Satnreiuecr.] CXXVI. LAIJIAT^- 1185 



t. 5.) — Calyx ovoideus V, tiibulosus, siib-iri-iierA'is, 5-dentatus, duntibus rectis subfequa- 

 libus^ V, 3 posticis basi in labium posticiim breviter coalitiSj faiice intus Biida* CorollEe 

 tubus calycera subn^quans ; limbus suV2-labiatus, labio postico recto piano integro v. 

 breviter ciuarginatoj aiitico i>lano 3-fido lubis uvati.^ obtusis. Stamina 4, subsequalia v, 

 antica paullo longiora^ exscrta v. inclusa, recta, divergentia ; antherre 2-loculareSj lociilis 

 parallelis- Discus fBqualis, Stylus apice subEcqualiter S-fidus, lobis subulatis. JSuculce 

 ovoideas v. oblongie, laives v* minute punctulato-rugosie, rarius apice pilosuht;, — Herbee 

 perenneSj erectre, rigiduko, s^epe canescentes, apice siypius corymboso-paniciilatse. Verti- 

 cillastri densi, multiflori, bracteis involucrati, ssepius capitula terminalia formantes, nunc 

 uno alterove secus caulem axillari- Corollfe albidje v. p\irpurascentes, labio antico scepe 

 purpureo-maculato, Flores quoad genitalia stepe dimorphi. 



Speeieb 17, boreal i -Am ericanse^ quarum una Californica, caiterse umnes civitatuni orienUlinm v. 



australiuin irieolce. BenlK in DC. Vrod. xii. 186, A, Gray in Silllm, Jotirn. xlii, 44, Sckrad. 

 Hort, G(£tting. t, 4. * 



41, Konardella* BentK Lah. Gen. et Sp. 331 , pro parte. — Calyx tubulosus, s;epc elon- 

 gatuSj 10-13-nervis, S-dentatus, dentibus brevibus sub(equalibus rectis, fauce intiis nuda, 

 CoroUse tubus calycem ^quans v» breviter exsertus ; limbus sub-2-labiatuSj labio postico 

 2-fidOj antico 3-tidOj lobis oblongis linearibusve planis subscqiialibus. Stamina 4, sub- 

 aequaKa v. antica longiora, recta, exsei-ta, divergentia ; anthers 2-loculares, loculis paral- 

 lelis mox divergentibus t, divaricatis. Discus ccqualis. Stylus apice breviasime ^-fidus, 

 lobis acutis, Nuculte oblongaj, leeves.— Herbee perennes v. annuse, foliis integen-imis 

 ^lndulato-crispis v- obscure crenatis, floralibiis in bracteas mutatis- Vert ici Has tri magni, 

 solitariij terrainalcs, subglobosi, bracteis latis involucrati. Habitus fere Monardce. 



Species 11, Amertcae borcalis occiflcii talis iiicolai. Btnih, i^i DC. Prod. xii. 190 ; Boi. Sulph. L 

 21- WaJp. Ann. iii. 248. A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad, xi, 100. 



42, Orig^anum, Linii, Gen. n, 72G. — Calyx ovoideo-campanulatusj sub-13-nervis, 5- 

 dentatug v, 2-labiatuSj labio postico integro v- 3-dentato, antico 2-dentato truncato v, 

 omnino deficiente, calyce tunc a dorso compresso piano postico integerrimo antice fisso. 

 Corollas tubus inclu^us v, exsertus ; limbus 2-labiatus, labio postico erecto-i»atente emar- 

 ginato V, breviter 2-fidOj antico longiore patente 3-fido. Stalnina 4» ascendcntia apiceque 

 divaricata, v, a basi distantia, cxserta v, inclusa ; anthera; 2-locularea, loculis distinctis 

 divergentibus divavicatisve. Discus ^-equalis v. antice in glandulam brevem tumens. 

 Stylus apice breviter 2-fiduSj lobis acutis, postico Sc'epius breviore. Nucule ovoidese v, 

 oblongee, Iceves- — Sviffnitices v. herbcC perennes, foliis parvulis integerrimis v, mediocri- 

 bus dentatisque, floralibus omnibus ad bracteas reductis. Verticillastri 2-flori v. rarius 

 6-10'flori^ in spiculaa globusas oblongas v, cylindraceas confertij bracteis nunc aniplis 

 coloratisque calyces omnino occludentibus, nunc herbaceis orbiculatis imbricatis v. ovatis 

 lanceolatisve calyces nonexcedentibus. Spicuhe ad apices ramorum solitariiev. aggregate, 

 dense v, laxe corymboso-paniculata3. 



Species nd 25, pro maxima parte reRionis Mediterranese iiicolje, una ins, Canariensium Imligena. 

 2 V, 3 per Europam v, Asiam extratropicam latiua dieperste. Health. Z7i DC- Prod. xii. 191, fVa/p. 

 Ann. iii. 248, v. 671- Boibs. Diafju. PL Or. ser. 2, iv, 9, 



Genus a Thymo potiiis inflore&centia quam characteribus floralibus distinctum in sectioncs 3 divi- 

 ditur, a pluvibus pro gcneribus propriis habitas; 



1. Amaracus. Spiculse nutantes, bracteis amplis orbiculatis color-itis, Catjcis labium posticum 

 integrum v, 3-dentatum, anticum multo v. parum brevius 2-dentatum. — Sibth. Fl. &r. t. 569, 570. 

 Andr.BoL Bep. L o37- Bot. May. t. 298, Amabacus, Ghditsck, Syst. 189, Okigani sect. Ama- 

 racus ei AnatolicoTi, Bentk. in DC. Prod. xii. 191, 192, 



2, Etioriganum^ Vog. Spiculse erecta}, bracteis ovatis laucoolatisre virentlbusv, coloratis quam in 

 Arnaraco Xiimtdn niinoribus. Calycis denies 5, a^qiiilongi. Ilcirbie perennes. Necs, Gen. Fl. Germ. 

 Beichb, Ic. Fl, Germ. t. 1262, 1263. Sibtk FL Gr. t. 571- 7'ckih. A^. Min, L 2S. Boiss, Voy. 



