Ocimum Basilicum
Allen, Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. X, p. 605
Ocimum basilicum, L.
Authority. M. Peckolt, Archiv der Pharm., May, 1851, p. 226 (Pharm. Journ., vol. xi, 1852, p. 82).
Wonieu mix it with sniitf partly on account of its pleasant odor, and partly because it is thought to clear the eyes.
This plant is very much employed in baths as a tonic.