614 cxiL labiatjB. (J. D. Hooker.) '[Chihosiphon. 



Vab. ri'reosa ; usually taller and stouter, viscidly pubescent or tomentose with spread- 

 iDg hairs, leaves 1—3 in., base often cordate, petiole slender, corolla J-^ in. twice or 

 thrice as long as the calyx. O. viseosus, Senth. in Wall. Cat. 2723 and 11. c. — 

 On the Ghats from Canara sonthwards. 



Tab. ruhiginosa, Clarke mss. ; branches and leares beneath clothed with a fine close 

 rnsty pubescence, leaves of var. viscida^ flowers rather larger. — Nilghiris ; Wight, 

 Clarke, <tc. 



Yab. glabrata ; usually more slender, quite glabrous or sparsely patently hairy, 

 leaves 1-3 in., usually broadly ovate-cordate or base rounded coarsely toothed, petiole 

 sometimes as long as the blade and very slender, corolla about \ in., tube slender 2-3 

 times as long as the calyx. O. glabratus, Benth. in WalL Cat. 2724, and B. c ; 

 Balz. S( Gibs. Boml. Fl. 205 ; Thwaites Enum. 237. ? Ocimam thjiniflornm. Roth 

 JVor. iSp. 269. ? Plectranthus thymifloras, SpreTig. Sgst. ii. 690. Ocimum glaucnm, 

 Segne in Serb. Sottl. O. ascendens, Wight, and O. cordifolium, Merb. Madr. in 

 Wall. Cat, — Common fi^m the Concan southwards. Ceylon common, Thwaites 

 remarks that this in Ceylon varies much in the size of the flowers. O. petiolaris, 

 Miqtiel, of Java, with the habit of this, differs in the narrow bracts and form of the 

 calyx. . 



Vae. parvijlora ; pubescent or glabrate, leaves |— | in. ovate, calyx shorter broader, 

 fruiting ^ in. long campanulate, corolla ^ in. long very narrow, twice as long as the 

 calyx. O. tomentosus, var. parviflora, Benth, in DC. Brodr, xiL 51. — ^NiJghiris ; 

 Wight, &c. — Probably a distinct species. 



4. O. incurvus, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2723, and in Wall. PL As. Bar, 

 ii. 15, I.ab. 28, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 52 ; pnbernlons, pnbescent or tomen- 

 tose, stem nsually subsimple ascending 4-angled, leaves 3-6 in. petioled 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely crenate, bracts ovate, 2 lower caljrs-teeth 

 awned, corolla 5— 1 in. straigbt or incnrved, nutlets broadly eUipsoid com- 

 pressed aspertdons. Sook, Bot. Mag. t. 3847 ; Maund Botanist, iv. 

 t. 173. 



SuBTBOPiCAi HjKAiiATA; Nepal, Hamilton; Sikkim {Serb. Griff.), J. D S., 

 &c. Khasia Hells, alt. 3-iOOO ft. ; Bruce, Masters, &c. 



Stem 1-3 ft., rarely branched. Leaves narrowed into winged petioles ^-3 in. long, 

 rough or smooth above, sometimes of « fine purple beneath. Calgx in fruit ^ in. ; 

 lateral teeth triangular, hardly awned. Corolla pale pink, variable in size and curva- 

 ture. — O. rubicnndus, Benth., consists of two plants, one of which with petioled 

 leaves I refer to O. incurvus, the other with more lanceolate subsessile leaves is the 

 true rubicundvs, Bth. 



Yak. elata ; tall, branched, racemes densely tomentose, bracts larger longer than 

 the pedicels.— E. Nepal, Tambur and Khabili rivers, alt. 4-6000 ft.; J. B. M. — A 

 very large form with ovate-lanceolate leaves 4^7 in. long, scaberulous above and 

 beneath. Corolla J in. long, tube slender. 



5. O. robustuSj MooJc.f. ; finely pnbescent, stem robnst t«rete, leaves 

 5-6 in. shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate snbacnte obscurely crenate, bracts 

 ovate acnte, 2 lower calyx-teeth awned, corolla 1 in. 



AssAX; Jyrnng Hills, Simon* (B^eri. Caleult.). 



Whole plant when dried a dark rusty purple colour, clothed uniformly with a 

 fine pubescence. Stein nearly as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 2^ in. broad, base 

 cuueate ; petiole stout, J-f in. Bacemes stout, whorls rather distant. Fruiting calyx 

 (unripe) J in. long. 



tf Leaves sessile, rarelt/ petioled in O. mhicnndns. 



6. O. pubicundus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 141, Lab. 26, and 

 in DC, Prodr. xii. 57 ; erect, tomentose pnbescent or glabrate, stems 4-angled, 

 leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely toothed, bracts minute, 4 lower 

 calyx-teeth subulate, corolla twice as long as the calyx pubescent, nutlets 



