Origanum.] CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 649 
lower early withering. Cymes i-l in., ovoid, 4-gonous ; bracts green or purple, 
ovate, obtuse or acute. Flowers dimorphic, larger 2-sexual, purple, smalier 9 , paler. 
Calyx-teeth short. O. laxiflorum, Royle, is a prostrate state. O. normale, Don, has 
usually smaller less-coloured bracts, but intermediates are very common. 
21. THYMUS, Linn. 
Small, slender, much-branched shrubs, very aromatic. Leaves small, 
quite entire. Cymes few-fld., in dense or lax spikes, bracts minute ; flowers 
small. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 2-lipped; throat villous. Corolla obscurely 
2-lipped; upper lip straight, flattish, notched, lower 3-fid. Stamens 4, 
distant, straight, lower pair longer; anther-cells parallel or diverging. 
Style-lobes subulate. Nutlets nearly smooth.—Species about 50, of N. 
temperate regions. 
T. Serpyllum, Linn.; branches prostrate or ascending, leaves ovate 
linear oblong or obovate obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 200; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 554. T. linearis, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 31, Lab. 346, 
and in DC. Prodr. xii. 202; Wall. Cat. 1567. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-13,000 ft. 
WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-15,000 ft. ; Strachey § Winterbottom, &c.—Di1sTRIB. Europe, 
N. Africa, W. and N. Asia. 
Glabrous or hairy. Rootstock woody, stems or branches usually decumbent. 
Leaves $-i in. short-petioled. Whorls capitate; flowers dimorphic, males largest. 
Calyx-teeth ciliate. Corolla 1-3 in., purple, very variable.—Common Thyme. 
2, H¥SSOPUS, Linz. 
An undershrub. Leaves sessile, obtuse, entire. Whorls 6—15-fld., secund, 
axillary and in terminal spikes. Calyx 15-nerved, 5-toothed, throat naked. 
Corolla 9-lipped; upper lip erect, flat, notched ; lower spreading, 3-lobed, 
midlobe very broad. Stamens 4, exserted, diverging, lower longer ; anther- 
cells linear, spreading. Style-lobes subequal, subulate. Wutlets narrow, 
nearly smooth, triquetrous. 
H. officinalis, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xi. 251; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 584; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1959. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Falconer, Kc. 
—Distr . . Asia. 
Usually plabroe ee” atom below branched, woody ; branches 1-2 ft., erect or 
diffuse. Leaves sessile, oblong-linear or lanceolate. Calyx, fruiting 4-3 in. long. 
Corolla blueish-purple. 
23. MICROMERIA, Benth. 
Herbs or undershrubs. eaves usually small, entire or toothed. Whorls 
axillary or in terminal spikes, rarely panicled; flowers small. 8 tick, 
13-nerved, 5-toothed or 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, a is s 
entire or notched; lower spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, lower Longer 
ascending, incurved with diverging tips; anther-cells distinct, para » at 
length diverging, connective usually thickened. Style-lobes equa T ppo 
Very short, lower recurved flattened. JVutlets smooth.—Species about 60, 
all regions but Australia. 
l. M. capitellata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 218; 
tall slender Prect, leaves entire or subserrate obtuse, W 
ubescent, stems 
orls subglobose 
