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OCYMUM febrifugum. 
Sierra Leone Fever Plant. 
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DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LAntatm. Juss. gen: 110. Brown prod. 506. Sect. II. B. 
>... Calyx bilabiatus.. Brown l. c. hak 1 ; 
OCYMUM. Calyx labio superiore orbiculato ; inferiore quadrifido. 
Corolle resupinate alterum labium 4-fidum; alterum indivisum.  Filamenta 
exteriora basi processum emittentia. Flores racemost. Pers. syn. 2,134. 
‘ et Sj2s a = 
O. febrifugum, suffraticosum pubescens, foliis ovato-lanceolatis crenatis pe- 
tiolatis, verticillis terminalibus racemosis, bracteis rhombeis deciduis, 
corolla calyci subeequali. ete eo PRB A 
B? O. heptodon, caule erecto ramoso, foliis petiolatis ovatis crenatis, peri- 
anthii labio inferiore 5-fido, superiore 2-dentato, perigonii labio inferiore 
3-, Superiore 2-lobato. Pal. de Beauv. Fl. @Oware et de Benin 2.59. 
t,.94, - hie wae Pips 395 t 
ey PAS | ae % eee Meet go 4 Bo : 
Suffrutex 8-pedalis, nuda, MELissm odore aromatico.  Caulis tetrago- 
nus, pilosus, angus robundatis, glaberrimis, Folia opposite, ovato-lanceo 
lata, acuminata, obtusa, crenata, petiolata, glabriuscula: nervis pilosis ; 
subtus reticulata, punctata. Racemi terminales villosi,. Flores pallidi virides, 
icillis ER Ne _ Bractez verticillo cuique due, tenues, rhombeo- 
ovate, p e, deciduc. Pedicelli breves, tenues, pubescentes. Calyx campanu- 
latus, pt ius, punctatus ; lacinid superiore lata, ovatd, lateralibus subula- 
bidentatd, ascendente. Corolla calyct equalis, pubes- 
dentibus 4. supertoribus subequalibus, sursim flexis, labello 
ito, concavo, purpureo venoso, marginibus revolutis. Stamina de- 
0 postica supra basin tubi inserta, infra medium caleare brevi vil- 
loso: duo antica ad basin labelli inserta, glabra, mutica. Anthere lutee, 
labre, innate, loculis ae confluentibus. Pollen sphericum.  Ovaria in 
isco carnoso immersa.. Stylus filiformis. Stigma bifidum. 
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tis, patentib 
~ This species of Ocymum is very similar to the O. hepto- 
don found by the late M. de Beauvois in the kingdom of — 
Benin; a plant which is stated to have a flower singular in 
the genus for the seven teeth of its calyx, and appearing, 
from the figure which accompanies the description, of a red 
colour. But, as we are unable to discover ‘other points 
~ of variance, it is possible that some allowance should be 
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made for the different appearances of a dried specimen and 
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a living subject. To avoid confusion, we have preserved the 
plant of M. de Beauvois as a distinct variety; and we leave 
the point to be finally determined by a future reference to 
rbarium of the author. bites 
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