Ooleus.] cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 625 



nionadelphtis,\Hey«e mss.; JRoxb. Sort. JBeng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 22. 

 P. caniims, Soth Nov. 8p. 279. Ocimum monadelphuin, JSoth I. c. 267. 

 -? 0. Zatarhendi, Forsk. Fl. Mg. Arab. 109. 



South Deccan; on low rooky hills, common. 



Stem 6-12 in., simple or branched. Leaves few, very variahle, J by SJ in. 

 i5!ptfce« 4-8 in. by i— f in. diam. ; bracts broad, acute, oiliatej flowers \ in. long; 

 upper calyx-lip crennlate, teeth of lower acute. Corolla-tube slender, bent above 

 the middle ; upper lip 4.1obed, lower boat-shaped. 



2. C. barbatus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 15, Lab. 49, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 71 ; stem stout villous with long hairs, leaves petioled ovate 

 or obovate obtuse orenate villous or hispid, floral ovate deciduous, whorls 

 distant, upper calyx-lip rounded ovate acute. Wall. Cat. 2728 ; Ch'ah. Oat. 

 PI. Somb.l4S; Dalz. S( Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 205; Wight Ic. t. 1432. C 

 Sohimperi, VatJce in Linntsa, xxxvii. 320. Plectranthus barbatus, Andr. 

 Bot. Hep. t. 494. P. comosus, Bot. Mag. t. 2318. P. Forskohlii, Willd. 

 Sp. PI. iii. 169 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2036. P. asper, Spreng. 8yst. ii. 690. P, 

 mysorensis.fleyraejreM. Germania Forskohlii, -ffoir-. Z)jei. ii. 764. Ocimum 

 asperum. Both Nov. Sp. 268. O. cinereum. Brown in Salt. Aby^s. App 

 0. saccharoides, Willd. fid. Meyne. 



StTBTEOPiCAii Himalaya j Nepal and Knmaon, ascending to 8000 ft. Behab ; 

 top of Parusnath, Thomson. Dbcoan Peninsula; common. Cetlon; Oovah 

 district, alt. 3-5000 ft.— Disteib. Tropical E. Africa. 



Stem 1-2 ft., ascending, branched. Leaves 3-5 in., narrowed into the petiole. 

 Bacemes 6-12 in., stout; flowers f— 1 in. Corolla pale blue, much like C. 

 spicatus. Fruiting cah/x J— | in., upper lip acuminate, teeth of lower subulate, all 

 pungent. 



** Calyx-throat glabrous within. 



3. C. aromatlcus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 15, Lab. 51, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 72; shrubby below, hispidly villous or tomentose, leaves 

 petioled broadly ovate or cordate crenate fleshy, floral m.inute, whorls 

 distant densely many-fld., upper calyx-lip ovate acute membranous, lower 

 acuminate. Wall. Cat. 2730 ; Wight III. ii. 1. 175 ; Ch-ah. Oaf. Bomb. PL 

 148; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 66; Bot. Beg. t. 1520. 0. amboi- 

 nious. Lour. Fl. Coch. 372. 0. crassifolius, Benth. in Wall PI. As. Bar. 

 ii. 13, and Lab. 62 ; Wall. Cat. 2731. Plectranthus aromaticus, Boxb. 

 Sort. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii 22. 



Cultivated throughout India, Ceylon and various tropical countries. 



Stem 1-3 ft., fleshy. Leaves 1-2 in., very aromatic. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 I in. long. Corolla pale purplish, tube short, throat inflated, lips short. Stamens 

 shortly exserted. Fruiting calyx suberect. — Boxburgh describes the flowers as blue. 

 C. amboinicus is the earliest name, but not very appropriate. 



4. C. parviflorus, Benth. inDC. Prodr. xii. 72 ; stem stout fleshy, roots 

 tuberous, leaves petioled rounded-ovate obtuse coarsely crenate glabrous or 

 nearly so, whorls subdistant slender pubescent, racemes laxly many-fld., 

 upper calyx-lip ovate, teeth of lower obtuse or lowest mucronate. ? 0. 

 tuberosus, Benth. Lab. 59 (Plectranthus tuberosus, Blume). 



Deocan Peninsula; Quilon and Panpanassum, Wight. Cevlon, cultivated, 

 Gardner. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves li-2 in., often as broad, base cuneate or subcordate. 

 Flowers J-^ in. Corolla decurved, lips short. Stamens included. Fruiting calyx 

 not seen. — ProbaWy C. tuberosus, which is cultivated for its tubers in Java as this is 

 in Ceylon, but Blume describes the Javau plant as having quite entire leaves. 

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