Orthosiphon^ cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 615 



Buborbicnlar compressed nearly smooth. Wall. Cat. 2721 ; Hook. Ic. PL 

 t. 459. O. virgatus, Benth. II. c. ; Wall. Cat. 2722. Ocimum tuberosum, 

 Roxb. Fl. Itid. iii. 18. Plectranthus rubicundus & virgatus, Dun Prodr. 

 1 Itf. -v P. mollissimus, Wall. mss. P. amoenus, Wall. Lumnitzera rubi- 

 cnnda & Virata, Spreng. Syst., Cur. post. 223. Ocimum Miria, Ham. in 

 Wall. Gat. 2722. O. ruiticundum & virgatum, Ham. mss. O. moilissimum, 

 Wall. mss. O. tuberosum, Roxb. mss. 



WESTERN SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA. ; from Central Nepal to Jama, alt. 2-1000 ft. 

 and southward to the Circars and Nilghiris. AVA; Wallich. DISTUIB. Upper 

 Hurma. 



Stem 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 2-4 in., variable in breadth, and toothing obtuse or 

 acute, base cuneate. Corolla g-J in., white rose or pink, throat funnel-shaped. 

 Outlets punctulate. 



VAR. rigida ; leaves petiolate. 0. rubicundus, v. rigida, Benth. II. c. Ocimum 

 rigidum, Ham. 



VAR. ? HohenacJceri ; smaller, laxly tomentose, leaves 1 in., corolla in., fruiting 

 calyx smaller ^ in. Nilghiri Mts. ; Hohenacker, n. 1394. Possibly a distinct species, 

 but the specimens are insufficient. The nutlets are as in O. rubicundus? 



7. O. comosus, Wight mss. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 52 ; tomentose, 

 shrubby, branches opposite terete leafy, leaves close set oblong or linear- 

 oblong or obovate obtuse crenate, racemes sessile, bracts deciduous upper 

 very large coloured, calyx tubular, lips subequal in length, 4 lower teeth sub- 

 equal subulate. O. bracteatus, Wight Ic. t. 1428. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Shevagherry and Tinnevelly Hills, Wight, Beddome. 



This differs greatly in habit from its congeners. Wight figures the stem as 4-angled, 

 but they appear quite cylindric. Branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves f-1 in., 

 rugose. Sac his of raceme stout ; whorls 6-fld.; flowers suberect. Calyx nearly k i., 

 upper lip orbicular, straight. Corolla f-1 in., pubescent, tube very slender. Nutlets 

 uot seen. 



*** Calyx-throat naked. Stamens far exserted. 



8. O. stamineus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 29, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 52 ; slender, glabrous or pubescent, leaves petioled ovate 

 acuminate coarsely toothed, base cuneate, calyx campanulate, 2 lower teeth 

 subulate, corolla-tube thrice as long very slender, filaments capillary twice 

 as long as the corolla. Wall. Cat. 2727 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5833 ; Miquel FL 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 944. Ocimum grandiflorum, Blame Bijd. 835. O. longiflorum, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2727. 



ASSAM ; Jenkins. BuRJf A and MARTABAN ; Wallich. DECCA.N PENINSULA ; 

 Anamallay Hills, Wight. NICOBAR ISLANDS. DJSTRIB. Malay and Philippine 

 Islands, Australia. 



Stem 1-2 ft., 4-angled. Leaves in distant pairs, 2-4 in., narrowed into the petiole. 

 Racemes very lax-fld. Calyx in. Corolla 1 in., glabrous, white or puiylioh. 

 Nutlets broadly oblong, compressed, rugulose. 



9. O. scapig-er, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 15, Lab. 28, and in DC. 



Prodr. xii. 52 ; glabrous, stem very short, leaves subradical petioled oblong 

 obtuse coarsely crenate, racemes very long, calyx campanulate, 4 lower teeth 

 subulate, corolla- tube short, throat funnel-shaped, filaments twice as long as 

 the limb, nutlets oblong rugulose. Wall. Cat. 2726 (scapigerum). 



NEPAL; Wallich. 



RootstocJc short, woody. Leaves 4-6 in., narrowed into a short or long slender 

 petiole. Racemes 1 foot, strict, puberulous. Calyx ^ in. Corolla |-| in. long, blue ; 

 upper lip short, 4-toothed ; lower longer, concave. 



