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Thuyopsis—continued. 
bush, seldom exceeding from 4ft. to 5ft. in height. SYN. Thuya 
leetevirens, 
T. d. variegata (variegated). This form has a portion of its 
lesser spray and leaves of a pale yellow colour. 
Fig. 31. BRANCHLET, WITH YOUNG Cones, OF THUYOPSIS 
DOLABRATA, 
THYANA. A synonym of Thouinia (which see). 
CANTHA. A synonym of Angelonia 
(which see). 
THYLACOPTERIS. Included under Polypodium. 
THYMBRA (the old Greek name used by Dios- 
corides for Savory). ORD. Labiate. A monotypic genus. 
The species is a hardy, suffruticose, rockwork plant, with 
the habit of Thymus. It thrives in sandy, gravelly loam, 
and requires the protection of a pit in winter. It may 
be multiplied by seeds, sown in April; or by cuttings, 
inserted under a handlight, in June. 
bs ike- ; 
Miran piel. fieis te tes M ; in. P aie ie 
clustered head ; bracts ovate or lanceolate, often coloured. June 
and July. J. linear, entire; those of the sterile branches small, 
obtuse, sub-decussate ; those of the fertile ones nearly lin. long, 
acute. Branches ascending, bin. to 12in. long, scarcely pubescent. 
Mediterranean region, 1699, (S. F. G. 546.) 
E (Thymus). There are two species of Thymus 
cultivated in gardens, namely Common Thyme (T. vulgaris) 
and Lemon Thyme (T. Serpyllwm vulgaris), for the leaves 
and tops, which are in constant demand for culinary pur- 
poses, the aromatic flavour being generally liked. Thyme 
is often used as an edging for some part of the kitchen 
garden, a purpose for which it is admirably adapted 
until the plants are abont three or four years old, when 
they require to be replaced. Propagation is easily effected 
by seeds, sown in Aprii, either on a warm border, with 
a view to transplanting afterwards, or in drills where 
the plants are intended to form an edging. In either 
case, a space of 4in. or 6in. should be allowed between 
every two plants. Division is also a ready method of 
Propagation; it should be done in March or April. The 
branches will also root readily into the ground, and 
form plants, if they are covered with a little soil; this 
is the best way of increasing a stock of Lemon Thyme. A 
light, rather dry soil, and warm situation, is most prefer- 
able for Thyme plants. A stock of branches should be 
cut when the plants are coming into flower, and sus- 
' pended in a cool place for using in a dry state. 
THYME, BASIL. Se Calamintha Acinos. 
, CAT. A common name for Teucrium 
Marum and T. Polium. as coe 
=- THYMELZA (from Thymos, Thyme, and Elaia, the 
Olive; in allusion to the Thyme-like foliage and the 
small, Olive-like fruit). ORD. Thymelæaceæ. A genus 
Ord. Labiate. 
Thymelza—continued. 
comprising about a score species of hardy or half- 
hardy, perennial or rarely annual herbs, sub- shrubs, 
or small shrubs, mostly inhabiting the Eastern Me- 
diterranean region, but extending as far as the Canary 
Islands and Persia, a few being also found in Central 
Asia and Europe. Flowers small, sessile in the axils, 
fascicled or solitary, hermaphrodite or by abortion 
polygamous; perianth urceolate or rarely (especially in 
the male flowers) with a slender, cylindrical tube, 
the lobes four, spreading; stamens eight, on very short 
filaments; bracts small. Leaves scattered, often small 
or narrow. The two best-known species are here de- 
scribed. Both thrive in a compost of equal parts loam 
and peat. Propagation may be effected by cuttings. 
Matured shoots or side growths should be selected, in 
autumn, inserted thinly in well-drained pots of peaty 
soil, and covered with a bell glass. If kept in a cool 
house in winter, they will callus, and may, early in 
spring, be introduced to gentle heat, to encourage growth 
and the emission of roots. The young plants may then 
be potted singly, and grown on in a close, but not high, 
temperature, and afterwards hardened and kept quite 
cool during the following autumn and winter, in order 
to thoroughly ripen the wood. : 
ascicles 
oo. the leaves. July. 1. 
nearly roun 
long, glabrous above, w 
2ft. long, slender, fastig 
1759. A decumbent, 
Passerina hirsuta (B. M. 1949; S. F. G. 360). 
T. Tartonraira (Tartonraira). fl. white, copio! 
lomerate in the upper axils; bracteoles whitish. June. 
f coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, nerved, imbricated, five 
to ten lines long. Branches copious, divaricate, rigid. South 
Europe, &c., . A small, hardy shrub, wholly silky-canescent, 
whitish or fulvescent. SYNS. phne Tartonraira, Passerina 
Tartonraira (S. F. G. 354). 
two to five 
THYMELÆACEÆ. A natural order of trees or 
shrubs, very rarely slender, annual herbs, broadly dis- 
persed. Flowers hermaphrodite, or by abortion polyga- 
mous or dicecious, regular, capitate or shortly racemose 
or spicate, rarely solitary; perianth inferior, petaloid or 
rarely herbaceous; lobes or segments four or five, imbri- 
cated in wstivation, simple, or the two inner ones rarely 
rather smaller; scales equalling, or often twice or rarely 
thrice as many as, the lobes; stamens as many, or twice 
as many, as the lobes; filaments filiform, short; hypo- 
gynous disk annular, cup-shaped ; ovary sessile or shortly 
stipitate; bracts variable. Fruit nearly always inde- 
hiscent, a nut, berry, or drupe. Leaves opposite, or 
often alternate or scattered, entire, sometimes numerous 
and small, sometimes ample; stipules absent. The order 
includes about thirty-eight genera and 360 species. 
Examples: Daphne, Gnidia, Lagetta, Phaleria, Pimelea. — 
THYME, WATER. See Elodea. 
THYMUS (from Thymos, the old Greek name used 
by Theophrastus for this plant or for Savory). Thyme. 
A genus ve eon pai peo shrubs 
or under-shrubs, inhabiting rn perate regions, 
but mostly found in the neighbourhood of the Mediter- 
ranean. The number of species is variously estimated 
by different authors as between forty and eighty. Calyx 
ovoid, ten to thirteen-nerved, bilabiate, the upper lip 
three-toothed, the lower bifid; corolla tube naked within, 
the limb obscurely bilabiate, the upper lip straight and 
notched, : the lower one trifid; stamens four, usually 
exserted; whorls often few-flowered, distant and axillary 
or spicate. Leaves small, entire; floral ones, conformed, 
or changed to bracts on the spikes. The species are 
not possessed of much beauty. They are of simple 
culture in ordinary soil. Increased by divisions, by slips, 
by cuttings, or by seeds, sown in March or April. Other 
species formerly included here will be found under 
