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_ Tuymus GranpirLtorus. LaArRGE-FLOWERED 
BY MEG 20. : 
Jude reneeeiee 
Cla/s and Order. 
DipyNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Calycis bilabiati faux villis claufa, 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
THYMUS grandiflorus ; verticillis fubdecemfloris diftanti- 
: bus, calycibus angulato-firiatis nudis, galeis 
fornicatis, foliis petiolatis rhombeo-ovalibus bafi — 
integerrimis. ae 
THYMUS carolinianus ; eref&to-cefpitofus : foliis _glabris, 
ovalibus, fubintegris ; verticillis e binis fafci- _ 
culis fubftipitatis: calycibus fub 3-fido-bilabiatis. — 
ot Michaux Flor. Bor. Am. v0.2. p.9-? = 
THYMBRA ? caroliniana ; caule angulato villofo, foliis op- 
pofitis villofis fubdentatis lanceolatis, calycibus 
nudis, floribus verticillatis fubrubris, Walt. 
Flor. Carol. p. 162. 
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Descr. Stem fhrubby, ere&, oppofite-branched, branches 
roundifh, villous. Leaves oppofite, petiolated, rhomboid- 
Oval, irregularly and rather obfoletely toothed towards the 
_ point, but the lower half quite entire, ftudded with pellucid 
points, {mooth, or at leaft clothed with fo minute a pubefcence 
as to be only felt, not feen- Flowers fhewy, pale purple, 
Sowing in equidiftant whorls about ten in each, fhortly pe- 
duncled. Braé?es leaflike, quite entire. Calyx ten-cornered, 
tubular, bilabiate, f{mooth without, within filled with hairs; _ 
Upper lip three-toothed, teeth fmall ; lower lip two-toothed, 
more deeply divided, teeth awl-fhaped, not projeGing heen z 
