Ocimum L. 477 



358. OCIMUM (GYMNOCIMUM) iUlACHIATUM Bl. 



Char. Gcu. cf. Msn. Geii. ^282. Conuu. 191. 1. Endl. Gcn. 3569.<^- . 



Char. Spec. cf. AVlp, Kprt. III. 488. 10, scd erroncii sectioni: Ochnodon 

 adscripta ct inter 0. micranlhum Wld. et 0. campcchianum Mill. 

 (Wlp. 1. c. 490. 24. 25) poncnda spccics. O. sa^ichini L. Wlp. 1. c. 

 488. 18 (Bl. Bijdr. 831, qui folia habet utrinquc acuta, bractcasque 

 subcordatas!) valdc afline, sed dilfcrt: lilamentis superioribus basi pi- 

 loruni fasciculo appcndiculatis, dum in nostro filamcnta omnia basi 

 pilis nunc valde abbrcviatis patentibus raris obsessa reperiuntur! — 

 an species utraquc conjungcnda ? 



Descrpt. Herbae fragrantes, in hortis prope Bata- 

 viani ubique frequentissimae , annuae; caulis erectus, basi 

 nunc suffruticosus persistens, 2 — 3 ped. altus, fastigiato-ra- 

 mosus ct rami molliter patenti-, dcin obverse pubescentes, 

 laete virides, inferni sub-tetragoni ; internodia 1,0 — 2,0 poll. 

 longa, summorum ramulorum lcviter sulcata; rami superiores 

 longiores, omnes erecto-patentes oppositi, cruciatim dispositi ; 

 stipularuni loco annulus pilorum albidorum densus jconfer- 

 torum; folia opposita m petiohim 0,5 — 1,5 poU. longum, al- 

 bido-virescentem , patenti-pilosum , semi-teretem, plus minus 

 attenuata, oblonga aut oblongo-ovalia , basi acuta, aequalia 

 aut inaequalia, nunc breviter attenuata, nunc obtusa, apicc 

 acuta, serrato-dentata, juniora undulata, versus basin integer- 

 rima, 0,8 — 2,5 poll. longa, 0,5 — 1,3 poll. lata, utrinque g]a- 

 bra et (e pilis deciduis?) exsculpto-punctata, subtus uniner- 

 via, depresso-puberula, margine minute adprcsseque antror- 

 sum ciliata, ncrvo medio cum lateribus suboppositis, 5-jugis, 

 dichotomis, adscendenti-erectis, supra excavato, subtus promi- 

 nulo ; racemi terminales plerumque sub-paniculati, 2,0 — 3,5 

 poU. aki, erecti, stricti, in prima evohitione spicam fingentes 

 solitariam aut accedentibus binis basahbus lateralibus ternam, 

 0,15 poll. longam, 0,0G polL latam , tetragonam, e bracteis 

 adpressis, erectis 4-fariam, imbricatam, liisce medio et apice 

 subrecurvo viridibus, margine albido-lanatis, inde ad angulos 

 viridem et inter hos albidam; hracteae primo (in racemis 

 magis evolutis) erectae, 3-florae, florum alabastra foventes, 

 concavac, basi inferiorcs brcviter pctiolatac subrotundo-ovatae, 



