448 LAMIACE^. 



/3. anisaiiim, Benth. (/. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. — Ocimum Basilicum, L. 

 spec. 833 ; not Burm. — Roxb.fl. ind. 3, p. 17. — Basilicum citratum. 

 Rumph. 5, t. 93,/. 1 ; — Rheed. 10, t. 87.) Sweet Basil. © Persia. — 

 Very aromatic and fragrant. Fl. small, white, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



y. glabratum, Benth. (/. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. — Ocimum carj'ophyUatum, 

 Rozb. Ji. ind. S, p. 16. — O. integerrimum, Willd. — O. lanceolatum, 

 Schum.) fS^rt^I ^a«nn GoolaUtulsee. 'fe Guinea. Penang. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Patna &c. Fl. smallish-white, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. 

 S. Whole plant very aromatic and fragrant. 



g, thyrsiflorum, Benth. (/. c; — G. Don. a. c. p. 671. — Ocimum thyr- 

 siflorum. L. ; Murr. comm. gott. 8, t. 5 ; — Jacq. h. vind. 3, p. 72 ; — 

 Roxb. /. ind. 3, p. 15.) o". Peninsula of India. Fl, smallish, pale 

 pink, and fr. nearly the whole year. Whole plant very aromatic and 

 fragrant. 

 Z.gratissimum, L. (G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 671 ; — Jacq. rar. 3, t. 



495;— Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 17;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 147.— O. 



zeylanicum, Burm. zeyl. t. SO, /. 1. — O. petiolare. Lam. — Rheed, 



10, t. 86.) ?t5r "^wfjft Ram tulsee. B Only found in gardens. Diffuses 



a very strong degree of fragrance. Fl. white, pale-yellow, and fr. 



nearly the whole year. 



4. adscendens, Willd. (G. Do7i. o. c. p. 672. — O. cristatum, KOn. ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 19. — O. indicum. Roth.; — Plectranthus indicus, 

 Sprcng.) '^•^ ^oisft Bun-tulsee. cf- Peninsula of India. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. small, pale rose-coloured, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Whole 

 plant scentless. 



5. sanctum, L. ((?. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 672; excl. syn. Roxb. — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 3, p. 14 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 147.— O. hirsutum, Benth. 

 in Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, p. 14 ; — O. tomentosum. Lam. — O. tenuiflo- 

 rum. Lam.; — Willd.; not L. — O. frutescens, Bm'm. ind. p. 129; — 

 Burm. zeyl. t. HO, f. 1. — Lumnitzera tenuiflora, Spreng. — Plectran- 

 thus monachorum, Spreng. — Basilicum agreste. Rumph. 5, t. 92, f. 2. 

 —Rheed. 10. t. 85.) ^C^Tl ^I^^T Kalo-tulsee. ^^ 1[«I^ Krishno- 

 tulsee. t Found cultivated about the Hindoo temples. Fl. small, 

 pale purple, and fr. nearly the whole year. Whole plant dark purple, 

 and gratefully smelling. The juice expressed forms one of the ingre- 

 dients of a celebrated and rather effectual nostrum for the cure of 

 ringworms. (Dr. Gibson.) 



G. villosum, Roxb. (fl. ind. 2, p. 13; excl. syn. Rheed. ; not Weinm.) 15^ 

 Tulsee. ■& Common about the Hindoo temples ; aromatic. Fl. small, 

 pale greenish rose-coloured, and fr. the whole year. 



1 . micranthum, Willd. ((?. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 672. — O. frutescens, 

 Sieh. — O. americanum, of several authors. — O. pubescens. Mill. diet. 

 — O. montanum. Hook. ; B. M. 57, t. 2996.) © Tropical America, 

 from Carracas to Rio Janeiro. Fl. small, white or purple, and fr. 

 nearly throughout the year. Whole plant fragrant. 



