R IB E. 
i- Ocimum vu'gare, 7.Ocimum Minus. Z Ocimum SMaximm 
Ordinary Bafill. The finall Balill. The great Bafill, 
2- Ocimum maximum Citratum. The greateft Citron 
Bafill. 
This kinde of Bafill differethnot in the manner of grow¬ 
ing from the greater ordinary garden Bafill: but brancheth 
forth like it, with leaves fet by couples at the joynts, but 
much larger,and of a reddifh colour in the hotter Countries, 
but not fo in the colder, a little dented about the edges, of a 
very fweetfeent, refembling a Citron pill, and therefore 
called titrarum^ the flowers are white like the ordinary 
Bafill, and the feed black like it, perilling alfo after it hath 
flow red aud feeded. 
3. Ocimum caryophyllatum maximum. The great Clove 
Bafill. 
There is another alfo of thele greateft Bafils that differeth 
not from the former, either in growing, or largeneffe of 
leaves, or colour of the flowers, except that fometimes they 
are a little purplifh, but in the fmell of the whole plant, 
it hath a ftronger and quicker feent, more neerely re¬ 
fembling Cloves, then the former, and is thereupon named 
Caryophyllatum. 
4. Ocimum Anifatum. Anifeed Bafill. 
This Bafill is of the kind of our ordinary garden Bafill, and 
of a middle kinde, whole leaves are neither fo great as the 
greater, nor fo fmall as the fmall kindes, but of a middle fize 
Hetweene them both , the difference whereof confifteth 
chiefly in the fmell, which is like the fmell of Anifeed. 
5. Ocimum Indie urn. Indian Bafill. 
The Indian Bafill hath a fquare reddifh greene flalke,a foot 
high, or better, from the joynts whereof fpread out many 
branches with broad fat leaves fet thereon, two alwayes at 
a joynt one againft another,as the Bafils have,but fomewhat 
deepely cut in on the edges,and oftentimes a little crumpled, 
Handing upon long reddifh foot ftalkes, of a darke purple 
colour, fpotted with deeper purple fpots, in fome greater, 
in others lefle: the flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalkes, 
fpike fafhion, of a white colour, with reddifh ftripes andveines 
funningthorow them, fet or placed in darke purple coloured 
huskes; the feed is greater and rounder than any of the former 
and fomewhat long withall : the root perifheth like the reft? 
The whole plant fmelleth ftrong like unto the ordinary Bafill and 
Camfire put together. 
6 - Ocimum Crijpum. Curld Bafill. 
This curled Baflill is of the kinde of the Indian Baffin, having 
Inch like large leaves cut in fomewhat deepely on the edges, ancl 
curled or crumpled as they are fometimes, as alfo with fwelling 
bunches like bladders on them, but wholly of a greene colour 
without any fpot on them, as the ftalkes are alfo : the flowers 
hereof are Iikewife wholly white, without any fpot in them : the 
fmell hereof is fomewhat ftrong, refembling the fpotted Indian 
kinde, and is very likely to be but a degenerate kinde, rifen from 
the feed thereof, being gathered in thefe colder Countries, 
7. Ocimum minus angufttfolium. Small dented Bafill. 
This fmall Bafill groweth not fo like any of the former Baffills, 
or the fmall fine buffi Baflill, in the bufhing branches thereof, but 
rather fomewhat refembling the wild Baflill,or Clinopodium ) ha¬ 
ving fewer ftalkes and branches, with fmall narrow leaves, a lit¬ 
tle fnipt or indented about the edges, two alwayes fet together 
at a joynt, but more fparfedly on the branches : the flowers grow 
at the tops ofthe branches, fomewhat like unto Baflil ofa white 
colour, but bending a little more backward, the fmell hereof is 
Imaller than any ofthe other Baflils. 
The Place, 
Thefe plants grow onely in Gardens with us, as aUo in Italy, 
and other places where they are therifhed ; their naturall being 
notknownetous: onely the Indian and curld Bafill are laid to 
come firfi from the Weft-Indies into Sfaint and from thence in¬ 
to other places. 
5". Ocimum Indie urn. 
Indian Bafill. 
