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A NEW THYMUS FOR IRELAND. 



BY THK REV. E. F. LINTON, M.A. 



On a fortunate da}^ in 1885, the Rev. W. R. Linton and I 

 drove from Portumna, gathering Sisyrinchmni aicgiisiifoliuni 

 Mill, at Woodford, and hncla salicina L- at Ro3sniore. At 

 Rossniore I took a Thymus of large growth with the habit of 

 what we called T. ChavK^drys till lately, but with the creeping 

 barren stems of T. Serpylluvi L- This Thyme has lately been 

 seen by Dr. Domin, and named by him T. Low y anus Opiz {T. 

 collimcm MB.). This is an addition to the flora of the British 

 Isles (see Joiun., Bot., 1908, p. 33). 



Mr. E. G. Baker has kindly supplied me with the original 

 description of Z". L6vya7ius (which Dr. Domin spells " Lowy- 

 anus") : — 



Th3'mus Lovyanus Opiz (Naturalientausch ix., p. 105). 

 Caule repente ramis adscendentibus pilis patentibus ; foliis 

 oblongo-ovatis petiolatis glabris basi ciliatis ; floralibus sessili- 

 bus oblongis obtusis ramorum steriliorum obovatis longe 

 petiolatis ; floribus verticillato-capitatis pedunculis pilis bre- 

 vissimis reflexis obtectis; calicibus pilis patentibus concolori- 

 bus ; corollis calyce sequalibus ; staminibus inclusis. 



Opiz Anth. Herb.; Nro. 23. 



Pragse, Lovy. 



Intermedins inter T. praecox Opiz et T. serpens Opiz. 



The verticillate inflorescence gives the plant a strong look 

 of T. ovatus Miller, at first sight, the species which has been 

 most often in this country mistaken for T. Chamcedrys Fr. 



For the complete distribution of T. Lovya^ius^ and a full ac- 

 count of the genus, we must await a further paper from Dr. 

 Domin. He has given his name to specimens in my herbarium 

 from Moravia, collected by Herr Ad. Schwoder and issued as T. 

 anoustifo lilts Pers. (part of the sheet being confirmed as rightly 

 named); and he identifies T. Loiyanus with T. coUlnus MB., 

 placed by Nyman as a variety under T. nionlaniis W.K., a 

 species of S-E- Europe occurring from Dalmatia and Hungary 

 to S. Russia. The Irish station is thus far removed from 

 published localities, the nearest being its original habitat at 

 Prague. 



Salisbury. 



