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flowered ; cymes umbel-formed ; peduncles elongated, scarcely 
dichotomous. Throat of calyx spreading, almost naked inside : 
lips very deep, spreading. Corolla elongated, purplish: tube 
dilated. Stamens rather distant at apex. 
24 M. GRANDIFLÒRA (Lin. spec. 827.) herbaceous, erectish, 
sparingly pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, coarsely toothed, 
rounded or cuneated at the base, green on both surfaces ; ra- 
cemes loose, few-flowered ; cymes pedunculate, hardly dichoto- 
mous, few-flowered; corolla ample, more than twice the length 
of the calyx. 2%.H. Native of Europe, in shady woods; as 
of the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Piedmont, Switzerland, Germany, 
Mounts Athos, and Olympus ; South of Tauria, about Baidar. 
Bieb. Curt. bot. mag. 208. Calamintha grandiflora, Moench. 
meth, p. 408. Thymus grandiflórus, Scop. carn. ed. 2d. no. 
732. D.C. fl. fr. 3. p. 562.—Riv. mon. t. 46.— Mor. hist. 
sect. 11. t. 21. f. 1l.—Besl. hort. eyst. 7. t. 7. f. 1. Stems 
branched at the base, and decumbent. Branches erectish. 
Whorls few, subsecund. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla 1 to 
13 inch long, purplish ; throat much inflated. Stamens loosely 
approximate. ‘There is a variety of this with white flowers, and 
another with red flowers; both much inferior to the purple: 
there is also a variety with variegated leaves. The leaves, when 
bruised, have the smell of common balm. 
Great-flowered Balm. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. Pl. 1 
foot. 
25 M. MacnRosrE'MA (Moc. et Sessé, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 
395.) shrubby ; branches divaricate, villous in the young state ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, or oblong, acute, roundly cuneated at the 
base, serrated, green above, and pale beneath, nearly glabrous, 
or rather hispid on both surfaces ; whorls loose, rather secund, 
few-flowered ; peduncles and pedicels elongated ; calyxes gla- 
brous: upper lip spreading. h. H. Native of New Spain. 
Leaves distant, 1 to 1 inch long. Cymes generally 2-3-flower- 
ed. Corolla downy, about 4 times the length of the calyx, with 
a dilated tube: upper lip, and middle lobe of lower lip emargi- 
nate, like the preceding. 
Long-cronned Balm. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 
* Secr. VII. Hererometi'sson (from érepoc, heteros, variable ; 
and pedtooa, melissa, a bee, also the name given tojbalm.) 
Benth. lab. p. 395. Whorls irregular, few or many-flowered, 
rather secund, usually ending in leafy branches. Bracteas sub- 
foliaceous. Calyx elongated, not gibbous at the base, scarcely 
bilabiate: teeth straight, setaceous: throat almost naked inside. 
Corolla elongated, purple: tube erectish. 
26 M. roxcicav' Lis (Wall. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 395.) suf- 
fruticose; branches elongated, decumbent, pubescent; leaves 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, a little toothed, cuneate, or narrowed at 
the base, rather villous : floral ones similar to the rest; whorls 
few-flowered, irregular, secund ; calyx elongated, a little decli- 
nate, with lanceolate, subulate teeth. 2/. H. Native of Nipaul, 
Wall. Thymus piperitus, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p.112. Thy- 
mus origanifolius, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 112.  Clinopódium 
longicaüle, Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. 1. p. 66. Stems weak, 
woody at the base; branches purplish at top. Leaves scarcely 
3 an inch long, quite entire, or furnished with 1 or 2 crene on 
both sides. Bracteas foliaceous. Corolla violaceous, hardly 
twice as long as the calyx. Superior stamens usually abortive. 
Probably a proper genus, intermediate -between Hededma and 
Melissa. 
Long-stemmed Balm. | Pl. decumbent. 
T Doubtful species. 
27 M. nvcósa (Lour. coch. p. 968.) annual, erect, much 
LABIATZE. XLIX. Metissa. 
L. Garpoauia. 
branched ; leaves very rugose, roundish, acuminated ; racemes 
crowded, axillary and terminal. (2. H. Native of Cochin. 
china. Stem tetragonal. Leaves serrated, petiolate. Corolla 
white, tinged with red. The whole plant is obscure green, ex- 
cept the corollas. 
‘rinkled-leaved Balm. Pl. 13 foot. 
28 M. onrusirüLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 132.) leaves broad- 
ovate, obsoletely serrated, rounded at apex; stem villous; pe- 
duncles simply divided and solitary, much shorter than the 
leaves; corolla pale violet. 2/.? G. Native of South Ame- 
rica, Michx. 
Blunt-leaved Balm. Pl. ? 
29 M. veroxicæròLIra (Pers. ench. 2. p. 132.) leaves broad- 
ovate, serrated, petiolate; stem branched, diffuse; peduncles 
elongated, branched. 2. H. Native of the Bahamas. Thy- 
mus veronicefolius, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 698. Stem villous. 
Leaves nearly glabrous. Calyx glabrous. Corolla purplish in- 
side, variegated with violaceous and white spots. Habit of 
Verónica arvénsis. 
Speedwell-leaved Balm. PI. 4 foot. ? 
T + Doubtful Clinopódia of authors. 
30 M. Asi4'TrcA ; leaves oblong, nerved, wrinkled, tomen- 
tose beneath ; spikes verticillate, terminal. h. G. Native of 
Cochinchina. Clinopddium Asiáticum, Lour. coch. p. 374. 
Stem suffruticose, tetragonal, simple, villous. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, blunt, serrated. Flowers violaceous, disposed in an ob- 
long, compound, terminal spike. Calyx bilabiate, entire, un- 
equal, very pilose. Upper lip of corolla concave, equally trifid : 
lower lip refracted, quite entire, longer. 
Asiatic Balm. Shrub 23 feet. 
31 M. uvu'mitis; plant humble, branched; leaves wrinkled ; 
heads flattened. 4%. H. Native of Carolina. Clinopodium 
hümile, Mill. dict. no. 4. 
Humble Balm. | Pl. dwarf. 7 
32 M. CanoriNIA'NA ; stem erect, not branched; leaves vil- 
lous beneath ; whorls fewer; bracteas longer than the calyxes. 
4%.H. Native of Carolina. Clinopódium Caroliniànum, Mill. 
dict. no. 5. 
Carolina Balm. PI. 1 foot. ? 
Cult. All the species of Balm will grow in common garden 
earth, and are of easy culture. The perennial herbaceous kinds 
are readily increased by parting the roots ; the suffruticose spe- 
cies by cuttings or parting; and seeds of annual kinds may be 
sown either on rockwork or in the open border. The species 
belonging to section A’cinos are all well fitted for decorating 
rockwork. 
L. GARDO'QUIA (dedicated to Don Diego Gardoqui, 
Minister of Finance under Charles IV. of Spain, who greatly 
promoted the publication of the “Flora Peruviana.”) Ruiz, et 
Pav. prod. fl. per. et chil. p. 130. syst. veg. per. p. 149. D. 
Don, in Sweet, fi. gard. n. s. 3. t. 271. Benth. lab. p. 397. 
Rizóa, Cav. icon. 6. p. 56.— Cunila species, Nutt.—Melissa 
species, Spreng. : 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx tubular, 13- 
nerved, a little incurved, with an equal or oblique mouth ; teet 
short, straight, nearly equal or sub-bilabiate. Tube of corolla 
much exserted, straight, or incurved, naked inside; limb bila- 
biate: upper lip erect, flattish, emarginate : lower one spreading 
a little, with flat lobes, the middle lobe the broadest. Stamens 
4, subdidynamous, loosely ascending, rather distant at apex: 
lower ones the longest : superior ones now and then abortive; 
filaments toothless; anthers 2-celled : cells distinct, parallel, or 
somewhat divergent. Lobes of style nearly equal. Achenia 
