5^2 



slender, few-flowered : corolla more than twice as long as tlie calyS, 

 tube straight, large, throat somewhat diluted, 

 ; Peninsula, 



(5) O. BRACTEATUM. (iJ. T^.) 



tdent. Wight's Icon. Vol. IV. & t. 1428. 



Spec. Char. Suffrjiticose, erect, branched, tomentose towards 

 the ends of the branches : leaves sessile» ohovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 crenato-serrated, pubescent on both sidJes : racemes short, terminal : 

 verticils about 3-flowered, covered before expansion with a large 

 leafy deciduous bract : tube of the corolla about thrice the length 

 of the calyx, ^ppe^r lip larger, somewhat S-lpied, middl? one emar- 

 ginate, updpr lip entire, inflexed at the apex. 

 * Sevsgherry hills, flowering in August and September, 



(6) O. TOMENTOSUM. (Benth.) 



Ident. ^ISenth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 14r.— Dec. prod. XIIi 

 p. 51. 



Si/n. Ocimum triste. Roth. — Plectranthus tristis, Spreng. 



. Spec. Char. SuifFruticose : branches ascending, tomehtosely 

 puhescent : leaves petioled, ovate, cuneate, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, thi<:|£ish, with very short tomentose pubescence on both 

 sides : petioles and axils naked : racemes elongated : corolla thrice 

 longe^: than the calyx, tube somewhat incurved, throat rathei 

 enlarged. 



, Pal^y^ram neijr Madras. 



(7) 0. viscosuM. {Benth,) 



Idem. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p. 14.— Dec. prod. XII, 

 p. 51, 



Spec. Char. Herhaceous : stem erect, branched : kaves peti- 

 oled, ovate, crenated, rounded at the base or cordate, viscously 

 pubescent, glandular-dotted : petioles and axils hairy : corolla tube 

 Straight twice longer than the calyx. 



Dindigul hills. 



(8) O. RUEicuNDDM. {Benth,') 



Ident, Benth. ia'WalL PI. As. Rar. II. p. 14^— Dec. prod. XII, 

 p. 51. 



Syn. Plectranthes rubicunda, D. Don,—-Lumiutzera rubicun* 

 ^a, Spreng. 



Engrai, Hook. Icon. pi. t. 459, 



