent or glabrate, stems 4-angled, 

 leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely toothed, bracts minute, 4 lower 

 calyx-teeth subulate, corolla twice as long as the calyx pubescent, nutlets 



