Ocimum.] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 609 



Vab. suavis } leaves densely softly tomentose on both surfaces. O. suave, WilM. 

 Enum. Mart. Berol. 629; JBenth, m DCProdr. xii. 35, exel. various at/n.; Thwaitea 

 Unum. 236. O. urticmfolium, Roth Catal. Bot. ii. 52. O. uienthsefoUum, Hochet. 

 in Schimp. Marl. Abyss, n. 1860. — Ceylou; Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. — 

 Distrib. Trop. Africa and Madagascar (apparently native). Cult, in W. Indies, &c. — 

 This differs from 0. gratissumum only in pubescence. 



4. O. adscendenS; WilM. 8p. PL m.. 166 ; herbaceous, puberulous, 

 erect, or prostrate with ascending branches, leaves small oblong-ovate obtuse 

 entire or sparingly toothed, floral lanceolate petiolate, two lower calyx-teeth 

 reduced to short bristles, upper broadly obovate, lateral truncate ciliate, 

 corolla J in. Wall. Cat. 2719; Senth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 35; Bah. Sf 

 G-ibs. Bomb. Fl. 203. 0. indicum, Roth Nov. Sp. 273. 0. cristatum, Boxb. 

 Sort. Beng. 45, and in Fl. Ind. iii. 19. O. verticillatum, Heyne in Herb. 

 Rottl. Plectranthus indicus, Spreng. Syst. ii. 691. 



The Decoan, in sandy places; Seyne, &c. Centeal India; Jnbbulpore, 

 Beddpme. 



Annual, very variable in habit, 4-16 in. high ; branches often widely spreading. 

 Leaves ^-Wn., narrowed into the petiole. Racemes short, rather lax-fld. ; bracts 

 lanceolate, caducous, with a gland at the base. Corolla J in,, pale rose. Filaments 

 twice as long as the corolla ; knees dilated, hairy. Fruiting calyx \-\ in. ; lower lip 

 as long as the up^ier, rather membranous. Nutlets subglobose, compressed, smooth, 

 red-brown. 



6. O. sanctum, lAnn. Mant. 85 ; herbaceous, erect, softly patently 

 hairy, leaves oblong obtuse or acute entire or subserrate, floral sessile 

 ovate-lanceolate or cordate, racemes very slender, calyx short, two lower 

 teeth very long-awned longer than the broadly oblong upper, lateral broadly 

 ovate shorter than the lower, corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Boxb. 

 Fl.Ind.Ya..l4>; Wall. Cat. 2716; Bsmth. in DCProdr. xii. 38, and in 

 Fl. Austral, v. 74 ; Chah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 147 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 204; Thwaites Fnum. 236; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 639. O. monachorum, 

 Linn. Mant. 85. O. tenuiflorum, Linn. Sp. PI. 833 ; Benth. in DC. I. c. 39. 

 0. inodorum, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f. 2, and Fl. Ind. 130, not of 

 Zoenig.—Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 174, t. 80, f.. 1 ; Rumph. Kerb. Amb. v. t. 92, 

 f. 2. Parnassa, Jones in Asiat. Research, iv. 288. 



Throughout India, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. (doubtfully indigenous). 

 Cbtlon 1 common in waste places, Z^iujaiies.— DiSTElB.]Malay Islands to Australia 

 and the Pacific, W. Asia to Arabia. 



Stem sometimes woody below ; branches erect, ascending or spreadmg. Leaves 

 1-24 in., variable in breadth, base narrowed. Racemes 6-8 in. long ; pedicels as long 

 as the calyx. Corolla very small, hardly longer than the calyx. Mlaments exserted, 

 knee villous. Fruiting calyaf^ in. long, on a slender pedicel, broadly eampannlate, 

 membranous. Nutlets subglobose or broadly oblong, slightly compressed, nearly 

 smooth, pale red-brown. „ t,. ^ i, 



Vae. Mrsuta ; densely pubescent. O. hirsutum, Benth. t» Wall. PI. As. Mar 

 ii. 14; Wall. Cat. 2717? 0. villosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 13. O. snbserratum, 

 S^ne in Serb. iioWZ.— South Deccan. 



DOBBirUIi aPECIES. 



0. MINIMUM, Linn. {Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 33), is a very small cultivated 

 form probably of O. Basilicum (with which it agrees in all essential characters), to 

 which Linnans has assigned Ceylon as a habitat. I have seen specimens from gardens 

 in various parts of the world. 



2. GENXOSFORTTBI, Wall. 

 Herbs. Whorls many-fld., in long lax racemes or spikes ; bracts often 



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