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ohlique, adiiali inviccmrjue discreli, paralleli, niox divergentes aut 

 divaiicati, rinia longitudinali dcliiscentes. — Ilerhae aut suirrutices: 

 ilores in spicis amentiforniihus, bracteis, 4-fa»''''nn imhricatis, axillares, 

 solilarii. 



* CdUcibns subaequaliter 5-dctitalis (Origamiin Moench). 

 961. ORIGANUM IIIRTUM sabdoum 



O. acqualiter molliterque puherulum, suhcinereum; foliis pctiolatis, 

 ovato-ellipticis ellipticisvc, suhintegerrimis, basi, plcrisque omnii)nsve, 

 altcnnatis; paniculae ramis demum patentihus; spiculis glomeratis ; 

 hracteis foliaceis, elliptico-ohovatis ohovatisve, utrinque, extus potis- 

 simum, glandulifcris; corollis calice, fauce harhato, duplo paullove 

 ultra longiorijjus. 



Origanum Iiiiium Benth. ! iii DC. Prod. 12. p. 194. ex parte. 



O. heracleoticum Benth.! Lab. p. 336. (ex parte) non Likn. ! Herbar. 



Caules semipedales, sesquipedales, ascendentes erective, plus mi- 

 nusve ramosi. Folia, praeter infima quae interdum ovato-elliptica , 

 elliptica hasicjue cuneato-attenuata, pleraque lineas quatuor quinc[ue, 

 ad maximum, lata, suprema sensim niinora , sessilia, elliptico-ohovata 

 ohovatave, omnia punctato-glandulifera, pallide virentia aut cinera- 

 scentia, suhtus praesertim, margine integra, raro nonnulla parce re- 

 moteque calloso-denticulata, apice acutiuscula aut ohlusiuscula cum 

 mucronulo. Paniculae terminalis, trichotomae, rami tenues et non- 

 numquam, superiores praesertim, liliformes , ascendentes, mox pa- 

 tentes. Spiculae laxiusculae, pauci-multiflorae, ovatae. Bracteae snpre- 

 mis foliis conformes, etsi minores, neutiquam coloratae, ohtusae aut 

 aculiusculae, glandulis prominulis, citrinis, mox ruhentihus, plus mi- 

 luisve , extus potissimum, ohsitae, superna facie glahrae aut obiter 

 pubcrulae, inferna seu dorsali puhescentes, calicem vel sesqui, vel 

 fere duplo superantes. Calix campanulatus , i3-nervius, glandulis 

 prominentibus adspersus , glaher aut superne puberulus , dentibus 

 triangularihus aut triangulo-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis acutisve, ciliatis, 

 inferiorihus binis vix minoribus. Corolla calicem saepc, plus quani 



