-531 



Gbn. Chae. Calyx ovate-tubular, 5-toothed, , upper tooth ovatej 

 litenibrauaceous, margins often decurrent, deflexed after flowering ; 

 tube of the corolla exserted, straight or incurved, throat equal or 

 rarely inflated, upper lip 3-4 cleft, lower quite entire,' concave : 

 stamens 4, filament free, without teeth : style clavato-capitate at 

 the top or obtuse : nut very minutely wrinkled.— Perennial herba 

 or undershrubs : racemes simple, often elongated : verticils 6- 

 flowered, rarely 2-4 flowered, distant, loose : floral leaves bractei- 

 form, ovate, acuminate, reflexed, often shorter than the pedicels ; 

 fiJuctiferous pedicels recurved. 



(1) O. PAtiinuM, (Reyle.) 



Mefit. Benth. Lab. p. 708.— Dec. p^od. XI. p. SO." 



Spec. Char. Smooth ; stem ascending : leaves petioled, ovatp^ 

 obtuse, coarsfely tut and tobthed, entire and ctmeate at the base': 

 tube of the small white, corolla as long as the calyx : spike short, 

 terminal. 



^^ -Common in the Deccan, flowering from June to Octobw. 



(2) 0. GLABKATUM. . (Benth.) 



■Ment. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 14.— Dec. prod. XII.' 

 p. 50. 



Syn. Ocimtim thymifloram,Bb<A.''-^PIectranthus thyinifloruSj' 

 Spreng, 



' Spec. (^har. ' Stems ascending, branched, glabrous: leaves long* 

 petioled, ovate, acute, toothed, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 glabrous, subincurved.; tube of the corolla twice the length of the 

 calyx : flowers light-purple. 



Petiinsula. Western coast, ^lowering in the rainy seasoni 



(3) d. DiFFusuM. (Benth. J 



Ident. Dec. prod. XII. p. 50. 



Spec Char. Stem diff'usely much branched, villous : leaves 

 petioled, ovate', tomentosely villous on both sides : racemes slender, 

 few-flowered : corolla scarcely twice as long as the calyx : tube 

 straight, thin. 



Dry rocky places in the Peninsulai 



(4) O. HispiDUM. (Benth.) 



Ident. D«c. prod. XII. p. 50. 



Spec. Char. Stem much branched, very hirsute : leaves petloledi 

 evate-oblong, creuated, tomentosely tosute on both sides ; racemes 



