LABIATJE. 276 THYMUS. 



5. P. mu'ticum. 



Stem pubescent, paniculate-branching above ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 dentate, sessile, nearly smooth ; heads terminal; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, awnless; stamens inchided. Found in woods and dry hills. Stem 

 2 feet high, square, with larger opposite leaves and white flowers. Leaves 

 large, the width a third of the length, entire or denticulate. Heads mostly 

 lenninai, and with the bracts and upper leaves, whitish pubescent. Corolla 

 tinged with purple, with spots of a deeper hue. Aug. Per. Jlwnless Pyc. 



11. O R I G A' N U M . 



Flowers collected into dense clusters, imbricated with 

 bracts; upper lip of the corolla erect, flat, emarginate, lower 

 lip with 3 nearly equal segments. 



Gr. oQoi a mountain, and ya-voi, joy. These pretty, fragrant plants may 

 well be said to be the joy of the places where they grow. Invol. of many 

 imbricated, ovate, colored leaves, one under each flower, longer than the 

 ovoid-tubular, subregular calyx. Cor. ringent, tube equal to the calyx. Fil. 

 long as cor. 



0. vulga're. 



Leaves ovale, entire, hirsvite, petiolate ; s/)?7.c5 roundish, panicled. fascicu- 

 late, smooth, erect; hructs ovnie, longer than the calyx, colored. Grows in 

 fields and tliickets. Stem 12 — 18 inches high, purple, leafy, branching above. 

 Leaves a very little serrate, opposite, hairy, sprinkled with resinous dots, 

 paler beneath. Petioles hairy one fourth as long as the leaves. Bracts tinged 

 with purple. Flowers purplish while. The plant has a highly aromatic 

 taste. July, Aug. Per. If'ild Marjoram. 



12. MAJORA'NA. 



Upper lip of the calyx flat, contracted and involute at base; 

 lower lip very small ; corolla tube scarcely exserted, upper 

 lip emaiginate, lower spreading, subequally 3-lobed ; stamens 

 exserted, distant. 



Name derived from the Arabic. European herbs. Flowers in dense 

 spikelets, imbricated with bracts. Cal. and cor. sornewiiat 2-lipped. Anth. 

 2celled. 



M. HORTE'NSIS.--Jltonc/t. (Origanum Majorana. P.) Leaves o\a\ ox 

 obovate, obtuse, entire, petiolate, hoary-pubescent; s/«7.es roundish, compact, 

 pedunculate, clustered at the end of the branches; bracts roundish. Native 

 of Portugal, cultivated in gardens It has a pleasant aromatic flavor, and is 

 employed in various ways as a seasoning. Plant soft-downy, a foot high. 

 Flowers pink-colored. July, Aug. Per. 8icect Marjoram. 



13. THYMUS. 



Flowers capitate or verticillate ; calyx subcampanulate, 

 bilabiate, 10-ribbed, the throat closed with hairs ; upper lip 

 of the corolla flat, emarginate, shorter than the lower. 



Gr. 9'ff*o<, courage ; on account of the smell which revives the spirits of 

 animals. Cal. upper lip trifid, lower bifid. Cor. lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, 

 the middle lobe broadest. 



