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LABIATE. I. OCYMUM. 



104 STENOGYNE. Throat of corolla dilated. Cells of an- 

 thers at length divaricate. Lobes of style subulate. 



105 PRA'SIUM. Calyx bilabiate. Tube of corolla inclosed. 



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TRIBE XI. 



AJUGOI'DEJE. Upper lip of corolla sometimes very short, and 

 sometimes cleft ; segments cast down, rarely erect, arched : 

 lower one elongated, Stamens ascending, usually exserted : 

 superior ones shorter, or abortive. 



106 AMETHY'STEA. Superior stamens abortive. 



107 TRICHOSTE'MMA. Limb of corolla nearly equally 5- 

 cleft : segments declinate. 



108 TEU'CIUUM. Segments of corolla 4, nearly equal, or the 

 2 superior ones are larger, all declinate, or very shortly trun- 

 cate : lower one large, rounded or oblong, usually concave. 

 Stamens exserted. 



109 A'JUGA. Superior lip of corolla short or very short. 

 Stamens usually exserted. 



110 CYMA'RIA. Superior lip of corolla elongated, galeate. 



Tribe I. 



OCYMOI'DEjE (from Ocymum, Basil. ; and idea, similar ; 

 liL'cause the plants contained in this section agree with O'cymum 

 in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. p. 1. Stamens 

 declinate. Corolla sub-bilabiate ; 4 upper lobes flat, and nearly 

 equal : or the 2 uppermost ones are joined : lower one declinate, 

 usually of different form, flat, but more often concave, boat- 

 shaped, or saccate. Old anthers usually saucer-shaped. 



I. O'CYMUM (said by Mathiolus to be derived from ow, 

 020, to smell ; on account of the powerful scent of the plants.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 1. O'cymum species of Lin. and other au- 

 thors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx ovate or 

 campanulate, 5-toothed : the upper tooth membranous, with 

 winged, decurrent margins, at length deflexed. Corolla with a 

 short tube ; throat usually campanulate : upper lip quadrifid : 

 lower lip hardly longer, declinate, quite entire, flattish. Sta- 

 mens 4 : lower ones the longest ; filaments free : superior ones 

 usually furnished with a tooth or a fascicle of hairs at the base ; 

 anthers ovate-reniform ; cells confluent. Style bifid at top : 

 lobes subulate or flattish ; stigmas minute or marginal. Ache- 

 nia smooth. Herbs or subshrubs ; whorls 6-flowered, rarely 

 so much as 10-flowered, disposed in interrupted spikes or ra- 

 cemes ; racemes simple, or a little branched at the base, rarely 

 disposed in a thyrsoid panicle. 



SECT. I. OCYMODON (from Ocymum, and oSove odovros, odous 

 odontos, a tooth ; so called because the upper filaments are fur- 

 nished with a tooth at the base.) Benth. lab. p. 3. Superior 

 filaments furnished each with a toothlet at the base. Whorls 

 usually 6-flowered. Pedicels reflexed, usually shorter than the 

 fructiferous calyxes. 



1 O. CA'NUM (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2452.) herbaceous, erect, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, narrowed at both ends, almost 

 quite entire, canescent beneath ; petioles ciliated ; racemes sim- 

 ple ; calyxes longer than the pedicels, reflexed in the fructifer- 

 ous state : upper tooth of calyx orbicular, concave, shortly acu- 

 minated. 0. H. Native of Madagascar, East Indies, China, 

 Brazil, &c. O. Americanum, Lin. amcen. 4. p. 276. spec. 833. 

 but not of Jacq. O. album, Roxb., but not of Lin. O. stami- 

 neum, Sims, bot. mag. 2452. in text. O. incanescens, Mart et 



Spix, reise. bras. 2. p. 787. Very nearly allied to O. Basilicum, 

 but the flowers are not half the size, and the habit distinct. 

 Corollas white. 



/Hoary Basil. Fl. July. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 foot. 

 /2 O. BASI'LICUM (Lin. spec. 833.) herbaceous, glabrous, 

 erect, or ascending ; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, narrowed 

 at the base, a little toothed ; petioles ciliated; racemes simple ; 

 calyxes longer than the pedicels, reflexed in the fructiferous 

 state : upper tooth ovate, concave, shortly acuminated. Q. H. 

 Native of the East Indies, and tropical Africa. Corollas of all 

 white. The sweet or larger Basil, O. Basilicwn, Basilic, Fr. ; Ba- 

 silikum, Germ. ; Basilica, Ital. ; is a tender annual plant, highly 

 aromatic. The bush, or Least Basil, is the 0. minimum, is 

 also an aromatic plant, but more diminutive than the sweet 

 Basil, forming a round bushy head. The leaves and small 

 branches, or leafy tops of both these species, are the parts 

 gathered for culinary purposes, on account of their strong fla- 

 vour of cloves, to be used in highly seasoned dishes. A few 

 leaves are sometimes introduced into salad, and not unfrequently 

 into soups. Both species are raised from seeds ; and a seed bed of 

 3 feet by If, to furnish plants for a final transplanting, in a bed 4 

 feet by 1 2 ; a quarter of an ounce will be sufficient. Sow on a hot- 

 bed, in the end of March, and plant out in a warm border of rich 

 soil ; the larger at 8 or 10 inches every way. Sometimes both 

 sorts are sown in the open border ; but so treated they come up 

 late and small. In transplanting from the hot-bed, take care to 

 raise the plants in small tufts or single plants, with balls attach- 

 ed, by which they receive no check ; and if watered after plant- 

 ing, and in dry weather, will soon produce abundance of tops. 

 Seed can only be saved in England in warm dry seasons, and 

 under the most favourable circumstances of situation and preco- xv 

 city. In general it is procured from Italy by the seedsmen. 



Var. a, pilosum (Benth. lab. p. 4.) stem much branched, 

 ascending ; leaves small, oblong, quite entire ; petioles and 

 whorles of flowers very pilose ; racemes elongated ; corolla usu- 

 ally glabrous. O. minimum, Burm. p. 129. but not of Lin. 

 O. basilicum, Burm. ind. 129. O. hispidum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 

 384. O. pilosum, Willd. enum. 2. p. 29. Roxb. hort. beng. 

 p. 45. O. ciliatum, Horn. hort. hafn. O. hispidulum, Schum. 

 pi. guin. in act. acad. hafn. 4. p. 42. Basilicum I'ndicum, 

 Rumph. amb. 5. p. 263. t. 92. f. 1. 



Var. ft, anisutum (Benth. 1. c.) habit of var. a, but more 

 erect and less pilose ; leaves larger, thicker, a little toothed ; 

 corollas usually villous. Q. H. O. Basilicum, Lin. spec. 833. 

 O. anisatum, Hort. Soladi-Tirtava, Rheed. mal. 10. p. 173. 

 t. 87. Basilicum citratum, Rumph. amb. 5. p. 266. t. 93. 

 f. 1. 



Var. y,glabratum (Benth. 1. c.) stem erect; petioles and ca- 

 lyxes sparingly ciliated ; leaves hardly toothed ; racemes elon- 

 gated, simple. Q. H. O. integerrimum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 162. O. caryophyllatum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 45. O. lanceo- 

 latum, Schum. pi. guin. in act. acad. hafn. 4. p. 42. 



Var. $, majus (Benth. 1. c.) leaves ovate, and are, as well as 

 the calyxes, large ; racemes elongated, simple. Q. H. O. 

 majus, Hort. 



Var. , album (Benth. 1. c.) leaves broad-ovate, thickish, 

 toothed ; raceme short, dense, hardly ciliated, canescent ; co- 

 rollas glabrous or villous. Q. H. O. album, Lin. mam. 85. 

 O. laxum, Vahl, herb. O. Americanum. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. 

 t. 86. 



Var. , difforme (Benth. I.e.) leaves blistered, curled, or vari- 

 ously laciniately toothed ; corollas usually villous ; raceme vari- 

 ous. Q. H. O. bullatum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 384. O. urticae- 

 folium, Hortul, but not of Roth. O. fimbriatum, Roth. O. 

 peltatum, Hortul. O. cochleatum, Hort, par. O. scutella- 

 rioides crispum, Burm. 



