DlnrNAMlA GYMN03PERMIA. 



calaminthT. 



,S3 



Calyx defloratiis 

 viliis clausiis. Corol- 



a 



iuflata 



ginato 



inferioi e tripartite ; la- 

 ciuia intermedia inte- 



subemarginata, 



g»'a. 



ant crenulat 



1. Grandiflora. 



C. suiTruticosa; fo- 

 liis ovatis, obtusis^cre- 

 natss, laevibus: verticillis 



Calyx after flower- 

 ing closed with hair. 

 Throat of the corolla 

 inflated^ the upper h'p 

 emarginate, the lower 

 3-parted, with the in- 

 termediate 

 entire 



ginate^ or crenulate. 



? 



segment 

 slightly 



e m a r 



Suffruticose; leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, crenate. 



. , smooth; whorls many 



multifloris, subpedun- flowered, on short pe 



culatis, folio breviori 

 bus. 



1 



duncies, shorter than 

 the leaves. 



Piirsh 2. p. 414. NiUt. 2. p. 39. 



Thymus Carolinianus. Mich. 2. p. 9 



A small suffruticose plant, growhig from 12—18 inches high, the stem 

 round and^a little pubescent, if «t'f?A- slightly toothed, somewhat ribbed, 

 dotted. Ploteers in opposite dichotomous clusters. Peduncles al>out as 

 long as the calyx. The cali/x tubular, ribbed, glabrous, the upper lip 3- 

 tooUied, the lower 2-cleft, the throat of the calyx closed with hair. C<>. 

 rolla pule rose colour, spotted on the lower lip with purple, pubescent, the 

 tube longer than tlie calyx, the upper lip erect, slightly emavginate, the 

 segments of the lower obtuse, equal. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 

 ^}iihers two lobed, somewhat crescent shaped, hollow and purple at each 

 summit. Styles longer than the stamens Stigmas two, acute. 



Vnows m the drift sand along the margins of rivers in the middle md 

 iipppr country, abundant near Columbia, S. C, 



c lowers June * 



August. 



I ab i o 



CERANTHERA. E; 



bilabiatus 



? 



superiore emar- 



g^nata;inferiorcbifido. 



two lipped, 

 the upper lip emargi- 



natCtthe lower 2-clcft* 



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