LABIATE. I. OCYMUM. 



673 



manv authors. O. pubescens, Mill. diet. O. montanum, Hook, 

 hot. mag. 2996. Stem bluntly tetragonal. Leaves glabrous, or 

 pubescent, glandular beneath. Corolla white, or pale purple, 

 inclosed in the calyx. 



Small-Jion-ered Bas\\. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



22 O. CAMPECHIA'NUM (Mill. diet. no. 5.) stem erect, villous, 

 at length glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, a little serrated, cuneate or narrowed at the base, canes- 

 cent beneath ; petioles and nerves of leaves hairy ; floral leaves 

 bractea-formed, broad, deciduous ; fructiferous calyx deflexed, 

 oblong, hispid : upper tooth obtuse, concave : lower ones end- 

 ing in long awns like most of the species. Native of New- 

 Spain ; at Campeachy, Miller. This species differs from O. 

 micranthum in the stem being hairy, especially at the nodi, as 

 well as on the nerves and petioles of the leaves, and in the leaves 

 being smaller and canescent beneath. Corollas white. 



Campeachy Basil. PI. 2 feet. 



23 O. OVA'TUM (Benth. lab. p. 13.) stems erect, a little 

 branched ; leaves nearly sessile, broad-ovate, a little toothed, 

 rounded at the base, smoothish, or hispid : floral ones bractea- 

 formed, deciduous ; racemes short ; fructiferous calyx ovate, 

 inflated, deflexed : upper tooth ovate-oblong, obtuse, concave ; 

 corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. I/ . S. Native of the 

 South of Brazil, Sello. Stem villous. Leaves bluntish, entire, 

 or 1-2-toothed. 



Otate-leaved Basil. PI. J to 1 foot. 



2-i O. NUDICAE'LE (Benth. lab. p. 14.) stem simple, naked ; 

 leaves approximate at the base of the stem, hardly petiolate, 

 ovate roundish, rather pilose ; racemes elongated ; calyx ovate, 

 deflexed : upper tooth running beyond the middle of the calyx ; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx. Native of the South of 

 Brazil, Sello. Stems rising from a thick woody base, tetra- 

 gonal, glabrous, or downy. 



Naked-ttemmed Basil. PL ascending. 



25 O. RI'GIDUM (Benth. 1. c.) branches erect, strict, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves sessile, stem-clasping, lanceolate, acute, quite en- 

 tire, rounded at the base, stiff, ciliated : floral ones bractea- 

 formed, ciliated ; raceme loose ; whorls 2-flowered ; throat of 

 corolla naked inside ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx, fj. S. 

 Native of Angola. Branches compressedly tetragonal. Rachi 

 of flowers clothed with glandular down. 



Stiff Basil. Shrub. 



26 O. TERETICAU'LE (Poir. diet, suppl. 1. p. 595.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, villous ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, irregularly 

 serrated, narrowed a long way at the base, pubescent on both 

 surfaces : floral ones conform, longer than the flowers : upper 

 ones permanent ; calyx declinate, tubular, hispid ; corolla 

 hardly longer than the calyx. 1? . S. Native of Guinea. O. 

 Thonningii, Schum. pi. guin. in act. roc. hafn. 4-. p. 39. Branches 

 terete. Whorls 6-flowered. Genitals inclosed in the tube. 



Terete-stemmed Basil. Shrub diffuse. 



27 O. BRACTEOSUM (Benth. lab. p. 14.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, pilosely hispid ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lance- 

 olate, acutish, remotely serrated, narrowed at the base, smooth- 

 ish above, and rather hispid beneath : floral ones bractea-form- 

 ed, 2-3-times longer than the calyxes, cuneated, coloured ; fructi- 

 ferous calyxes reflexed, ovate, a little inflated : upper tooth 

 ovate; stamens a little exserted. O- S. Native of the west 

 coast of Africa, within the tropic. Branches bluntly tetragonal. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long, pale beneath. 



Bracteate Basil. PL 1 to H foot. 



28 O. ? DiFFo'stM (Benth. In Wall. pi. rar. ?. p. 14. lab. p. 

 15.) stem suffruticose, diffuse, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 crenated, roundedly cuneated at the base, villously tomentose ; 

 racemes slender, few-flowered ; corolla hardly twice as long as 



VOL. IV. 



the calyx, with a straight tube, and nearly equal throat ; stamens 

 shorter than the corolla. J? . S. Native of the East Indies, in 

 arid places. Shrub much branched, clothed with rather clammy 

 down all over. Whorls 2-4, rarely 6-flowered. 

 Diffuse Basil. Shrub diffuse, humble. 



29 O. ? MEMBRANA'CEUM (Benth. lab. p. 15.) stem erect, vil- 

 lous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded 

 at the base, wrinkled, villous : lower floral ones conform : supe- 

 rior ones bractea-formed, lanceolate, membranous, villous ; 

 racemes simple; whorls usually 10-flowered; calyxes oblong, 

 pubescent : upper tooth orbicular, hardly decurrent, membra- 

 nous ; stamens shorter than the corolla. 0.? S. Native of 

 Angola. Leaves minutely glandular : floral ones sessile. Co- 

 rolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 



Membranous-ca\ys.ed Basil. PL erect. 



J- Species not sufficiently known. 



30 O. AFRICA'KUM (Lour. coch. p. 370.) leaves lanceolate, 

 quite entire, pilose ; spike terminal, verticillate, interrupted. 

 0. S. Native of the eastern coast of Africa, in sandy places. 

 Stem tetragonal, pilose. Leaves pilose, petiolate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. Flowers white, minute. Spikes hairy. Plant sweet- 

 scented. 



African Basil. PL 1 foot. 



31 O. ZATARHE'NDI (Forsk. fl. aegypt. arab. p. 110.) leaves 

 fleshy, cuneate-oblong, generally 4-toothed on both sides, vil- 

 lous, sessile. Tj . G. Native of Arabia Felix. Stem diffuse. 

 Branches terete, villous. Leaves villous, hoary above, and 

 scattered with rusty dots beneath. Whorls 6-flowered. Plant 

 very fragrant. 



Zatarhendi's Basil. Shrub 1 foot. 



32 O. VAA'I.*: (Forsk. fl. segypt. p. 111.) stem tetragonal, 

 bracteate ; roots filauientose ; fruit pilose. Native of Arabia 

 Felix. Plant very sweet-scented. 



Foala's Basil. PL 



33 O. MACROSTA'CHYCM (Poir. diet, suppl. 1. p. 392.) stem 

 suffruticose ; leaves ovate-sublanceolate, obtuse, a little toothed, 

 nearly glabrous ; spike dense, terminal. fj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, at Pondicherry. Stem much branched ; branches 

 pilose. Leaves small, hardly _ petiolate, oval, or oval-oblong, 

 rather fleshy. Flowers dense ; calyxes hairy. 



Long-spiked Basil. Shrub. 



34 O. VISCOSCM (Roth, nov. spec. 274.) plant clammy, very 

 pilose ; leaves obovate- roundish, coarsely and bluntly serrated, 

 reticulately wrinkled beneath ; raceme simple ; bracteas ovate, 

 petiolate ; lower lip of calyx 4-toothed : middle teeth the long- 

 est. Native of the East Indies. Whorls 4-6-flowered. Co- 

 rolla blood red. Filaments toothless. Perhaps a species of 

 Orthosiphon. 



Clammy Basil. PL | to 1 foot. 



35 O. ACU'TCM (Thunb. fl. jap. 248.) racemes filiform ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, serrated ; bracteas hairy. Native of Japan. 

 Stem tetragonal, glabrous. Petioles a little shorter than the 

 leaves, hairy on the midrib beneath. Bracteas ovate, acute, 

 hispid. 



//cute-leaved Basil. PL 



36 O. CRI'SPUM (Thunb. fl. jap. 248.) racemes terminal ; 

 leaves ovate, serrated, curled ; calyxes hispid. Native of Japan, 

 about Nagasaki. Stem tetragonal, villous, branched. Leaves 

 petiolate, acuminated, glabrous, purplish, an inch long ; petioles 

 villous. A decoction of this species is used in Japan to give a 

 deep red colour to radishes, turnips, and various kinds of fruits. 



Curferf-leaved Basil. PL ? 



37 O. Rcoosuii (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 249.) racemes terminal ; 

 4 R 



