LABIATZE. XLVIII. Micromerta. 
quite entire; pedicels with setaceous bracteoles, 3-5-flowered ; 
calyx oblong, equal; corolla minute. %4. H. Native of Caro- 
lina, Nuttall. Hedeóma bracteolàta, Nutt. gen. amer. addenda. 
Ziziphora bracteolata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. mant. 1. p. 179. 
Bracteolate Micromeria. PI. 4 to 4 foot. ? 
4 M.srorowrrrna (Benth. lab. p. 371.) stems herbaceous, 
prostrate, radicant, glabrous ; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, 
obtuse, subcrenated, and somewhat cordate at the base, gla- 
brous; pedicels elongated, naked ; teeth of calyx ovate-lanceo- 
late: throat villous inside. 2. F. Native of New Spain, 
Mocino et Sessé. Nearly allied to M. Brómnei; but differs in 
the more firm, acutely tetragonal stems, and broader sessile 
leaves. 
Stoloniferous Micromeria. Pl. prostrate. 
5 M. srowner (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 
prostrate, glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, obtuse, a 
little crenated, glabrous; pedicels elongated, naked; teeth of 
calyx ovate-lanceolate: throat villous inside. 2t. F. Native 
of Florida, Jamaica, Santa Fe de Bogota, and Brazil. ‘Thymus 
Brównei, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1011. prod. p. 89. Stems 
usually creeping, and rooting at the base. Leaves truncate or 
subcordate at the base. Whorls 2-flowered. Corollas pale 
purple, small. Tube a little exserted. 
DBrowne's Micromeria. Pl. prostrate. 
6 M. Xararr'wsis (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 
prostrate, pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, a little crenated, 
ciliated ; pedicels elongated, naked ; teeth of calyx ovate-lanceo- 
late: throat villous inside. 2%. F. Native of Mexico, be- 
tween Pilela and Xalapa, in humid places. Thymus Xalapénsis, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 316. Allied to M. Brómnei ; 
but differs in the nearly sessile leaves, which are ovate, not 
rounded, and in the hairs of the stem being long and white ; 
and from M. stolonifera, in the narrower pilose leaves. 
Xalapa Micromeria. Pl. prostrate. 
7 M. Cuxxiscua' ur (Benth. lab. p. 730.) stems herbaceous, 
prostrate, finely pubescent; leaves petiolate, rounded, almost 
quite entire; pedicels elongated, naked; calyx hairy, with 
ovate-lanceolate teeth, and a naked throat. ^. F. Native of 
New Zealand, on the west coast, at the river Mangamaka Hoki- 
anga, Cunningham. Habit of M. Brównei. Teeth of calyx 
villous inside, but the throat is naked. Tube of corolla in- 
closed. 
Cunningham's Micromeria. Pl. prostrate. 
8 M. Dovcera'su (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 
prostrate ; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, obtuse, crenated, 
roundedly truncate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces ; pe- 
duncles elongated, bracteate at the base or middle; teeth of 
calyx subulate: throat naked inside. 4%. F. Native of North 
West America, at the river Columbia. Thymus Douglasii, 
Benth. in Linnza, 6. p. 80. Thymus Chamissónis, Benth. in 
Linnea, 6. p. 80. Branches very long, prostrate, creeping, 
pubescent. Corolla purple, downy outside: upper lip emar- 
ginate; and the middle lobe of lower lip entire. Lobes of style 
unequal. : 
Douglas’s Micromeria. Pl. prostrate. 
Szcr. II. Prrere’tra (a dim. of Piper, pepper.) Benth. lab. 
p- 973. Flowers almost sessile, or collected into sessile or 
pedunculate heads. Pedicels almost wanting, or shorter than 
the calyxes. Whorls axillary or subspicate. — Undershrubs, 
rarely herbs. Leaves quite entire, veiny, often hard; floral 
leaves almost similar to the cauline ones. 
* Species natives of Europe and Africa. 
9 M. Juri'wa (Benth. lab. p. 373.) pubescent, suffruticose; 
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branches erect, strict ; leaves sessile: lower ones ovate: upper 
ones lanceolate-linear, all obtuse, and quite entire, with revolute 
edges ; fascicles of flowers dense, on short peduncles ; bracteas 
about equal in length to the sessile calyxes; calycine teeth subu- 
late, stiff, hardly so long as the breadth of the tube: throat 
naked inside. h.F. Native of the region of the Mediter- 
ranean, on dry and stony hills; as in Sicily, Naples, Dal- 
matia, and several of the Grecian islands. Saturéia Juliana, 
Lin. spec. 793. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 32. t. 540. 
Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. f. 3. Sabbàtia corymbosa, Moench. 
meth. p. 386.— Ger. emac. 576. f. 3.—Park. theatr. 5. f. 3.— 
Mor. hist. 3. p. 412. sect. 1l. t. 17. f. 4.—Lob. icon. 245. 
Stems procumbent, much branched.  Corollas very minute, 
pale red. Upper lobe of style the shortest. Plant with a 
fragrant smell. 
Var. B, hirsita (Benth. lab. p. 373.) hairy, hard, a foot high, 
or more, a little branched. 5. F. Native of Sicily. Saturéia 
Juliana, var. canéscens, Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 114. Satu- 
réia hirsüta, Presl, del. prag. p. 79. 
St. Julian's Micromeria. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1596. Shrub 
1 to 1 foot. 
10 M. Gmuzca (Benth. lab. p. 373.) pubescent; branches 
erect or ascending; leaves sessile: lower ones ovate, obtuse : 
superior ones lanceolate-linear, all quite entire, with revolute 
margins ; fascicles of flowers loose, almost secund, pedunculate ; 
bracteas, for the most part, one half shorter than the calyxes ; 
calycine teeth subulate, longer than the breadth of the tube: 
throat villous inside. kh. F. Native of the region of the 
Mediterranean, on dry stony hills ; as of Portugal, Spain, Cor- 
sica, Italy, Naples, Sicily, Syria, and many of the Grecian 
islands, &c. Saturéia Graeca, Lin. spec. 794. Sibth. et Smith, 
fl. graec. 6. p. 34. t. 542. Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. f. 2. Satu- 
réja micrantha, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 142. Thymus 
hírtus, Russ. nat. hist. alep. 2. p. 256. Thymus micránthus, 
Brot. phyt. p. 30. t. 13.—Alp. exot. 265. t. 264.— Mor. hist. 
3. p. 411. sect. 11. t. 17. f. 2. This is a very variable plant. 
Stem woody at the base, procumbent. Corolla exceeding the 
calyxes a little, pale purple: upper lip shortly emarginate. 
Lobes of style equal. 
Var. B, longiflóra (Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 117.) corolla 
twice as long as the calyx. h.F. Native of Sicily and Na- 
ples. Saturéia Consentina, Tenor. fl. nap. 3. p. 151. f. 9. syll. 
p- 279. This is distinguished from the species by the greater 
stature and larger flowers. 
Var. y, densiflora (Benth. lab. p. 373.) fascicles of flowers 
more dense, and on shorter peduncles; throat of calyx less vil- 
lous inside. }.F. Saturéia tenuifólia, Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. 
f. 4. prod. p. 33. Guss. prod. fl. sic. 115.  Microméria tenui- 
folia, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 310. Saturéia hírta, Host, fl. 
austr. 2. p. 134. ? Thymus virgàtus, Tenor. fl. nap. t. 155. f. 3. 
syll. 296. Saturéia congésta, Horn. hort. hafn. Spreng. syst. 
22:0: 720; 
s Micromeria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub $ 
foot. 
11 M. ranvirrónA (Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 859.) almost gla- 
brous; branches erectish ; leaves sessile, all linear, quite entire, 
with revolute margins ; peduncles equalling the leaves, loosely 
3-flowered ; bracteas minute; calycine teeth subulate: the 
upper ones the broadest: throat villous inside. h. F. Native 
of Dalmatia, on the confines near Albania, among the mountains 
of Patrovitch. Saturéia parviflora, Vis. pl. rar. dalm. in bot. 
zeit, 1829. Saturéia inodora, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 135. but not 
of Salzm. This is a very distinct species from M. Gre‘ca; the 
leaves are much narrower and glabrous ; the flowers are on long 
pedicels, and fewer; the form and length of the calycine teeth 
are unequal. 
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