LABIATJE. I. OCYMDM. 



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far. i), deiuiflorum (Benth. 1. c.) erect, glabrous ; petioles 

 and calyxes hardly ciliated ; raceme short, a little branched. 

 Q. H. O. Barrelieri, Roth, nov. spec. 278. Plectranthus 

 Barrelieri. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 691. 



far. 6, purpurasccn* (Benth. 1. c.) erect, glabrous, dark pur- 

 ple ; petioles and calyxes hardly ciliated ; raceme elongated, 

 much branched. 0. H. O. medium, Mill. diet. O. nigrum, 

 Thouin. 



far. t, thyrsiflorum (Benth. 1. c.) erect, glabrous ; petioles 

 and calyxes hardly ciliated; raceme thyrsoid, branched. Q. 

 H. O. thyrsiflorum, Lin. mant. 84. Murr. comm. goett. 8. 

 p. 47. t. 5. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 72. 



Common or Sweet- Basil. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1548. PI. 1 

 to H foot. 



3 O. FORSKCE'LII (Benth. lab. p. 6.) stem herbaceous, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, rounded at the base, 

 almost quite entire, smoothish : petioles and nerves ciliated ; 

 racemes simple ; fructiferous calyxes longer than the pedicels, 

 inflated, campanulate, reflexed, ciliated above the gibbosities at 

 the base; upper tooth orbicular, concave. Q. H. Native of 

 Arabia Felix. O. gratissimum, Forsk. fl. aegypt. p. 110. but 

 not of Lin. Allied to the two preceding. Leaves canescent, 

 glabrous above, and hispid on the nerves beneath, hardly cre- 

 nated on the margins. 



Fortkoel's Basil. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



4 O. MI'SIMCM (Lin. spec. 833.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 finely pubescent ; leaves on long petioles, ovate, almost quite 

 entire, glabrous ; petioles naked : floral leaves almost like the 

 others ; raceme simple, short ; whorls loose ; calyxes rather 

 shorter than the pedicels, reflexed in the fructiferous state ; 

 upper tooth orbicular: lower ones short, acute. . H. Na- 

 tive of Chili, near Valparaiso. Schkuhr, handb. 2. t. 166. ? 

 O. salinum Molina, Nat. hist. chil. 291. Much branched. 

 Leaves hardly larger than those of Thymus serpyllum. Corollas 

 white. 



Least Basil. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1573. PI. to 1 foot. 



5 O. SELLOI (Benth. lab. p. 6.) quite glabrous ; stern her- 

 baceous, erect, nearly simple : leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 

 acute, coarsely serrated, subcuneated at the base : floral ones 

 sessile, shorter than the calyx, deciduous; raceme simple; 

 fructiferous calyxes longer than the pedicels, ovate, reflexed, a 

 little; incurved, quite glabrous : upper tooth ovate, obtuse, con- 

 cave. 11 . B. Native of South America ; Brazil, Sello ; New 

 Spain, Mocino et Sesse. Stem branched from the perennial 

 base ; branches simple. Corolla white. 



Sello' s Basil. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



6 O. VI'RIDE Willd. enum. 639.) stem shrubby, branched, 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, crenated, 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous or downy on the ribs : floral 

 leaves bractea-formed, ovate, acuminated, deciduous ; raceme 

 branched ; calyxes about equal in length to the pedicels, nutant 

 in the fructiferous state : upper tooth ovate, acuminated, con- 

 cave ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx ; stamens a little ex- 

 serted. ^ . S. Native of the west coast of Africa, within the 

 tropics. O. viridiflorum, Roth, catal. 54. nov. spec. 279. O. 

 heptodon, Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 59. t. 94. bad. O. febrifugutn, 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 753. Branches subtetragonal, pilose. Leaves 

 glandularly dotted beneath. Calyxes pilose, and glandularly 

 dotted. Corolla small, greenish-white. The leaves of this spe- 

 cies are used in the manner of tea, as a febrifuge, at Sierra 

 Leone, under the name of Fever-plant. 



Green Basil. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1816. Shmb 2 to 4 

 feet. 



7 O. GRATI'SSIMCM (Lin. spec. 832.) stem shrubby, smooth- 

 ish ; leaves petblate, ovate, acute, crenated or coarsely toothed, 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous or downy along the ribs ; floral 



leaves bractea-formed, lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, hastate at the FIG. 74. 

 base ; raceme simple or a little 

 branched at the base, pubes- 

 cent; fructiferous calyxes nu- 

 tant: upper tooth ovate-oblong: 

 lower ones very short ; corolla 

 hardly exceeding the calyx ; 

 stamens exserted. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. O. 

 Zeylanicum, Burm. zeyl. 1 74. 

 t. 80. f. 1. O. frutescens, Mill, 

 diet. no. 6. O. petiolare, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 385. O. gratissi- 

 mum, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 495. 

 Cattu Tirtava, Rheed. mal. 10. 

 p. 171. t. 86. Branches bluntly 

 tetragonal. Pedicels short, and 

 are, as well as the calyxes, pu- 

 bescent. Corollas white, (fig. 74.) 



Very-grateful Basil. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1751. Shrub * 

 to 3 feet. 



8 O. SDA'VE (Willd. enum. 629.) stem shrubby, villous ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, crenated, narrowed 

 at the base, wrinkled, villous ; floral leaves bractea-formed, 

 ovate, acuminated ; raceme somewhat panicled ; whorls 6- 

 flowered ; fructiferous calyxes nutant : upper tooth ovate : late- 

 ral ones truncate ; corolla larger than the calyx. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar. O. urticaefblium, Roth, catal. p. 52. nov. 

 spec. p. 279. O. gratissimum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 386. but not of 

 Lin. O. Zeylanicum, Desf. hort. par. ed. 2d. p. 75. O. villo- 

 sum, Weinm. in syll. pi. ratisb. 1. p. 121. but not of Roxb. O. 

 holosericeum, Breit. ex Steudel. nom. p. 559. Branches 

 bluntly tetragonal. Corolla white, larger than those of the pre- 

 ceding species. Stamens exserted. 



Steeet Basil. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



9 O. BOJE'RI (Benth. lap. p. 8.) stem shrubby, toroentose ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, rounded at the base or cor- 

 date, wrinkled, tomentose ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated ; 

 raceme simple; whorls about 10-flowered; calyxes nutant: 

 upper tooth ovate : lower ones very short ; corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx ; stamens exserted. ^ . S. Native of Ma- 

 dagascar. O. cordifblium, Bojer ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 240. ? 



Bojer's Basil. Clt. 1825. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



10 O. FILAMEXTOSCM (Forsk. fl. aegypt. p. 108.) stem shrub- 

 by, branched, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate-oblong, narrowed at both ends, acutely serrated, 

 finely pubescent ; raceme simple ; calyxes longer than the pedi- 

 cels, reflexed in the fructiferous state : lateral teeth truncate : 

 lower ones shortly mucronate ; corolla 4 times as long as tlie 

 calyx ; genitals much exserted. ^ . S. Native of the eastern 

 coast of Africa, within the tropics : Abyssinia, Bruce ; Arabia 

 Felix, near Mount Melhan, Forsk. O. Abyssinicum, Hort. 

 par. O. grandiflorum, Lher. stirp. 89. t. 43. Branches bluntly 

 tetragonal. Floral leaves coloured. Corolla white; tube ex- 

 serted. 



Thready Basil. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1802. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



11 O. SERPYLLIFOLIDM (Forsfc. fl. ajgypt. p. 110.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches canescent ; leaves oblong, cuneated, quite 

 entire, clothed with hoary tomentum, narrowed at the base ; 

 raceme simple, few-flowered ; whorls loose, 6-flowered ; ca- 

 lyxes declinate, canescent : upper tooth ovate, obtuse : lateral 

 ones ovate, acute : lower ones lanceolate, acuminated ; corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx ; stamens much exserted. J; . 



