766 
bipartite. Corolla rose-coloured, deciduous. Perhaps Thymus 
Richárdi, Pers. ? 
Majorca Marjoram. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
+ Doubtful species. 
8 O. puncta rum (Poir. dict. suppl. 4. p. 186.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, dotted, glabrous; heads spherical, rather downy; 
bracteas acute, longer than the calyxes. %4. H. Native 
country unknown. Stems glabrous. Leaves almost sessile, 
quite entire. Spikelets globose, size of peas. Bracteas rather 
pubescent. Corollas whitish. Perhaps a young specimen of O. 
Heracleóticum. 
Var. G: leaves narrower, lanceolate. 
Doited-leaved Marjoram. Pl. 1 foot. 
9 O. vestitum (Clarke, trav. 2. p. 451.) leaves subcordate, 
ovate, petiolate, quite entire, tomentose on both surfaces, and 
very soft ; spikes roundish-ovate, compact, tomentose, usually by 
threes. X. F. Native of Palestine, near Cana. Plant branched, 
suffruticose, hoary from tomentum. Calyx bilabiate, with a 
woolly throat. Corollas slender, glandularly dotted. Perhaps 
the same as Marjordna crassifolia. 
Clothed Marjoram. Shrub branched. 
10 O. sazviróniuM (Roth, ex Steud. nom. p. 572.) Nothing 
is known of this plant but the name. 
Sage-leaved Marjoram. PI.? 
Cult. All the species are of easy culture and propagation. A 
sandy soil and dry situation suit them best. The herbaceous 
species are readily propagated by dividing at the root, and the 
shrubby kinds, by cuttings or slips, or by separating the rooted 
shoots. 
pleads lo 
XLI. MARJORA'NA (altered from the Arabic name Mar- 
yamych, but the marjoram of the Arabs is Sdlvia ceratophylla.) 
Meench. meth. 406. Benth. lab. p. 338. Origanum species of 
Lin. and other authors. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx shortly cam- 
panulate at the base; limb cleft, complanately dilated above, 
quite entire, orbicular, with the margin implicate beneath at the 
base; throat naked inside. Corolla having the tube equalling 
the calyx, and the limb somewhat bilabiate ; upper lip erectish, 
emarginate : lower lip spreading, trifid, with nearly equal lobes. 
Stamens 4, exserted, distant, somewhat didynamous : lower ones 
the longest; anthers 2-celled: cells parallel, diverging, or at 
length divaricate. Style almost equally bifid at apex; stigmas 
minute.—Perennial or suffruticose herbs, usually clothed with 
tomentose villi, Leaves quite entire or toothed. Flowers col- 
lected into short tetragonal spikelets. Bracteas orbicular, vil- 
lous, not coloured, flat, equal in height to the calyxes, lying upon 
them, and closely imbricate. 
1, M. microruy’txa (Benth. lab. p. 338.) suffruticose, pro- 
cumbent; branches slender, almost glabrous, panicled ; leaves 
small, remote, petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, rounded at the 
base, clothed with white tomentum ; spikelets nearly globose, 
few, and sub-corymbose at the tops of the branches. h. F. 
Native of Candia, on the Sphaciotic Mountains. Oríganum 
Maru, Sibth. et Smith, fl. grec. 6. p. 59. t. 573. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 2602. Origanum microphyllum, Sieb. pl. exsic. crete. 
Branches purplish, smooth, filiform. Leaves not above a third 
the size of those of M. horténsis. Branches and calyxes clothed 
with tomentose villi, densely ciliated at apex. Corollas of M. 
horténsis. é 
Small-leaved Pot Marjoram. Shrub procumbent. 
2 M. nonrE' ssis (Moench. meth. 406.) branches 
brous, racemosely panicled ; leaves petiolate, nearly gla- 
oblong-ovate, ob- 
LABIATA. XL. Oricanum. 
XLI. MARJORANA. 
tuse, quite entire, clothed with hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; 
spikelets oblong, sessile, glomerate on the branchlets; hk. in its 
native country, ©. in our gardens. H. Native of the North 
of Africa, near Mascar, on hills; and of Asia, on the Alps of 
Kamaon, Wall. Origanum Marjorana, Lin. spec. p. 824. Woody, 
med. bot. 453. t. 165, Oríganum Marjoranoides, Willd. spec. 
3. p. 137. Oríganum Wallichiànum, Benth. in Wall. pl. rar, 
asiat. 1. p. 31. Marjoràna crassa, Meench. meth. 406.? Orí- 
ganum Onites, Lam. dict. 4. p. 608. ex De. fl. fr. 3. p. 558. but 
not of Lin. Marjorana vulgaris, Bauh. pin. 224. Amaracus 
vulgàtior, Lob. icon. 498.  Oríganum acinacifolium, Wallr, 
—Blackw. t 319.—Mor. hist. sect. 11. t. 3. f. 2. Branches 
tetragonal, pubescent, a little branched. Leaves half an inch 
long. Spikelets 3-5 together, nearly sessile. Bracteas and 
calyxes complanate, closely imbricate. Corollas small, purplish, 
or white. A variety of this species occurs in Miller's herbarium, 
under the name of O. Heracleóticum. This, the sweet or knot- 
ted marjoram, is a hardy annual in our gardens, although suf- . 
fruticose in the places of its natural growth. As the seed 
seldom ripens in this country, it is generally procured from 
France. When in blossom the herb is cut over and dried 
for winter use; so that a sowing requires to be made every 
year. Like the other culinary kinds of marjoram, it is 
much used as a relishing herb in soups, broths, stuffings, &e. 
The young, tender tops and leaves are used together in summer 
in a green state, and they are dried for winter. For a seed-bed, 
3 feet by 3 feet, a quarter of an ounce of seed will be sufficient. 
Sow in April on a compartment of light earth, either in small 
drills or broad cast; or sow a portion in a hot-bed, if requisite 
to have a small crop forwarded. When the plants are 1-2 or 3 
inches high, thin the seed-bed, and plant those thinned out in a 
final bed, six inches apart, giving water; or where large supplies 
are required, some may remain thick, where sown, to be drawn 
off by the root as wanted. Sweet marjoram is a moderately- 
warm aromatic, yielding its virtues both to aqueous and spiritu- 
ous liquors by infusion, and to water in distillation. 
Garden Marjoram, or Sweet or Knotted Marjoram. Fl. June, 
July. Clt. 1573. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
3 M. crasstrou1a (Benth. lab. p. 339.) branches rather to- 
mentose, racemosely-panicled ; leaves sessile, ovate-elliptic, 
thick, clothed with soft tomentum; spikelets oblong, sessile, 
glomerate on the branches. h F. Native of the Levant, Pa- 
lestine, and Candia. Origanum Maru, Lin. spec. p. 825, but 
not of other authors. Origanum ZEgyptlacum, of authors, but 
not of Lin. Habit of M. horténsis, from which it differs in the 
sessile, larger, thick leaves, which are densely clothed with 
tomentose wool on both surfaces, as well as the calyxes and 
bracteas. Corollas purplish. 
; Thick-leaved Marjoram. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Shrub 1 
oot. 
4 M. nervosa (Benth. lab. p. 339.) erect, branches panicled, 
beset with spreading villi; leaves sessile, broad-ovate; almost 
quite entire, roundly-truncate at the base, or the lower ones are 
somewhat cordate, villous on both surfaces; spikelets ken 
small, sessile, glomerate on the branches. h. F., or ©. ^^ 
Native of Arabia and Egypt. Oríganum Syriacum, Lin. ors 
P. 824.? Origanum Indicum Zatarhéndi, Alp. et Vesl. Pe 
zegypt. 31. t. 33, Marum Syriacum, Lob. icon. t. 499. Habi 
of M. horténsis, but the panicles are more divaricate and more 
branched. Leaves form of those of M. onites. Spikelets DU" 
merous, smaller, and more distinct than in M. horténsis. Calyxes 
and bracteas of M. onites. Corollas a little larger. pl 
1 rgd Heaut Marjoram. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1823. 5^ 
oot. 
5 M. Oxirzs (Benth. lab. p. 339.) stems erect, nearly simple, 
hairy ; leaves ae ovate, od a little, rather villous or 
