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* BECIUM bicolor. 
Two-coloured Becium. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Labiate. 
BECITJM. Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. 44. Calyx bilabiatus ; labio supe- 
riore dilatato decurrente inferiore truncato pilis brevissimis dense ciliato apice 
biseto. Corolla bilabiata, tubo recto calyce longiore intus pubescente, labiis 
aequalibus superiore 3-lobo lacinia media fissa, convexo apice et marginerevo- 
luto, inferiore oblongo concavo. Stamina libera, longissima, declinata, ante 
anthesin cum stylo circinata ; suprema basi dilatata villosa inferiora laevia 
filiformia ; antherse ovatse, obtusae, glabrae. Ovarium disco 4-dentato om- 
nino immersum. Stigma 2-lobum laciniis subulatis. 
B. bicolor. Lindl. 1. c. 
Ocymum grandiflorum. L'Herit. Stirp. 89. t. 43. 
O. abyssinicum. Hort. Par. fide Benth. 
O. filamentosum. Forsk.fi. JEgypt. Arab. 100. Bentham Labiat. p. 8. 
Frutex pubescens. Folia ovato-lanceolata, serrata, impunctata. Verti- 
cillastri subbifiori, spicati , bracteis cordatis vndulatis acuminatis deciduis colo- 
ratis calyce longioribus. Corolla alba venis lilacinis. Stamina lilacina. 
“From among some Abyssinian seeds sent to the Horticul- 
tural Society, from Paris, has been raised a plant of a genus of 
Labiatse, which does not appear to be described. It is a shrub 
with downy stems, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, slightly petio- 
lated leaves, and verticillasters of beautiful flowers arranged 
in short spikes. The calyx has a broad upper lip, like that of 
an Ocymum, the lower lip is deep, truncate, bordered with a 
close fringe of white hairs, and terminated in front by a pair 
of feeble teeth. The corolla is large, white, with lilac veins, 
and nearly an inch long. The upper lip is 3-lobed, with the 
middle lobe split at the point, and the points of all rolled 
back ; the lower lip is of about the same length, oblong and 
concave. The stamens are four, declinate, bright violet, and 
* From firjiciov, one of the names assigned by Dioscorides to the Sage, 
which this plant much resembles. 
