108 DIDYNAMIA-GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. 



T. Serpyllum. Linn Sp. PL 82.). IVilld. v. 3. 138. Fl. Br. 639. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 22. ^ 1514. Curt. Lond. fasc. 2. t.47. Hook. 

 Scot. 185. 



T. n. 235. Hall. Hist. V. 1. 102. 



Serpillum. Briinf. Herb. v. 2. 22. /. 



Serpyllum . Fuchs. Hist. 251./. 



S. vulgare. Baii Syn. 2?,(i. Gcr. Em.b70.f. Baiih. Hist. v. 3. 

 p. 2. 269./. Faill. Par. 183. t. 32. f. 7, 9. 



S. Huds. 262. 



S. vulgare flore albo. Tourn. Inst. 197. Dill, in RaiiSyn. 230. 



y. S. vulgare, flore amplo. Rati Syn. 230. Vaill. Par. t. 32./. 8. 



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



^. Serpyllum vulgare majus. Dill, in Raii Syn. 231. 



S. majus flore purpureo. Ger. E?«. 570./ 



£. S. citratum. Raii Syn. 231 . Ger. Em. o7\.f. 



Lemon Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t.3\.f.A. 



C Serpyllum angustifolium glabrum. DHL in Raii S7jn.23\. 



Thymus Serpyllum. Woodv.t. WO} 



y}. Serpyllum vulgare hirsutum. Raii Syn. 231. 



S. latifolium hirsutum. Bauh. Pin. 220. Prodr. 1 08. Faill. Par. 

 t.32.f.6. 



^. S. hirsutum minus repens inodorum. Pluk. Almug. 344. Dill 

 in Raii Syn. 231. 



/. S. villosum fruticosius, floribus dilute rubentibus. Raii Syn 231 j 

 excluding Bauhin's synonyms. 



On heaths and dry mountainous ground every where. 



B. In Okey hole, Somersetshire. Pctiver. s. In Kent, but rarely. 

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

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

 I. On the Welsh mountains. Lhwyd, and Sherard. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Roots creeping. Stems recumbent, entangled, somewhat shrubby, 

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

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

 stalked purple Jloicers, the middle segment of whose under lip 

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

 corolla in size, as in y ; but this is a trifling variety. In (5 it is 

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

 footstalks; in tj, and apparently the' two following varieties, 

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

 larger vai ietv, for which Petiver has given a figure, copied from 

 Ger. Em. b73.f. 2 ; 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 £ 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 



