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they cannot be placed all in the fame beJ -, for fonnc 

 are only found upon chalky hills, others in moid mea- 

 cJows, and fome in (hady woods, or under trees-, but 

 if their foil and ficuation be adapted to their various 

 forts, tlicy will thrive and continue fcveral years, 

 . and, during their feafon of flowering, will alTord as 

 great varieties as any flowers which are at prefent 

 cultivated. 



The other forts not here enumerated, may be found 

 under the following articles, Ophrvs, Satyrium, 



Serapias. 



O R E O S E L I N U M. See Athamanta. 



ORIGANUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 645. Tourn. Infl. 

 R. H. 198. tab. 94. [of 'Ooiyccyou, ofof©^, a moun- 

 tain^ and yduvfA-xt^ to rejoice, q. d. a plant that de- 

 lights to grow upon mountains.] Origany or Pot 

 M^irjoram •, in French, Origan. 



The Characters are, 

 'The flower is of the lif kind^ having a cylindrical com- 

 phjfed tube ; the upper lip is plain^ ereSl^ obtufe^ and in- 

 dented \ the under lip is trifidy the fegmeitts being nearly 

 equal. Thefe are difpofed in [pikes conipcfed of oval co- 

 loured leaves^ placed over each other like the fcales of fifh. 

 The flowers have four flender ftamina^ two being as long 

 as the petaly the other two are longer^ terminated byfim- 

 pie fummits ; thc^ have a four-cornered germen^ fupport- 



flender fiyle 



bifid fligm 



%fterward turns to four feeds 



fhut up in the empalement of the flower. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnasus*s fourteenth clafs, which includes the plants 

 whofc flowers have two long and two fliorter fl:amina, 

 and are fucceeded by naked feeds. To this genus he 

 has added the Majorana of Tournefort, and the Dic- 

 tamnus of Boerhaave. The firil has its flowers dif- 

 pofed in four-cornered fcaly heads, the other has 

 the flowers difpofed in loofe fcaly heads, coming out 



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I. Origanum '{Vulgare) fpicis fubrotundis paniculatis 

 conglomeratis, bradteis calyce longioribus ovatis. Lin. 

 • .> Sp. Plant. 5gQ,' Pot Marjoram with romdifi panicu- 

 i.-; lated fpikes' gathered in duflersy and ovalbra£lea which 

 Jt-^.dfi longer than the_^ en^alement.^. Origanum vulgare 

 Iii^fpontaneuni. LB. 2. 236. Common Wild^Origdny. 



iv Origanum {Heracleoticum) fpicis longis pedunculis 

 .. i- acrgregatis, brafteis longitudine calycum. Lin. Gen. 



■ Plant. 589. Origany with long fpikes growing in bunches., 

 and brcElccs as long as ike empalement. Origanum he- 



■ racleoticum, culina Gallinacca Plinii. C. .6. P. 223. 



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Origanum {Latifclium) fpicis oblongis paniculatis 

 conp-lomeratis, foliis ovatis glabris. Origany with ob- 



Img fpikcs of flowers grozving in cluftered 



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Origanum humilius latifolium 



Origajry 

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tufe Ica-J 



mon^ or Sweet Aiarjoram. 

 8. Origanum {/Egypiiacv.m) fohis carnofis tomcntofis 

 Ipicis nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 822. Origany wiibf^l 

 woolly leaves, Majorana rotundlfolia, ieutelbta ^^^ 



cica. H. R. Par. Rouhd^lcavedJ 

 fpocn-fhapcd leaf. 





9. Origanum {Srnynhaun) foliis ovatis acucJ fcrntj^ 



. fpicis congedis umbellatim failigiatis. Here. Cliff 

 304. Origany with oval leaves acutely flawed^ md ft>ikt^ 

 of flowers difpofed in umbellated bunches. Oricranum 

 Sniyrnsum.Wheel. Raii Hift. 450. Origany of Smyrna 



10. Origanum (Diaamnus) foliis omnibus tomcntofi'?' 

 fpicis nutantibus. Origany with all the kav 

 and ?:cdding fpikes of flowt 

 C. B. P. 222. The Dittany 



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'■s. Didlatnnus Creticus, 

 of Crete. 



I J. Origanum {Sipyleum) foliis omnibus glabris, fpicis 

 nutantibus. Hort. Cliff 304. Origany with ell the ham 

 fmooth^ and 7icdding fpikes of flowers. Diftamnus men- 

 tis Sipyli origani foliis. Flcr. Bat. 2. 72. 



Mount Sit)\lus with an Gripanv leaf. 

 12. 



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Origanum {Hybridinuni) foliis inferioribus tomen- 

 tofis, fpicis nutantibus. Hort. Cliff 304. Origany witb 

 the under leaves hoary ^ and fwdding fpikes of floisjcrs. 

 Origanum Diftamni Cretici facie, folio craifo, nunc 

 villqfo, nunc glabro, Tourn. Cor. i^. Origojiy "xhh 

 the appearance of Dittany of Crete, and thick leaves fom. 

 times hairy., at others fraooth. ■ 



3.^ Origanum (Onites) fpicis oblongis aggregatis hir- 

 futis, foliis cordatis tomcmofis. Lin. Sp.l^lant. 590. 

 Origany with oblong hairy fpikes growing in lunches, avj 

 heart-fbaped woolly leaves. Origanum lignolbm Syra, 

 cufanum perenne, umbella amplifiima brevi, kto & 



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of Syracufe^ with a fl) 



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*The firft fort grows naturally in thickets, and among 

 bulhes in feveral parts of England -, the roo: is peren- 

 nial, 'cbmpofed of many fmall ligneous ifJbres. / The 

 ftalks are fquare, and rife'neaP two Tee't high ; they 

 are ligneous, and garnilhed v/ith oval leaves placed 

 by pairs, and from the wings of thefe come" out 

 three or four fmaller leaves on each fide, which re- 

 femble thofe of Marjoram, fitting clofe to the fralk ; 

 they have an aromatic fcerit : the flowers are pro3uced 

 in roundifii fpikes growing in panickrat' the top of 

 the ftalks, many of the fpikes being gathered toge- 

 ther ; the flowers are of a flefli colour, and peep out of 

 their fcaly covering. Their upper lip is cut into two, 

 ftanding erefl, and the lower lip or beard is divided 

 into three parts, and hangs downward the {!amrna"ffand 

 out a little beyond the petals, and are of'a^purplilh 

 colour. It flowers in June and July, and the feeds 

 ripen in the autumn. This fort is fometimes cuiti- 



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elabrum. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 199'. Lowy broad-leaved. I vated in gardens, and is by fome called Pot Marioram; 



fncoth Origany. ^,y . r.-ii:/;?' jbeir ;„.. -, -r> ->■• -M- ^^ ^^ generally ufed m foups. _ ' 



Origanum {Humile) caule fepente, fpicis oblongis''^ t. «»n -:r„ -:'f„„.:r-,n., r r-..iir_j r„-:.j- •«- 1». .u.« 



conglomeratis, bradeis florum^ longioribus. ^ * 



Origany 



i with a creeping ftalk^ and oblong fpikes of flowers growing 

 ;;'x in cltiflersy with Jra^e^ longer than thejowerl Origa- 



v.- num fylveftre, humile. C. B. P. 223. Prod. 



: -r Low wild Origany. ' - '^^ ■ -^"i '>■-*• ' ^ '• ■ I 

 5. Origanum (Orient ale) 



109. 



erecto ramofo, folns 



its. bvatis rugoHs, fpicis fubrotundis conglomera;tis, brac- 

 . :?. teis calycum brevioribus,. On^/JW)' with an ere£l branch- 



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fialk 



difh fpikes of fit 



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I?, cluflers^ with braBea^ fh 

 Raiment. Origanum Orientale prunella' folio glauco, 

 t. flore purpureo. Boerh. Ind. alt. i. 179. Eaftern Ori- 





Self 'heal leaf and a purple fli 



6. Origanum {Creticum) fpicis aggregatis longis prif- 



It will rife^ plentifully from fcattefed feeds, or it thay 

 be propagated by parting the roots j'the beft time for 

 doing this is in autumn, and the roots may be planted 

 in any foil not oyer mpifl:, and will thrive irj any fitu- 

 ,,^ ation, fo requires no other care but to keep them clear 

 ^^^•from'wee3s. There is a variety of this with white 

 flowers and light green 'ftialksV and another with vari- 

 egated leaves. ^ ..-.- r^- ....;. ...^^. • 



■ The fccond fort is now commonly knownby the title 



■3 Pot Mar] 



Marjo 



This hath a perennial r5ot 



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longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 589. Origany with long., 



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ifmatical fpikes growing in cluft 



%£lea twice the length of 



-reticum. C. B. P. 223. 



{Majorana) foliis ovalibt 



compa£tis pubefcentibus. ] 



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from which arife many branching four-cornered ftalks 

 a foot and a half high, which are hairy, and incbning 

 to a purpliih colour, garniflied with oval, obtufe, hairy 

 leaves, refembling greatly thofe of Sweet Marjoram, 

 {landing by pairs on ihort fgot-ftalks i the flowers 

 are difpofed in fpikes about two inches long, feve- 

 ral ariling together from the divifions of the ftalk- 

 The flowers are fmall, white, and peep out of their 



i thefe appear in July, and the feeds ri- 

 ,-/pen m autumn. It grows naturally in Greece and the 

 / warm parts of Europe, but is hard\' enough to thrive in 



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