DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. 109 



y. S. vulgare, flore amplo. Rail Stjn. 230. FaUl. Par. t. 32. f. 8. 



Large-flowered Mother of Thyme. Pet. II. Brit. t. 31./. 2. 



0. Serpyllum vulgare majus. Dill, in RaiiSijn. 231. 



S. majus flore purpureo. Ger. Em. 570./. 



£. S. citratum. Raii Syn. 231. Ger. Em. 571. f. 



Lemon Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t. 31./. 4. 



?. Serpyllum angustifolium glabrum. Dill, in Raii Syn. 231, 



Thymus Serpyllum. Woodv. ^ 1 10 ? 



■fj. Serpyllum vulgare hh'sutum. Raii Syn. 231. 



S. latifolium hirsutum. Bank. Pin. 220. Prodr. 108. f'aill. Par. 

 t. 32. f. 6. 



5^. S. hirsutum minus repens inodorum. Plitk. Almag. 344. Dill, 

 in Raii Syn. 231. 



*. S. villosum fruticosius, floribus dilute rubentibus. Rati Syn. 23 I ; 

 excluding Bauhin's synonyms. 



On heaths and dry mountainous ground every where. 



S. In Okey hole, Somersetshire. Peliver. e. In Kent, but rarely. 

 Ray. In a wood of Mr. Knight's at Downton castle, Shrop- 

 shire, on the north bank of the river. .9-. In Ireland. Plukenet. 

 », On the Welsh mountains. Lhivyd, and Sherard. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Roots creeping. Stems recumbent, en tangled, somewhat shrubby, 

 downy, with numerous, wavy, ascending, leafy branches, scarcely 

 a finger's length, each terminating in a dense head of short- 

 stalked purpley/oji;ers, the middle segment of whose under lip 

 is variegated and entire. The stamens vary in length, and the 

 corolla in size as in y; but this is a trifling variety. In /3 it is 

 white. The leaves arc entire, strongly fringed at the base and 

 footstalks ; in ij, and apparently the two following varieties, 

 which I have not seen, they are more or less hairy. iJ is a 

 larger variety, for which Petiver has given a figure, copied from 

 Ger. Em. 573./. 2 j but I cannot refer this figure to any known 

 appearance of our Serpyllum. The odour of the whole plant is 

 warm and gratefully aromatic ; in s it partakes of a fine lemon 

 scent. Bees are fond of the flowers. Whether the quality of 

 mutton is improved by the sheep feeding on this plant, or on fine 

 short grasses which usually accompany it, is still a matter of 

 great doubt. 



2. T. Acinos. Basil Thyme. 



Flowers about six in a whorl, on simple stalks. Stem 



branched, ascending. Leaves acute, serrated. Calyx 



protuberant at the base. 

 T. Acinos. Linn. Sp. PL 826. Willd. v. 3. \42. H. Br. 641. Engl. 



Bot. U.6. ^ 41 1 . Curt. Land. fasc. 1. t. 43. Hook. Scot.\b5. 



Bull. Fr.t.3\8. 

 Clinopodium n. 237. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 104. 



