DIDYXAMIA-GYMNOSPERMIA.Clinopc(Iiuni.]05 



Involucrum of numerous taper leaves, under the flowers, 

 nearly equal to the calyx in length, permanent. Cal. tu- 

 bular, many-ribbed, slightly curved, two-lipped ; upper 

 lip broadest, ascending, in 3 deep acute equal segments; 

 low^er longest, incurved, in 2 deep slender segments ; 

 throat closed with converging hairs. Cor. ringent; tube 

 cylindricnl, rather short ; throat longer and wider; up- 

 per hp erect, concave, obtuse, slightly cloven ; lower in 

 3 deep segments, the middle one very broad, notched. 

 Filam. all directed to the upper lip, cyKndrical, converg- 

 ing, shorter than the corolla. Anfh. two-lobed, each 

 pair meeting so as to Ibrm a cross. Germ, four-lobed, 

 small. Style thread-shaped, equal to the stamens. *S7/^- 

 ma in 2 pointed lobes. Seeds 4, ovate, in the bottom of 

 the closed tumid calyx. 



Slightly aromatic herbs, with undivided leaves^ and com- 

 pound, stalked, hairy, axillary and terminal xschorh of 

 hght-purplish y?otirr5. 



This genus is distinguished from Thymus merely by the 

 concavity of the upper lip of the corolla^ which is very 

 slight, and by the presence of anjnvoliicrum^ which is 

 not really a part of the fructification. As the species are 

 few, they might perhaps be referred to Thymus. 



1. C. viflgare. Common ^Vild Basil. 



Whorls bristly. Involucral leaves awl-shaped. Flower- 

 stalks branched. Leaves obscurely serrated. 



C. vulgare. Linn. Sp. PL 82 I . M'ilUL r. 3. 1 3 1 . Fl. Br. 63S. En^l. 

 But. V. 20. t.\AO\. Hook. Scot. 1 84. Fl. Dan. t. 930. Matlli. 

 ralgr.v.2. \G9.f. 



C. n.23'J. Ilall.iUst.v. 1. 104. 



V,. origano simile. Bauh. Fin. 22 \. Rdii Si/n.239. 



(Jlino])Ociium. L'ann'r. Fj)it. JG'o.f. Riv. Monop. Irr. (. 13./. I. 



Acynos, (jfr. Fui. f)7i>.f. 



Acinos. Loh. Ir. .')04./. 



In bushy places, about hedges, niul by road sides, on a gravellv or 

 chalky soil. 



Perennial. An<i,\ist. 



Ihrl) hairy, weakly aromatic, of a ratlier liglit green, witli asernd- 

 ing wavy stems, a foot high, more or less. Leart's ovate, about 

 an inch long, with shallow serratures, and rather short stalks ; 

 their ribs fringed beneath with copious bristlv hairs. Jf'horls few, 

 a.xillarv anil terminal, of numerous, light pur|)le, not unhand- 

 some //oiirr.v. on forked or branched, hairy stalks, subtended by 

 narrow, awl-shaped, hairy inroltirtdl lr<trrs, or rather hractras. 

 All the hairs are coarse and sj)reading, like those on the cdhji. 



