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DIDYNAMIA GlfMNOSPERMIA. 



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6. VlRGINICUM. 



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P. pLibescens; fo- 

 liis sessilibus^ lineari- 

 lanceolatis, integris, 

 pimctatis ; capitulis 

 terminalibus, corym 



Pubescent : leaves^ 



? 



I 



sessile, linear lanceo- 

 late, entire, dottedf; 

 heads terminal,corym- 



bose 



bosis 



minatis. 



? 



bracteas acu 



5 



bracteis acu- minate. 



Nutt. i. p. 33v 



P- lanceolatum. Pursh 2. p- 410. 



Thymus virginicus. Sp. pi, 3. p. 145, 



Stem erect, and the branches generally creel- The heads terminal^ 



gul 



The Bracteas and Calyx villous. 



The Corolla externally pubescent, white and spotted, the middle segment 

 of the lower oblong, incurved at the point. 



Flowers July — August. 



and 



7. LmiFOLiuM, 



p. 



glabrum 



foliis 



linearibus, integerri 



mis 



tis 



, nervosis, puncta 



5 



<4. 



cutis ; capitulis 



terminalibus, subco- 



Glabrous ; 



leave 



s 



linear, entire, nerved 



9 



dotted 

 terminal 



} 



acute 



? 



heads 



9 



somewhat 

 corymbose ; bracteas 

 with short awns; sta- 

 mens scarcely longer 



rymbosis ; bracteis 

 breviter aristatis ; sta- 



minibus vix corolla I than the corolla* 

 longioribus. 



Purah 2. p. 409. Nutt. 2. p. 33. 

 Bracliystemum virginicum. Mich. 2. p. 6. 

 Thymus virginicus. Sp. pi. 3. p. 143. 



Stem erect and much branched, branches fastlgiate. Leaves generally 

 flustered, terminal, capituli hemispherical and very compact. The 

 bracteas ovate^ ciliate and with the calyx awned. Flowers hairy, inter- 

 nally spotted^ the middle segment of the lower lip oblong and incm'ved at 

 the point. Stamens about as long as the corolla. 



and 



included by Linnaeus under the T. virginicus. 



Uiffer much in af-" 



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