Mesona.] oxii. LABiATiE. (J.D.Hooker.) 611- 



3. mSSOITA, Blume. 



Annuals. WTiorls. many-fld., racemose ; flowers small ; bracts caducous. 

 Calyx campanulate j fruiting tubular, deolinate, 2-lipped, tube deeply pitted 

 between the nerves ; lips rather broad, upper 3-fid, lower entire. Corolla- 

 tube short, upper lip truncate or 4-toothed, lower oblong. Stamens 4, 

 filaments exaerted, free, upper toothed at the base. Style 2-fid. Disk 

 tumid, gibbous. Nutlets ellipsoid or ovoid. — Species 4, Trop. Asiatic and 

 Malayan. 



K. VTallicIllana, Benth. in DO. Prodr. xii. 46 ; erect, sparsely 

 hairy, leaves ovate-lanceolate serrate. Geniosporum parviflorum, Wall. 

 Cat. 2760; Benth. Lab. 20, and in Wall. PL As. Bar. ii. 18. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft. ; De Silva, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., branching upwards, slender, rigid. Leaves 1-3 in., narrowed into 

 a petiole ^| in. Hacemes uuTaerous, slender, erect, 3-7 in. ; flowers very numerous, 

 purplish, ^ in. long ; bracts deflexed, ovate, purplish. Fruiting calyx ^ in. long, on 

 a slender rigid pedicel longer than itself. Smells like Patchouli. 



4. PIiATVSTOnXA, Beauv. (Platostoma.) 



Small annuals. Whorls many-fld., racemose ; flowers minute ; bracts 

 caducous. Calyx campanulate ; fruiting deflexed 2-lipped, upper lip ovate, 

 toothed on each side ; lower broad inflexed, sinus very open. Corolla-tube 

 short ; lips subequal, apper broad 2-fid, lower entire concave. Stamens 4, 

 declinate, filaments free included, dilated downwards. Disk tumid, gibbous. 

 Style 2-fid. Nutlets ovoid. — Species 3, Indian and AJricau. 



P. flaccidum, Benth. in Oen. PI. ii. 1173; sparingly pubescent, 

 leaves ovate serrate, fruiting pedicel as long as the calyx-tube. Ocimum 

 flaccidum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 179. 



The CoNCAN ; on the Kela nuddeh, Ritchie, Dalzell. — DiSTElB. Trop. Africa. 



Strict, erect, slender, 4-8 in. high, simple or branched, branches erect. Z/eaves 

 ^1 in., membranous. Racemes slender, strict, as long as the whole plant ; flowers 

 ■,'j in. long. Calgx-lohes ovate. Nutlets black, minutely reticulate. — Probably only 

 a state of P. qfricarmm, Beauv. 



5. ACROCEP3XAI.17S, Benth. 



Annuals. WTiorls in terminal or axillary globose or ovoid dense heads 

 with imbricate bracts ; flowers very small, sessile. Calyx ovoid, fruiting 

 tubular, base 'gibbous ; upper lip flat, entire, lower entire or 4-toothed ; 

 throat naked. Corolla-tube very short, subequally 4-lobed. Stamens 4, 

 filaments free, toothless, included. Disk small, gibbons. Style 2-fld. 

 Nutlets smooth. — Species 10, Tropical and Subtropical Asiatic and 

 African. 



1. A. capitatus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 18, Lab. 23, and 

 in DC Prodr. xii. 47 ; sparingly pubescent, leaves petioled few-nerved, 

 heads terminal. Dalz. 8c Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 204 ; Book. Lc. PI. t. 456. A. 

 scariosus. Wall. Cat. 1563. A. Blumei, Benth. I. c. Prunella indica, 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. 130. Ocimum capitellatum, lAnn. f. Swppl. 276. 0. capi- 

 tatum, Both Nov. Sp. 276. O. acrocephalum, Blume Bijd. 834. 0. Chandra, 

 Sam. in Herb. Wall. Lumnitzera capitata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 687. 



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