620 



(2) A. AXILLARIS. (Benth.) 



tdent. Behth. in Dec. prod. XII. p. 48. 



Spec, Char. Branches elongated : leaves obovate or ofcloiifj, 

 hairy : verticila axillary, many-flowereid, remote : lower lip of the 

 calyx 4-toothed : dowem small, White. 



Assam. 



GENUS V MOSCSOSIIA. 

 mdyntttMla erjrntnos^ei'mla. Sex. Sytt: 



Defiv. From Mbschos, musk, a,nd Osine., smell. 



Gen. Char. Calyx ovate or campanulaie, 6-toothed, uppermost 

 tooth larger, margins scarcely decurrelit,- loWer ones nearly equals 

 throat naked : corolla tube included, limb- sub-bilabiate, upper -lip 

 shortly 4-cleft, lotfer quite entire, all the lobes nearly equal : 

 stamens 4 : filaments free, toothless : style clavato-capitate at the 

 top, very shortly 2-cleft : nuts ovate, compressed, smooth. — 

 Herbs : whorls O-lO-flowered, secund, loosely racemose, racemes 

 axillary and terminal, sub-paniculate : flowers tery sm&ll. 



(1) M. poLYSTAcHYUM. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 13.— Dec. prod. XIL 

 p. 48. 



Syn. Ocimum tenuiflorum, ^Swrm. — O. polystachyon, Linn. 

 Mont. — LumnitZera polystachya, Jacq. — Plectranthus pafviflorus, 

 jB. Br. prod.- — P. mictanthus, Spreng.'^^O, polycledum, Link. — * 

 L. ocimoides, Jacq. 



Spec Char< Herbaceous : stem acutely quadrangular, angle* 

 smooth or scarcely rough : leaves loiig-petioled, ovate, rather acute, 

 crenate, rounded or cuneate at the base : racemes numerous, 

 slender: flowers minute, purplish : verticils 6 to 10-fiowered, lax, 

 apprpximated. 



Concans. Circars. Travancore. Flowering in the rainy season, 



GENUS Vl. ORTflOSlPSON. 



Dldynamla Ciyiiiosp«riniai Sex: Sy»t: 



Deriv. From Orthos, sttaight. and Siphon, a tube ; alluding' 

 to the corolla. 



