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calyx or more rarely loosely approximated in a branched raceme • 

 calyx ciliated : corolla twice its length, white. 



Common. Everywhere,, flowering at all seasonx. 



Var. 1. pilosum. — Stem much branched, ascendent : leaves 

 small, oblong, quite entire : petioles and verticils very hairy : ra- 

 cemes elongated : corolla usually' glahrous, sniiill, white. — O. pilo- 

 sum, Willd.—^Roxh. — O. minimum. Burnt, — O. Basilicum, Burnt. 

 — O. hispidum, Lam.-— O. c\\ia.txim, Horn. — O. hispidblum, Schum. 

 • — Basilicum Indicum, Rumph. Amb. V. t. 92. fig. 1. Oude. 

 Peninsula. Hindostan. Assam. Flowering nearly all the year. 

 Very aromatic and fragrant. 



Var. 2. glabratum. — Stem erect : petioles and calyx sparing- 

 ly ciliated : leaves scarcely toothed : racemes long, simple : flowers : 

 ■vfhite. — 0. caryophyllatum, Roxb. — O. integerrimum, Willd.-'^ 

 O. lanceolatum, Schum. Peninsula. Bengal. Assam. Flower- 

 ing nearly all the year. Whole plant very fragrant and aromatic. 



(3) O. ORATissiMUM. {Linn.') 



Ident. Linn. Spec. p. 832. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 34. 



iifj(7!. O. Zeylanicum, Burm. — O. frutescens, 3ff7/. did. — 0. pe», 

 tiotare, Lam. — O. gratissimura, Jacq. 



Engrav. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 80. fig. 1 . — Rheede Mai. X, - 

 t. 86. 



Spec. Chak. Stem rather glabrous : leaves petioled, ovate-acute, 

 crenated or coarsely toothed, narrowed at the base, glabrous or 

 pubescent along the veins : floral leaves like bracts, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, hastate at the base : racemes simple or slightly branched, 

 pubescent: calyx pedicelled: lateral teeth minute, upper united 

 into a bimucronate lip : corolla scarcely longer than the catyx 9_ 

 stamens exserted : flowers white or pale-yellow. 



Common in gardens, flowering all the year, 



(4) O. ASCENPENS. {Willd.) 



Ldent. Willd. Sp. Ill p. 166 —Dec. prod. XII. J>. 85. , 



Syn. O. Indicum, Roth. — Plectranthus Indicus, Spreng.-'^. 

 cristatum, Roxb. H. R. flor. Ind. Ill, p. 19. 



Spec Char. Stem prostrate : . branches , pubescent : leaves 

 petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly toothed, narrowed at the 

 base, pubescent : floral leaves like bracts, deciduous : raoeojes 

 simple : calyx in fruit drooping, the tube striated : wings of the 

 upper tooth reaching to the middle of the calyx : lateral teeth 

 truncated, lower very shortly setaceous, acuminated : corolla twicie' 



