—O. hispidum, Lam.—O. ciliatum, Horz.—O. hispidalum, Schum.
—Basilicum Indicum, Rumph. Amb. V. t. 92. fig. 1. Oude.
Peninsula. Hindostan. Assam. Flowering nearly all the year.
Very aromatic and fragrant.
Var. 2. glabratum.—Stem erect: petioles and calyx sparing-
ly ciliated ; leaves scarcely toothed : racemes long, simple : flowers:
white.—-Q. caryophyllatum, Roxb.—O.. integerrimum, Willd.—
O. lanceolatum, Schum. Peninsula. Bengal. Assam. Flower-
ing nearly all the year. Whole plant very fragrant and aromatic.
(8) O. eratissimum. (Linn)


Ident. Linn. Spec. p. 832.—Dec. prod. XII. p. 34.
Syn. O. Zeylanicum, Burm,—O., frutescens, Mill. dict.—O. pes.
tiolare, Lam.—O., gratissimum, Jacq. , ;
Engrav. Burm, Thes. Zeyl. t. 80. fig. 1—Rheede Mal. X..
t. 86. ae F

Srzc. Car. Stem rather glabrous: leaves petioled, ovate-acute,
crenated or coarsely toothed, narrowed at the base, glabrous or
pubescent along the veins: floral leaves like bracts, lanceolate~
acuminate, hastate at the base: racemes simple or slightly branched,
pubescent: calyx -pedicelled: lateral teeth minute, upper united
into a bimucronate lip: corolla scarcely longer than the calyx 9
stamens exserted : flowers white or pale-yellow,


Common in gardens, flowering all the year,
(4) O. ascenpens. ( Willd.)


Ident. Willd, Sp. IIT p. 166 —Dec. prod. XII. p. 35: :


Syn. O.Indicum, Roth.—Plectranthus Indicua, Spreng.— Oo.
cristatum, Roxb. H. B. flor. Ind. III, p. 19.
Srrc. Cuar. Stem prostrate: _ branches pubescent : leaves
petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly toothed, narrowed at the
base, pubescent: floral leaves like bracts, deciduous: racemes
aimple; calyx in fruit drooping, the tube striated: wings of the
upper tooth reaching to the middle of the calyx: lateral teeth
truncated, lawer very shortly setaceous, acuminated: corolla twice’


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the length of the calyx: stamens much exserted: flowers pale-
rose.
Common all over India, flowering inthe rains. This species’ is
scentless.
