350 3 ORD. XIX. Verticillate. 
THYMUS SERPYLLUM. WILD, or MOTHER of THYME, 
SS eS eS SA eT 
SYNONYMA. Serpyllum. Pharm. Edinb. Serpyilum vulgare 
minus Bauh. Pin. p. 220. Park. Theat. p.8. Serpylilum vul- 
gare. Gerard Emac. p. 570. Raii Hist.p.521. Synop., p. 230. 
Thymus foliis ovatis ad basin ciliatis. Hal. Stirp. Helv. n. 235, 
‘Thymus Serpyllum. Hudson. Flor. Ang. p. 229. Withering. 
Bot. Arrang. p. 623. Curt. Flor. Lond. 
« Serpyllum vulgare minus. C. B. 
Common smooth Mother of Thyme. 
& Serpyllum foliis citri odore. C. B. 
Lemon Thyme. “es 
-y Serpyllum villosum fruticosius, floribus dilute rubentibus. Ray 
Synop. Hoary Mother of Thyme. 
* Serpyllum angustifolium hirsutum. C. B. 
Hairy Mother of Thyme. See Hort. Kew. 
Class Didynamia. Ord..Gymnospermia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 727. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Calycis bilabiati. faux villis clausa. 
Sp. Ch. T. floribus capitatis, caulibus repentibus, foliis planis 
obtusis basi ciliatis. 
THE root is perennial, woody, fibrous, and of a brown colour: 
the stems are numerous, hard, square, branched, procumbent, and 
rise from four inches to a foot in height: the flowers are of a 
purplish colour, and stand in whorls towards the top of the stem 
and branches: the leaves are ovate, entire, smooth, beset with 
