ALABASTRA DIVERSA 463 
postico binervi bidentato lateralibus ovatis acuminatis, ovario 
Sialo, stylo pilosiusculo, capsula anguste ellipsoidea acuta 4- 
Hab. egos East Africa, Msai, 1899; Dr. Donaldson Smith 
(Herb. Mus. B 
Spece. She. obviorum caulis 8:0 em. alt., demum puberulus 
Folia circa 1:5 cm. long. et 1-0 cm. lat., subtus pallidiora, petiolis 
circa 0°5 cm. long. fulia. Pedunculi circa 0-7 cm. lon g. 
1-5 em. long., 0°8 cm. diam. Bractew 0°7-0°8 cm. long., 0°3— 
0-4 cm. lat., trinerves. Bracteole 0-7 cm. long. Calycis seg- 
ey posticum 0-6 cm. long. ; segmenta lateralia 0-4 cm. long. 
Corolle tubus paberulus, 2-2 cm. long., ima basi 0:2 cm. medio 
0-1 cm. sub lim ie eel em. diam. Anthere pilose. + Min 
0°35 cm. et stylus . long. sone lg a: ng., 0°3 cm. 
diam. Semina lepidibus ‘ciliatis stig 0-2 cm. dia 
Nearest C. leikipiensis Schweinf., but the obtuse atiolais me 
the extremely short peduncles, ‘i short and narrow spikes, an 
differently shaped bracts afford good distinctive characters. 
Dr. Ranv’s Ruopestan eee 
Ocimum hians Benth. Salisbury, Sept. No. 
Ocimum americanum Mill. Buluwayo, early Ja on and June. 
Nos. 164, 516. 
ma (§ Hrzrocruum) Randii, sp. nov. Caule erecto 
puberulo basi lignoso superne sparsim ramoso rariulis ascendenti- 
a aninr 
flori qQ 
aneciaes sursum anes: sie ae atts as eine 
dense albo-tomentosos multo excedentibus, floribus parvis, calycis 
ato-acu 
rita 1°5-2°0 cm. long., 
Spice usque 
m. long., nunc 
Pedicelli ai 0-1 cm. long 
oO. 
Planta sat gracilis, circa 30° 0 em ue: 
0°1-0'15 cm. (raro 0:25-0°35 cm. aitingentia) lat lat. 
3° : te 
alyx 0:3 cm. long., p 
albo-puberulus ; lobus posticus decurrens, in si¢ 
0-2 cm. lat., dense albo-ciliatus; loborum att ig appendices 
0°12 cm. lon roll tubus 0°3 em. long.; limbi lobus anticus 
0-2 em. long. ; ise reliqui oblongo- -obovati, 0°15 em. long. Fila- 
menta circa 0°8 em. lon ng., sta srutany beooaege ad 0°1 cm. supra 
insertionem dense pilifera. Nuc 
flower, it is a member of another sec ction. T 
guishing points of O. Randii among its congeners of § Hierocimum 
