540 Dracocephalum. 
conniventes, fauce paullo longiores, PIST, [ Ger - 
men 4-fidum, glabrum, obtufum, bafi cindum 
pericha:tio dentato» Stylus filiformis, longitudine 
flaminum fuperiorum. Stigmet* bifidum, acutum» 
PROPR. rec. Odor fragrans, fere Meli fise ci- 
trinae ; fapor debilior, parcius aromaticus ; mafli* 
cata planta lubrica, faliva faturate viridi* 
VIRTUS: roborans, refolvens* 
USUS ' 
0 BS. Infafum tquof. herbae recent. rubrum , odo- 
re fragrante Meliffae, fed fimul graviufculo, fapore re- 
mifiiore; vitr. martis nigro-fufcelcit. 
341* OCYMUM Bafilicum* Linn. Sp » pi ^35» 
Mat. m. 302. Kniph* Bot. orig . cent ♦ 
Blackw. Herb . t. 10 4. 
Ocymum* Camer. Epit . $08. 
Pharm . BASILICI Herba. 
Locus . India. Coiitur in hortis. Annuum * 
FORMA . Radix cylindrica , defcendens, 
undique oblefla fibris plurimis, filiformibus, al- 
bis. Caulis fpithamaeus, eredus, minutim pube- 
fcens, teres, ramofus, diffufus. Rami alterna- 
tim oppofiti, ramofi, eredi, cauli conformes* 
Folia fubfucculenta, oppofita, petiolata, ovata, 
acuta, glabra, fubtus notata pundis excavatis , 
pollicaria vel ultra, integerrima, patentia* Pe~ 
tioli fubtus convexi, fupra canaliculati, foliis 
breviores. Racemus terminalis, redus: rachi te- 
tragona, villofa; palmaris, conflans verticillis 6'flo- 
ris, plurimis, remotis, floribus pedicellatis: pedicel- 
lis rachi adpreffis* Bratt. oppofita ad verticillos, 
petiolata, ovatae, acutae, concava:, verticillo paul- 
lo longiores. CAL . Per. campanulatum, hirtum, 
bilabiatum; labio fuper . fubcordato, marginato. 
