CVIII. LABIATE. 
[Ocimum. 
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the central longer than the upper lip. Corolla white or purplish. 
Hab. Frequently cultivated especially by Tamils. The common 
form is glabrous and purple, Penang (Wallich), Malacca and Perak. 
Native names : Ruku; Selasih Antan. 
( 3 ) O. gratissimum Linn. Sp. PI. 1197; Prain, l.c. 702. 
Shrubby, 3 to 6 ft. tall (usually less) pubescent. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate serrate, 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-25 in. wide; 
petioles 1 to 2-5 in. long. Racemes slender pubescent; pedicels very 
short. Calyx -12 in. long, lower middle teeth short, much shorter 
than upper lip. Corolla greenish white, pubescent. Hab. Penang 
Hills (Wallich). No doubt a cultivated plant. Distrib. Tropics. 
(4) O, canum Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2452. 
Herbaceous pubescent. Leaves narrow ovate toothed or entire, 
1 to 1*5 in. long. Spikes 3 to 8 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile, 
white; pedicels short. Calyx lower middle ovate-lanceolate 
awned, longer than the round upper ones. Hab. Cultivated ground. 
I have seen this in Malay gardens, and Yapp sends it from Pulau Pinang, 
Redang islands. 
2 . ACROCEPHALUS, Benth. 
Herbs. Flowers very small, sessile in globose or ovoid heads of 
whorls. Calyx ovoid tubular, base gibbous, upper lip flat entire, 
lower entire or 4-toothed. Corolla very short unequally 4-lobed. 
Stamens 4, included; style bifid. Species 10, Africa and tropical 
Asia. 
(1) A. capitatus Benth. Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 18. 
Branched herb 6 to 12 in. tall, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate, coarsely serrate narrowed and decurrent 
on petiole, -5 to 1 in. long, -25 in. wide. Corolla -13 in. long, pale 
blue. Hab. Very rare in open sandy country. Pahang, Pulau 
Tawar (one specimen) (Ridley). Distrib. India, Java, Borneo, 
China, Siam, Cambodia. 
3 . MOSCHOSMA, Reichb. 
Herbs. Flowers minute in racemes of very small secund 
terminal whorls. Calyx ovoid or campanulate, 5-toothed, 3 upper 
teeth largest. Corolla very short, upper lip shortly 4-fid, lower 
4 flat lobes. Stamens 4. Style clavate capitate, tip bifid. Species 6, 
tropical Africa, Asia, Australia. 
(1) M. polystachyum Benth. Wall. PL As. Rar. ii, 13. 
Sub-glabrous, about 2 ft. tall; branches spreading; stem 
4-angled above. Leaves ovate acuminate serrate, base deltoid, 
1 to 2 in. long, -5 to 1 in. wide; petioles *25 to 1 in. long. Racemes 
3 to 6 in. long, stiffly short-hairy. Calyx -2 in. long or less bristly 
hairy. Corolla white tinted pink. Hab. Rice-fields in the north, 
Kedah, Gunong Geriang. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi (Ridley). Dis¬ 
trib. India, Ceylon, Java, Philippines, Australia, Africa. 
