LABIATA. CVIII. Trvucrium. 
Link, fl. port. 1. p. 84. t. 3. Habit of T. Scórdium, but usu- 
ally more villous, and differs particularly in the shorter cor- 
dately stem-clasping leaves, which are not narrowed at the base. 
Corollas small, purplish. 
Scordium-like Germander. 
to 1 foot. 
46 T. Borrys (Lin. spec. 786.) annual, villous; leaves deeply 
pinnate, with oblong, quite entire or cut, divaricate segments, 
green on both surfaces; floral leaves similar to the cauline ones; 
whorls axillary, 6-flowered; calyx inflately tubular, gibbous 
beneath at the base? with equal, lanceolate teeth. ©. H. Na- 
tive of the South of Europe and North of Africa, in calcareous 
arid, dry places; as of France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sicily, 
Algiers, &c. Mill. fig. 176. t. 264. f. 1. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. 
t. 91. Chams'drys Bótrys, Moench, meth. p. 383.  Scorodó- 
nia Bótrys, Ser. bull. bot. p. 317.—Riv. mon. irr. t. 14.— Mor. 
hist. sect. 11. t. 22. f. 18. Herb erect, branched, more or less 
villous. Leaves petiolate: floral ones exceeding the flowers. 
Corollas small, purplish. The plant has a pleasant aromatic 
smell; it may, therefore, be successfully used in fevers, rheu- 
matism, gout, &c. 
Botrys or Cut-leaved annual Germander. 
Clt. 1633. Pl. 4 foot. 
EL July, Aug. England. Pi. 3 
Fl. July, Sept. 
Secr. VIII. Cuauz pnys (from yapat, chamai, on the ground ; 
and dove, drus, an oak; the plants are dwarf, with leaves resem- 
bling that of the oak.) Benth. lab. p. 680. Whorls 2-6-flower- 
ed, distinct, disposed in a loose terminal raceme. Calyx tubu- 
larly campanulate, declinate, oblique at the base ; teeth 5, nearly 
equal, or the superior ones rather the broadest. Upper seg- 
ments of corolla oblong, declinate. Achenia reticulately wrin- 
kled.—Small shrubs, erect or procumbent at the base. 
47 T. tv'cipum (Lin. spec. 790.) herbaceous, perennial, quite 
glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, deeply toothed, crenated at 
the base: floral ones smaller, scarcely toothed; whorls 2-6- 
flowered: the upper ones racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly 
campanulate, with lanceolate nearly equal teeth. Y%.H. Na- 
tive in the region of the Mediterranean, in the fissures of rocks; 
as of Provence, Piedmont, Mount Atlas, and the mountains of 
Cyrenaica. Med. act. pal. 3. phys. 211. t. 12. f. 7. Chamæ- 
drys lucida, Meench, meth. p. 383. Magn. hort. 52. icone. 
This differs from T. Chame‘drys, in the stems being more firm, 
more erect, and taller; in the cauline leaves being larger and 
thinner, and in the floral leaves being usually smaller; but espe- 
cially in the plant being quite glabrous. Calyxes purplish. 
Corollas reddish purple. Root creeping. 
Shining Germander. Fl. June, Sept. 
1} foot. 
48 T. Cnamæ prys (Lin, spec. 790.) perennial or suffruticose, 
procumbent at -the base, pubescent or villous, rarely glabrous ; 
leaves on short petioles, ovate or oblong, deeply erenated, cu- 
neated at the base, green on both surfaces, or canescent beneath; 
floral leaves smaller, scarcely toothed; whorls 2-6-flowered : 
the superior ones racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly campa- 
nulate, with lanceolate nearly equal teeth. WY. H. Native 
throughout Europe and Asia Pontica, on walls, rocks, and by 
way sides ; as of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Sicily, Turkey, 
Tauria, and Caucasus ; in England, among the ruins of old cas- 
tles and walls, but by no means plentiful. Smith engl. bot. t. 
680. Woodv. med. bot. suppl. 82. t. 243. Sabb, hort. rom. 
2. t. 88. Chamz'drys officinalis, Moench, meth. p.388. T. 
pseudochamee‘drys, Wender. in bot. zeit. 1826. p» 958: E. 
multiflórum, Hort. but not of Lin. T. officinàle, Lam. fl. fr. 2. 
p. A14.—Riv. mon. t. 10. f. 2. Root creeping. Leaves often 
shining above, glabrous or villous: upper floral ones bractea- 
C1t:11730. PL Ita 
867 
formed, quite entire, reddish. Racemes subsecund. Corollas 
reddish purple, villous outside. This plant has been esteemed 
chiefly as a mild aperient and corroborant, and was recommend- 
ed in intermitting fevers, rheumatism, and gout. It has been 
employed in various forms and combinations, of which the Port- 
land powder is one of the most celebrated instances. Its qua- 
lities seem nearly allied to those of horehound, and therefore it 
may be equally useful in asthmatic affections and coughs. 
Germander, Common. Fl. May, Aug. England. Pl. 4 to 
3 foot. 
49 T. ca‘num (Fisch. et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petrop. 1835. 
p. 40.) clothed with hoary tomentum, frutescent at the base, 
many-stemmed ; stems erectish, simple; leaves oblong, toothed, 
cuneated at the base ; floral leaves quite entire; whorls 6-flow- 
ered; pedicels length of calyx ; calycine teeth equal, acute, mu- 
cronulate. h.? or %.? H. Native of the Transcaucasian 
province Somchetia. Allied to 7. Chame‘drys and T. qua- 
drátulum ; but differs from the first in being clothed with canes- 
cent villi; in the distant loose whorls, and quite entire floral 
leaves ; and from the last in the elongated, almost simple stems, 
6-flowered whorls, longer pedicels, villous corollas, &c. Co- 
rolla purple. 
Hoary Germander. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
50 T. MULTIFLÒRUM (Lin. spec. 788.? Benth. lab. p. 681.) 
suffruticose, nearly glabrous, or clothed with fine hoary pubes- 
cence; leaves on short petioles, ovate, acute, narrowed at the 
base, acutely toothed at apex, green on both surfaces, or canes- 
cent beneath ; floral leaves smaller; whorls 2-6-flowered, dis- 
tant, racemose; calyx declinate, tubularly campanulate, with 
lanceolate nearly equal teeth. 5. F. Native of Spain.—Bocc. 
mus, t. 117.2 Intermediate between T. Chame‘drys and T. 
Marum. Habit of the first, but more branched. Leaves 2-4 
inches long. Flowers like those of T. Chamæ'drys, but one half 
smaller. 
Many-flowered Germander. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
51 T. Ma‘rum (Lin. spec. p. 788.) shrubby, hoary; leaves 
small, ovate, quite entire, hoary beneath: floral ones smaller ; 
whorls 2-4-flowered, racemose ; calyx declinate, hairy, tubularly 
campanulate, with short nearly equal teeth. h. F. Native of 
the region of the Mediterranean; as of Spain, Corsica, Italy, 
&c. Woodv. med. bot. 153. t. 56.— Blackw. t. 47.—Riv. mon. 
irr. t. 23.—Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 90. Chame'drys Màrum, 
Moench, meth. p. 383. T. marítimum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 414. 
—A small branched shrub, with the habit of Thymus vulgaris. 
Leaves small, petiolate, rarely obscurely crenated, canescent 
above, and tomentose beneath. Whorls subsecund, approxi- 
mate into spikes.  Corollas purplish, villous outside. The 
leaves and younger branches of Mdarum, when recent, on being 
rubbed between the fingers, emit a volatile aromatic smell, 
which readily excites sneezing ; but to the taste they are bitter- 
ish, accompanied with a sensation of heat and acrimony. Judg- 
ing from the sensible qualities of this plant, it may be supposed 
to possess very active powers ; and on this consideration it is 
strongly recommended by Wedelius as an important remedy in 
many diseases requiring medicines of a stimulant, aromatic, and 
deobstruent quality: his opinion seems in some measure to have 
been since verified by actual experience of its efficacy. At pre- 
sent, however, Marum is chiefly used as an errhine, and is an 
ingredient in pulvis asari compositus. Cats are very fond of 
this plant, and often destroy it. 
Marum Germander, or Cat-Thyme. Cit. 
1640. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. ; 
52 T. mıcropHY'LLUM (Desf. cor. pl. Tourn. in ann. mus. 
10. p. 300. t. 22.) suffruticose, humble, divaricately much 
branched ; leaves small, ovate, crenated, glabrous above and 
5s2 
Fl July, Sept. Clt. 1781. 
Fl. July, Sept. 
