Ortkosvphon.] cxii. LABiATiE: (J. D. Hooker.) :615 



suborbicular compressed uearly smooth. Wall. Cat. 2721 ; Mook. Ic. PL 

 t. 459. 0. virgatus, Benth. II. c. ; Wall. Gat. 2722. Ocimum tuberosum, 

 Moxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 18. Pleotranthus rubicundus &, virgatus, Bon Prodr. 

 116. P. mollissimus. Wall. mss. P. amoenus, Wall. Lumnitzera rnbi- 

 cunda & virgata, Spreng. Syst., Cur. post. 223. O'oimum Miria, Ham. in 

 Wall. Oat. 2722. O. rubicundum & virgatum. Ham. mss. O. moUissimum, 

 ■ Wall. mss. 0. tuberosum, Roxh. mss. 



Westebn Subtbojicai, Himalaya ; from Central Nepal to Jamu, alt. 2-1000 ft. 

 and southward to the Cirears and Nilghiris. Ata; Wallich. — Disibib. Upper 

 Burma. 



Stem 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves 2-4 in., variable in breadth, and toothing obtuse ior 

 acute, base euneate. Corolla ^-J in., white rose or .pink, throat funnel-shaped. 

 Hutlets punotulate. 



Vak, rigid a ; leaves petiolate. O. rubicundus, u. rigida, Benth. II. v. Ocimum 

 rigidum. Ham. 



Vak. ? Sohenackeri; smaller, laxly tomentose, leaves 1 in., corolla J in., fruiting 

 calyx smaller J in. — Nilghiri Mts. ; SohenacTcer, a. 1394. — Possibly a distinct species, 

 but the specimens are insufficient. The nutlets are as in O. rubicundus. 



7. O. comosuS; Wight mss. ; Senth. in DC. Prodr.idi. 52; tomentose, 

 shrubby, branches opposite terete leafy, leaves close set oblong or linear- 

 oblong or obovate obtuse crenate, racemes sessile, bracts deciduous upper 

 very large coloured, calyx tubular, lips subequal in length; 4 lower teeth sub- 

 equal subulate. O. bracteatus, Wight Ic. t. 1428. 



Deocan Peninsuiaj Shevagherry and Tinnevelly Hills, Wight, Beddome. 



This differs greatly in habit from its congeners. Wight figures the stem as 4-angled, 

 but they appear quite cylindric. Branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves f-1 in., 

 rugose. Rachis of raceme stout ; whorls 6-fld.; flowers suberect. Calyx nearly ^ in., 

 upper lip orbicular, straight. Corolla |-1 in., pubescent, tube very slender. Nutlets 

 not seen. 



*** Oalyx-throat naked. Stamens far exserted. 



8. O. stamineus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 15, Lab. 29, and in 

 DC. Prodr. ^i. 52; slender, glabrous or pubescent, leaves petioled ovate 

 acuminate coarsely toothed, base euneate, calyx campanulate, 2 lower teeth 

 subulate, corolla-tube thrice as long very slender, filaments capillary twice 

 as long as the corolla. Wall. Cat. 2727 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5833 ; Miquel Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii, 944. Ocimum grandiflorum. Blame Bijd. 835. 0. longiflorum. 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2727. 



Assam ; Jenkins. Bitema and Maetaban ; Wallich. DECOiN Peninsula ; 

 Anainallay Hills, Wight. NiooBAE ISLANDS.— DfSTEiB. Malay and Philippine 

 Islands, Australia. 



Stem 1-2 ft., 4-angled. ieaues in distant pairs, 2-4 in., narrowed into the petiole. 

 Racemes very lax-fld. Cahfx i in. Corolla 1 in., glabrous, white or purplish. 

 Nutlets broadly oblong, compressed, rugulose. 



9. O. scapigrer, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Sar. ii. 15, Lab. 28, and in -DC. 

 Prodr. xii. 52 ; glabrous, stem very short, leaves subradical petioled oblong 

 obtuse coarsely crenate, racemes very long, calyx campanulate, 4 lower teeth 

 subulate, corolla-tube short, throat funnel-shaped, filaments twice as long as 

 the limb, nutlets oblong rugulose. Wall. Cat.' 2726 {scajpigerum). 



Nepal; Wallich. 



Eootstock short, woody. Leaves 4-6 in. , narrowed into a short or long slender 

 petiole. Racemes 1 foot, strict, puberulons. Calyx j in. Corolla ^-J iii. long, blue ; 

 upper lip short, 4-toothed ; lower longer, concave. 



