196 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN E. ORIGANUM. 
antice fisso. 2/ In Africá mediterrane& et Asi& medià: in collibus incultis 
prope Masear (Desfont. fl. atl.), in Arabiz Felicis monte Djebel el Birschi 
prope Taas ( Lunz ! ), in alpibus Kamaonensibus India orientalis (Wall.!), in 
hortis frequentissime cultum et valde variabile. Origanum Majorana Linn.! 
spec. p. 824. Origanum majoranoides Willd. spec. 3, p. 137. Origanum 
Wallichianum Benth. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 1, p. 31. Majorana hortensis Mcench 
meth. p. 406. Majorana crassa Moench meth. p. 406? O. Onites Lam. dict. 4, 
p.608 ex DC. fl. fr. 3, p. 558, non Linn. O. confertum Savi! osserv. origan. 
p. 12. Caules in hortis nostris.szpe annui, in frigidariis vel in locis natalibus 
perennes, basi suffruticosi. Rami duri 1-1j-pedales. Folia semipollicaria. Spi- 
cule in fasciculis 3-5. Corolle parvs, purpurascentes. vel albz. Majorana 
Mexicana Mart. et Gal. in bull. acad. Brux. v. ll, si revera hujus generis et 
verisimiliter O. Majorana e hortis aufuga. (v. s.) 
21. O. OnEGA (Vog. in Linnzgá, 15, p. 78), ramis puberulis, foliis petiolatis ovatis 
subserratis utrinque ramisque puberulis, inflorescentiá subcorymboso-panicu- 
latà, spiculis elongato-linearibus apice ramulorum ternis stipitatis calyce su- 
perne tridentato antice fisso. — Patria ignota. O.. Heracleoticum Koch 
Deutschl. fl. 4, p. 305, non Linn. 
22. O. Manu (Linn.! spec. p. 825, non alior), ramis tomentosiusculis racemoso- 
paniculatis, foliis sessilibus ovato-ellipticis crassis molliter tomentosis, spiculis 
oblongis in ramulis glomeratis sessilibus, calyce edentulo antice fisso. 2/ In 
Palestin& (Sieber! Bové! Auch. n. 244 ! et 16581), in Cret& ( Linnzus). Ori- 
ganum JEgyptiacum auct. non Linn. O. Syriacum Sieb.! pl. Palest. exs. Majo- 
rana crassifolia Benth. Lab. p. 339. Schizocalyx Syriaeus Scheele in Florá 
1843, p. 575. Habitus O. Majorana, a qu& differt foliis sessilibus majoribus 
crassis, utrinque uti calyces et bractez dense tomentoso-lanatis. (v. s.) 
23. O. nERvosux (Vog.! in Linnzá, 15, p. 78), erecta, ramis patentim pilosis 
paniculatis, foliis sessilibus late ovatis subintegerrimis basi rotundato-trunoeatis 
vel inferioribus subcordatis utrinque villosis, spiculis oblongis parvis in ramulis 
glomeratis sessilibus, calyce subdenticulato antice fisso.— In Arabisx peninsulà 
Sinaicá (Bové! Soehimper, n. 385),in JEgypto ( Vesling ). Origanum $y- 
riacum Linn. spec. 824 ? O. Indicum Zatarhendi Alp. et Vesl. pl. seg. 31, ic. 33. 
Majorana nervosa Benth. Lab. p. 339. Habitus O. Majoranz , at paniculá di- 
varicatior et ramosior. Cauliserectus, pedalis. Folia semipollicaria vel inferiora 
subpollicaria, basi subeordata, form& O. Onitis. Spiculae numerose , minores 
et distinetiores quam in O. Majoraná. Calyces et bractez O. Onitis. Corolle 
parum majores staminibus exsertis. Àn mera varietas O. Maru ? ( v. s.) 
p foliis petiolatis. — In monte Libano ( Auch. n. 330 ! et 1657 ! ), in monte 
Tauro (Kotschy n. 470!) 
24. O. OxrrEs ( Linn.! spec. p. 824), caule erecto subsimplici hirsuto, foliis 
sessilibus ovatis subserratis villosulis tomentosisve, spiculis parvis ovoideis nu- 
merosis dense corymbosis, calyce subdenticulato antice fisso. 2 In regione 
Mediterraneà orientali : in Dalmatiá ( Petter, Reichb.), in Grzciá australi in- 
sulisque cireumjacentibus (Sibthorp ! Berger! Sartori! ), in collibus petrosis 
Astypalez , Leri, Sami , etc. ( Durville !), in Cret& ( Tournefort! Sieber ! ), 
Smyrns ( Fleischer ! ) , in Troade (Clarke) , Syrià (Aucher n. 1660 !). Caules 
erecti, pedales, simplices vel rarissime subramosi, pilis longis patentibus , 
hirsutis. Folia semipollicaria, basi szepissime cordata , venosa , subrugosa , nunc 
ad venas tantum pubescentia , nunc utrinque tomentoso-villosa. Spicule nume- 
rosissimze , in corymbo terminali fere plano , 2-3 poll. diametro disposite, 
oblongz , 3-6 lin. longs , villosissimze. Bractece et calyces quadrifariam imbri- 
cata. Corolla M. hortensis, vel paulo major. ( v. s. ) 
Species dubia. 
25. O. vxsrIYUM (Clarke trav. 2, p. 451), « foliis subcordato-ovatis petio- 
latis integerrimis utrinque tomentosis mollissimis , spicis subrotundo-ovatie 
