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Ziziphora Serpyllacea. Sweet-Scented 



ZlZlPHORA. 



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Clafs and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOCYNIA. 



Generic Char after. 



Cor. ringens : labio fuperiore reflexo, integro. Cah filiformis. 

 Sent. 4. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ZIZIPHORA ferpyllacea / capitulis terminalibus ovalibus, 

 foliis ovatis fubferratis : floralibus fubfimili- 

 bus integerrimis ciliatis. 



ZIZIPHORA ferpyllacea ; racemis terminalibus capitatis, fo- 

 liis ovato-lanceolatis fubferratis : floralibus 

 confimilibus. Marfchall. v. Beberjlein 'Terek 

 u Kur, p. 127. Annals of Botany, v. 2. inedit. 



ZIZIPHORA odoratijjima. Loddiges. 



Seeds of this alpine plant were received from Mount Caucafus, 

 by Mr. Loddiges, who kindly fent it us in flower in July 

 laft. It continues feveral weeks in bloffom, and is at the 

 fame time agreeable to the eye and grateful to the fmell. 



Having compared our plant with the fpecimens fent from 

 Caucafus by Mr. Adams to Sir Joseph Banks, under the 

 name we have adopted, we are certain of the identity of their fpe- 

 cies. In thefe fpecimens as well as in ours the braftes are not 

 cxaftly fimilar to the leaves, being fmaller, rounder, and more 

 acuminate, without notches, ciliated at the edge, and more 

 ft rongly nerved. The filaments in this fpecies are extremely ihort, 

 the anthers being nearly feffile in the faux of the corolla. \ n 

 the fame collection is another plant very nearly refembling this 

 except that the calyx is thickly covered with ftiff hairs; as 

 far as we can judge in the dried flate it appears to be a mere 

 variety of this ; Mr. Adams however considers it as a diftinft 

 fpecies, and calls it Ziziphora Poufcbkini. We have pre- 

 ferved as a fynonym the name by which Mr. Loddiges re- 

 ceived it, as we have fometimes found that the plants of thefe 

 very diftant countries have been publifhed under thefe names 

 long before we have known of it. 



