780 
33 M.? enA'cizis (Benth. lab. p. 830.) glabrous, or clothed 
with fine down, pale green; stems erect; leaves on short pe- 
tioles, ovate, or the superior ones are ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 
flat ; whorls about 6-flowered ; calyxes pubescent, cylindrically 
campanulate, with lanceolate, acute teeth, which are shorter than 
the breadth of the tube, and the throat is naked inside; corollas 
scarcely exceeding the calyxes. 5 .? F. Native of Van Diemen's 
Land. Méntha gracilis, R. Br. prod. p. 505. ? but not of Smith. 
Méntha Dieménica, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 724. This differs prin- 
cipally from M. satureioides in the broader bases of the leaves, 
pubescence, and in the calyxes being larger and sessile, and in 
the throat being naked inside. This species differs from the 
characters of the genus in the stamens being distant and 
straight, not ascending. 
Slender Micromeria. 
Shrub. ? 
* * * Species natives of America. 
34 M. osova`ra (Benth. lab. p. 381.) stem shrubby, divari- 
cate, much branched ; leaves obovate, obtuse, quite entire, nar- 
rowed at the base, with revolute margins, wrinkled, canescent on 
both surfaces; flowers almost sessile. à. S. Native of Ja- 
maica. Saturéia vimínea, Lin. ameen. 5. p. 399. Swartz. obs. 
p. 220. Saturéia incàna, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 719.  Zygis aro- 
mática, Desv. in Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 46.  Xenópoma 
obovàtum, Willd. ex Colla. hort. rip. p. 147. t. 25. Mentha 
viminea, &c. Browne, jam. 258. Leaves half an inch long. 
Corolla about twice as long as the calyx, whitish. Lower lobe 
of style long and flattened. 
Obovate-leaved Micromeria. 
Shrub 2 to 12 feet. 
35 M. nusicena (Benth. lab. p. 381.) procumbent, much 
branched, hispid ; leaves small, petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, 
quite entire; whorls 2-flowered; flowers nearly sessile; caly- 
cine teeth nearly equal, acute, and the throat villous inside. h .? 
G. Native of Peru, in rugged places, on the burning mounts 
Paracé and Rucu-Pichincha, and at Surucucha. Thymus nubí- 
genus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 316. Habit of Thymus 
Serpyllum. Stems rather woody at the base. Branches pubes- 
cent at the base. Corolla about twice as long as the calyx, pu- 
bescent outside. à 
Cloud-growing Micromeria. Shrub procumbent. 
36 M. Girres (Benth. lab. p. 381.) procumbent, finely 
clothed with pubescence; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, quite 
entire; whorls generally 2-flowered ; flowers nearly sessile; 
calycine teeth stiff, sub-revolute, and the throat rather villous 
inside. fh. F. Native of Chili, near Mendoza, Gillies. Whorls 
rarely so much as 6-flowered. Bracteas small, setaceous. Co- 
rolla quite glabrous, scarcely longer than the calyx ; upper lip 
emarginate. Lobes of style flattened, at length revolute. 
Gillies’s Micromeria. Shrub procumbent. 
37 M. Bottvia'na (Benth. lab. p. 731.) glabrous or clothed 
with fine down; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, obtuse or obovate, 
quite entire, flat; whorls few-flowered ; flowers nearly sessile; 
calycine teeth short, obtuse, erect, and the throat naked inside. 
hb. F. Native of Bolivia. Nearly allied to M. obovata, but 
differs in the leaves being much smaller, flat, and in the calyxes 
being shorter. Leaves greenish on both surfaces. Corolla 
Dome than in M. obovàta, scarcely half as long again as the 
calyx. 
Bolivia Micromeria. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1783. 
Shrub. 
Sect, It. PsrupowELIssA (Wevdoc, pseudos, falsehood, and 
pedtooa, melissa, a bee, also the name of balm.) Benth. lab. p. 
383. Cymes of whorls elongated, pedunculate, sub-dichotomous. 
LABIATZE. XLVIII. Micromerta. 
XLIX. Metissa. 
Leaves often toothed.— European herbs. The species are pro- 
bably referrible to the genus Melissa ex Benth. 
38 M. rure cium (Benth. lab. p. 382.) herbaceous, ascending, 
pubescent ‘ leaves petiolate, ovate, toothed, green on both sur- 
faces ; racemes coarctate, secund ; cymes sub-dichotomous, few- 
flowered ; teeth of calyx setaceous, nearly equal, and the throat 
villous inside. 2/.? H. Native of Austria and Hungary. Me- 
lissa Pulégium, Rochel, del. pl. rar. bannat. p. 62. t. 22. f. 8. 
Calamíntha origanifolia, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 120. Melissa sub- 
nüda, Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 3. p. 296. t. 262. ? Cala- 
míntha subnüda, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 130. Thymus subnüdus, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 698. Stems erect, almost simple, hoary from 
short reflexed pili. Calyx cylindrical. Corolla about twice as 
long as the calyx, form of Saturéia, purple. ? 
Pennyroyal Micromeria. Pl. ascending. 
39 M. uaniro'L:a (Benth. lab. p. 382.) plant hoary, ascend- 
ing ; leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, almost quite entire, canes- 
cent above, and white beneath ; racemes loose, many-flowered ; 
teeth of calyx obtuse, nearly equal: throat villous inside; co- 
rolla about twice as long as the calyx. h.F. Native of Por- 
tugal, Spain, Syria, Tauria, Piedmont, &c., in dry rocky places. 
Melissa fruticósa, Lin. spec. 828. Melissa Crética, Lam. dict. 4. 
p. 79. and of many authors, but not of Lin. Calamíntha Crética, 
Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 395. Népeta Crética, Dietr. ex Steud. nom. p. 
521. Thymus Créticus, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 564, but not of Brot. 
Thymus Barreliéri, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 698. Melissa marifolia, 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 182. Népeta marifolia, Cav. icon. 6. p. 55. t. 
576. Bystropógon marifülius, Juss. ex Steud. nom. p. 521. 
Thymus marifolius, Willd. enum. 2. p. 624.  Népeta serpyllifo- 
lia, Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 40. cent. pl. ross. 1. t. 28. — Népeta par- 
vifolia, Hortul.— Barr. icon. 1166. Corolla milk-coloured, spotted 
with purple, more than twice as long as the calyx. Habit of Me- 
líssa, sect. Calamintha, but the calyx is altogether that of Micro- 
méria. 
Cat-thyme-leaved Micromeria. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ; 
Cult. The greater number of the species of Microméria are 
under-shrubs, very few herbaceous annuals. They are too ten- 
der to stand the open air in this country ; they should therefore 
be grown in pots, and placed among other Alpine plants, so that 
they may be sheltered under glass in winter ; but they will grow 
very well in summer on rockwork, and probably might survive 
our milder winters in such a situation. A light, rich earth is the 
best soil for them, and the pots should be well drained with 
sherds. The seeds of annual kinds may be sown in the open 
ground in April, in a warm, sheltered situation. 
Fl. June, Sept. Cult. 1800. 
XLIX. MELI'SSA (from pedtooa, melissa, a bee ; from pert, 
honey: bees are said to gather abundance of honey from this 
plant.) Benth. lab. p. 383. Melissa Clinopddium and Thymus, 
species of Lin. and other authors. Calamintha and A’cinos; 
Monch. and other authors. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx tubular, 13-ner ved; 
usually striated, bilabiate ; upper lip generally spreading, triden- 
tate: lower lip bifid ; throat naked or villous inside. Tube of 
corolla straight or incurvedly ascending, naked inside, usually 
exserted ; throat generally inflated ; limb bilabiate; upper lip 
erect, flattish, entire, or emarginate : lower one spreading, with 
flat lobes, the middle lobe usually the broadest, entire, or emar- 
ginate. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, approximate by pairs 
at apex, or rarely a little distant, lower two the longest : the 
superior 2 sometimes sterile ; filaments toothless ; anthers free, 
2-celled : connective often thickened : cells distinct, parallel, di- 
verging. Lobes of style sometimes equal, subulate, with mint 
terminal stigmas; sometimes the lower lobe is elongated, 
curved, flattened, with stigmatiferous margins. Achenia ¢rYs 
