56 HORT. MAL. VOL. X. 



Tab. 79. Desmochaeta prostrata of D C. Achyranthes prostrata 

 of Lin. Burman. 



Lamarck and Roxburgh, as well as Burman, have quoted this figure for A. pros. 

 trata, and, per contra, Dennstedt has queried whether it may not be the 

 A. argentea of Lamarck. Gmelin's inaccuracies are so frequent that it would 

 be almost endless to notice them, and instead of vol. 10, tab. 40 and tab. 69, he 

 has referred to this figure both for Verbesina biflora and Sida radicans. 



80. Polygonum rivulare. Roxb. 



81. Acalypha indica. Lin. 



82. Tragia mercurialis. Lin. 



83. Tragia mercurialis. Var. Denn. 



Quoted by Linnaeus, Burman, and Roxburgh, for a variety of Acalypha 

 indica. 



84. Plectranthus cordifolius. Bentham. 



Quoted by Lamarck for the Linnean Ocymum polystachyon, which is said by 

 Roxburgh to inhabit ditches and wet places, whereas Rheede has described 

 this plant, ' nascens in arenosis,' and, as was suspected by Dr. Hamilton, 

 it is more likely to be the 0. molle of Willdenow. 



85. OcymumvirgatumofThunberg. Denn. ? O. sanctum. Roxb. 



In Burmtn's Index this figure is quoted for O. inodorum of the Flora Indica, but 

 Rheede has described it 'odoris grati,' and it is quoted jointly with tab. 87 

 for O. basilicum by Lamarck. 



86. Ocymum gratissimum of Lin. Burman. 



87. Ocymum Basilicum Var. anisatum. Bentham. O. Basili- 



cum. Lam. O. sanctum. Burman. 



In the Index to the Hortus Malabaricus (with an unintelligible reference to the 

 Flora Indica of his son) the name of O. sanctum was first used for the present 

 plant by the elder Burman, and its being held sacred by the Brahmins is men- 

 tioned by Rheede, although other species also are said to be used in their temples. 

 The name of O. sanctum by almost every author appears to have been given 

 to a different species, so as to occasion much confusion ; but, if retained, it 

 belongs on the score of priority to O. Basilicum. This figure is quoted by 

 Roxburgh for his O. villosum. 



88. Anisomeles ovata of Hort. Kew. Bentham. Ajuga disticha. 



Roxb. 



Quoted with a query by Dennstedt for the Linnean Nepela amboymca, which is 

 arranged as a variety of this species by Bentham. The A. ovata is said, in 

 the Hortus Kewensis, to have been first introduced to this country in 1783, 

 by John, Earl of Bute ; but it appears, by the Almagestum Botanicum, p. 81, 

 to have been cultivated at Hampton Court in the days of Plukenet. 



89. 



I have not met with any reference to this figure ; Rheede's name for the species, 

 equally with the foregoing tab. 6, and vol. ix. tab. 85, might lead us to suppose 

 that it belongs to Lamarck's genus Ambulia, but it has alternate leaves, and 

 differs essentially in other points. 



