517 



the length of the calyx : stamens much exserted : flowers pale- 



rose. 



Common all over India, flowering inthe rains. This speciei' i« 



scentless. 



(5) O. SANCTUM. (Linn.) 



Ident.. Linn. Mont. p. 85. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 38. 



Syn. Basilicum agreste, JJumpA^ — O. frutescens, Burm.- 

 jnoddrum, do. — O. monachonim, /.inn. — Plectranthus monachorum, 

 Spreng. — O. tenuiflorum. Lam. — O. villosum, Roxb. H. -B.—i). 

 tenuiflorum, Linn, in Dec. prod. XII. p. 39. ? — Lumnitzera tenuj- 

 floni, Lam.— 'O. tomentosum, Lam. — O, hirsutum, Benth. in Wall. 

 PL Ai. Ear. II. p. 14. 



Engrav, Ruraph. Arab. V. t. 92. fig. 1.— Burm. Zeyl. t. 80 



Spec. Char. Stems hairy : leaves petioled.o^al-obtuse, dentate, 

 pubescent : floral leaves like bracts, sessile, shorter than the' 

 pedicels : racemes slender, simple or slightly branched : cad^x 

 shorter than the pedicel, drooping, glabrous , throat naked within, 

 upper tooth obovate, concave, shortly decurrent: corolla scarcely- 

 longer than the calyx : flowers pale-purple. 



Common everywhere, flowering all the year. The plant being 

 held sacred among the Hindoos is often found planted near; 



temples. 



GENUS II. GENIOSPOEUM. 



DlilynnmiR Crymnoapermla. Sex; SyU- 



Gen. Chab, Calyx ovate while flowering, when fruit-beariag- 

 declinate, tubular, 5-teothed, uppermost tooth broader, not decur- 

 rent, lateral ones free or cohering with the n^peitoosfc one in tha ' 

 upper lip : lowest ones free or shortly cdhering in the lowef lip : ' 

 corolla tube short : throat campanulate ; upper lip broad, shoitiy 

 4-cleft ; lower one scarcely longer, declinate, quite entire : stat- 

 mens 4 : filaments free, without teeth : style shortly 2-cleft at 

 the apex : nuts ovoid or oblong, smooth. — •E^.ect or procumbent 

 herbs : verticils mainy-flowered, loose, arranged in racemes or 

 terminal, simple or branched spikes : floral leavesr like bracts, 

 usually coloured at the base : fruit-bearing calyx striated and 

 usually transversely wrinkled, teeth coloured : flowers smaiU, 

 nsualljr' pedicelled, 



