LABIATZE. XLIX. Metissa. 
smooth.—Under shrubs, but usually herbs, with variable inflo- 
rescence, Flowers purplish, white or yellow. 
Sect. I. CALAMINTHA (from kaXoc, kalos, beautiful; and 
puvOa, mintha, mint; in reference to the beauty of the plants and 
their affinity to Méntha.) Benth. lab. p. 386.  Calamíntha, 
Moench. meth. 408.  Racemes loose, rather secund. Cymes of 
whorls, pedunculate, dichotomous.  Bracteas minute. Calyx 
almost terete, striated, hardly gibbous at the base: throat vil- 
lous inside. 
1 M. rnca‘na (Benth. lab. p. 386.) herbaceous or suffruticose 
at the base, procumbent ; branches ascending, clothed with hoary 
tomentum; leaves petiolate, small, orbicular, almost entire, 
clothed with hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; racemes rather 
secund ; whorls few-flowered ; cymes hardly dichotomous ; ca- 
lyxes shortly bilabiate, and the throat naked inside; corolla 
hardly twice as long as the calyx. Y.H. Native of the Gre- 
cian Archipelago, frequent, and about Athens; also of Syria, 
near Aleppo. Melíssa, Crética, Russel, nat. hist. alep. but not of 
Lin. Thymus incànus, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 62. t. 
517. This species is intermediate between Melissa and Micro- 
méria. Upper whorls dense; lower ones more loose. 
Hoary Balm. | Pl. 4 to 1 foot. ? 
2 M.? Cre’rica (Lin. spec. p. 828.) herbaceous, humble, 
procumbent at the base; branches ascending, pilosely hispid ; 
leaves petiolate, small, roundish, obtuse, almost quite entire, 
clothed with soft villi on both surfaces ; racemes sub-secund ; 
cymes scarcely dichotomous, few-flowered ; calyx shortly bilabi- 
ate, the throat villous inside; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 
calyx. 2t. H. Native of Candia. Thymus hírtus, Sieb. pl. exs. but 
not of others.—Barr. icon. t. 1166.— Bauh. hist. 3. p. 230. f. 
2.—Park. theatr. p. 36. t. 37. f. 4. Allied to M. incàna, but 
differs in the stem and leaves being villous, not tomentose. Co- 
rolla white, purplish. ? 
Cretan Balm. FI. June, July. Clt. 1596. 
foot. 
3 M. tHymiro'zta (Benth. lab. p. 386.) stems herbaceous, as- 
cending, clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 
obtuse, hardly crenated, cuneated at the base or rounded, rather 
canescent ; racemes loose, secund ; cymes dichotomous ; flowers 
small; calyx shortly bilabiate, with acute teeth ; corolla about 
twice as long as the calyx. 3. H. Native of Carniola, on 
rocks and old walls. Saturéia thymifolia, Scop. fl. carn. 1. p. 
428. ex. Host.  Calamíntha thymifólia, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 
132. Thymus origanifólius, Vis. in bot. zeit. 1830. 1. p. 15. 
It appears intermediate between Micromeria marifolia and Me- 
lissa Népeta. Leaves hardly 4 an inch long, sometimes quite 
entire, full of glandular dots, canescent beneath from tomentum. 
Corolla pale purplish : upper lip emarginate. 
Thyme-leaved Balm. PI. 1 foot. 
4 M. cranpuròsa (Benth. lab. p. 387.) stems herbaceous ; 
branches almost glabrous ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acut- 
ish, coarsely serrated, rounded at the base, nearly glabrous; ra- 
cemes very loose, few-flowered, secund; cymes dichotomous: 
calyx bilabiate, with acute teeth ; corolla hardly larger than the 
small calyx. ^4. H. Native of Corsica, Requien ; of Sardinia, 
Moris. Thymus glandulósus, Req. in ann. sc. nat. par. 5. p. 
386. Branches slender, slightly downy. Throat of calyx closed 
by villi. Corolla white or pale purple. 
Glandular Balm. Shrub i to 1 foot. 
5 M. ne’pera (Lin. spec. 828.) stems herbaceous; branches 
procumbent, ascending, or erectish, villous; leaves petiolate, 
broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, villous on 
both surfaces, pale beneath; raceme elongated, loose, many- 
flowered, secund ; cymes dichotomous; calyx shortly bilabiate, 
with subulate teeth; corolla half as long again as the calyx, 
Shrub 3 to 1 
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hardly twice as long. Y%.H. Native of the Southern parts of 
Europe, in dry situations, among rubbish, and by way-sides; as 
in the South of France, Portugal, Piedmont, Naples, Grecian 
Islands, South of Tauria, &c. Thymus Népeta, Smith, fl. brit. 
2. p. 642. engl. bot. t. 1414. Hook, fl. lond. vol. I. with a 
figure. Calamintha parviflora, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 396. Cala- 
mintha trichótoma, Meench. meth. p. 409. Thymus diffüsus, 
Hortul. Thymus Brauneànus, Hoppe. Calamintha rotundif6- 
lia, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 131. Calamintha obliqua, Host, fl. 
austr. 2. p. 131. Calamintha Népeta, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 
Calamíntha canéscens, Presl, fl. sic. p. 37. Melissa obtusifólia, 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 122.— Black, herb. t. 167.—Riv. mon. t. 47. 
—Lob. icon. t. 513. Leaves 4 to 1 inch long, deep green above, 
and hoary beneath. Throat of calyx bearded. Corolla white and 
pale purple. The plant has a strong aromatic smell, approach- 
ing to that of pennyroyal, and a moderately pungent taste, some- 
what like spearmint, but warmer. Infusions of the leaves were 
given as tea in weaknesses of the stomach, flatulent cholics, &c. 
Var. B, Athónica (Benth. lab. p. 387.) more humble and more 
glabrous; leaves greener. 24. H. Native of Mount Athos. 
'hy mus Athónicus, Bernh. ex Rchb. pl. germ. exc. p. 329. 
under no. 2242. Calamintha Athónica, Rchb. 1. c. Melissa 
Athéos, Hortul. 
Cat-mint Balm or Field Balm. Fl. July, Oct. England. Pl. 
1 to 14 foot. 
6 M. caraAMYNTHA (Lin. spec. p. 827.) stems herbaceous ; 
branches ascending, villous ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, blunt- 
ish, serrately crenated, rounded or truncated at the base, green 
on both surfaces, villous; raceme loose, secund ; cymes very 
loose, subdichotomous, few-flowered ; calyx distinctly bilabiate, 
with subulate teeth: lower teeth elongated ; corolla more than 
twice as long as the calyx. Y%. H. Native of Middle and 
South Europe, and Middle Asia; as of England, France, Ger- 
many, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Armenia, and Siberia, &e., 
on hills and in open woods. Thymus Calamíntha, Scop. fl. carn. 
ed. 2d. no. 733. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1676.  Calamíntha mon- 
tana, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 396. Cal. officinalis, Moench. meth. 
409. Cal. menthafólia, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 129. Thymus 
umbrósus, Spreng. cent. pl. min. cogn. p. 41. T. moschatél- 
lus, Poll. fl. veron. p. 15. ex Poir, supp. 5. p. 304. Cal. 
umbrósa, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 329.? exclusive of numerous 
synonymes. Melissa intermèdia, Baumg.? ex Rchb. Melissa 
umbrósa, of German authors. Cal. vulgaris, Sweet. Melissa 
folidsa, Opiz. ex unio. itin. Stems more erect and firm than in 
M. Népeta. Leaves larger, usually an inch and a half long. 
Flowers fewer. Calyx twice the size, and more deeply bilabiate. 
Corolla red, marked with deeper spots. 
Var. B, villosissima (Benth. lab. p. 388.) plant more villous ; 
leaves smaller, but the calyx and corolla are about the same size. 
4. H. Native of Spain and the Canary Islands. Thymus cala- 
minthoides, Rchb. fl. lus. mad. exsic. 
Calamint or Mountain Balm. FI. July, Aug. Clt. England. 
Pl. 4 to 13 foot. 
Secr. II. Carometi'ssa (from xaXoc, kalos, beautiful, and pe- 
Misoa, melissa,'a bee, also the name given to balm; so called 
on account of the beauty of the plants.) Benth. lab. p. 388. 
Whorls many-flowered, nearly equal, condensed. Bracteas ovate 
or oblong. Throat of calyx villous inside. 
7 M. Carorinia'na (Benth. lab. p. 388.) herbaceous, gla- 
brous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, a little crenated, narrowed 
at the base; whorls nearly equal, many-flowered, condensed ; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx. 2t. H. Native of Carolina, 
Georgia ; and Louisiana, at, Covington. Thymus Carolinianus, 
Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 9. Calamintha Caroliniàna, Sweet, 
hort. brit. p. 409. Cal. grandiflora, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 
