Ocimutn .] cvm. labiate. 643 
Calyx-limb uniform not 2-lipped; teeth equal. 
Anthers, longer pair i-celled, shorter 2-celled, 
upper corolla-lobe short . . .12. Anisomeles 
Anthers uniform, upper corolla-lip hooded over 
stamens. 
Calyx-teeth 6 to 10, upper corolla-lip woolly; 
flowers white . . . . 13. Leucas 
Calyx-teeth 5, sub-equal, upper corolla-lip 
pubescent not woolly. - 
Leaves deeply lobed; calyx-teeth spiny, nut¬ 
lets dry . . . . . .14. Leonurus 
Leaves large not lobed; calyx-teeth not spiny; 
flowers in whorls. 
Nutlets dry . . . . . . 15. Paraphlomis 
Nutlets white drupaceous . . . .16. Gomphostemma 
Leaves small ovate; flowers small in dicho¬ 
tomous axillary cymes . . . .17. Cymaria 
Leaves moderate; flowers in dense panicled 
racemes . . . . . .18. Acrymia 
1 . OCIMUM, Linn. 
Strongly scented shrnblets, bushy. Flowers in 6- to io-flowered 
whorls spicate or racemose. Bracts small caducous. Calyx ovoid 
or campanulate, in fruit deflexed, 2-lipped, upper lip broad, flat, 
lower with 4 slender teeth, central pair longest. Corolla-tube 
short; limb 2-lipped, lower lip declinate entire, flat. Stamens 4, 
exsert. Nutlets mucilaginous when moistened. Species 60, tropics 
generally. 
None are wild here, nor, so far as I have seen, established, but 
are popular as drugs, and so occur in village compounds occasion¬ 
ally and are often cultivated. 
Pedicels as long as calyx, 2 lower calyx-teeth 
longer than the upper lip, soft-hairy . . (1) 0. sanctum 
Pedicels much shorter than calyx. 
Lower teeth of calyx shorter than upper lip, often 
quite glabrous . . . . . . (2) 0. basilicum 
Lower calyx-teeth longer, glabrescent . . (3) 0 . gratissimum 
Lower calyx-teeth soft-hairy . . . (4) 0 . canum 
(1) O. sanctum Linn. Mant. 85; Prain, l.c. 701. 
Small bush 1 to 2 ft. tall, softly hairy. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 
entire or serrate, 1 to 2 in. long, -6 to 1-2 in. wide. Racemes 6 in. 
long; pedicels -25 in. long. Calyx -12 in. long, in fruit -2 in. long, 
lower lip longer than upper, teeth lanceolate, 2 lower middle ones 
awn-like upcurved. Corolla *15 in. long, purplish-pink. Hab. 
Singapore (Thomson). No doubt cultivated. Disirib. Southern 
Asia to Polynesia. 
(2) O. basilicum Linn. Sfi. PI. 597; Prain , l.c. 702. 
Small bushy shrublet often glabrous and purple, sometimes 
hairy. Leaves ovate acute generally entire small. Racemes 
dense, 6 to 8 in. long; pedicels very short. Calyx *2 to *3 in. long 
in fruit, upper lip orbicular longer than the tube, lower lip with 
