100 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
smaller paler flowers, and cymes on shorter stalks ; 
thickets. C. Wepeta, Sav.; similar, but cymes denser, 
stem more branched, leaves crenate instead of serrate; 
Ticino. C. mepetotdes, Jord.; very similar, but a more 
hairy plant, with smaller nearly entire leaves; South- 
ern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. C. grandiflora, 
Mcench.; flowers much larger (1 in. long), 3-5 in 
stalked cymes, leaves deeply serrate; mountain woods; 
Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 
B. Flowers blue-purple or violet :—C. Acznzos, Clairv. 
(Thymus Acinos, L.), Basil Thyme; flowers small, spotted, 
leaves pubescent, stalked, nearly entire; dry stony fields. 
C. alpina, L.; flowers larger, violet with white throat, 
leaves small, ovate, serrate, calyx downy, open; dry 
alpine slopes. 
6. HORMINUM, L. 
Flowers large, reddish-violet, in few-flowered cymes, 
forming a terminal spike on a nearly leafless scape; 
corolla-tube long, with a hairy ring, upper lip truncate; 
leaves mostly radical, forming a rosette. Alpine. 
Hi. pyrenaicum, L. (Pl. 100); radical leaves large, 
coarse, ovate-elliptical, crenate, glabrous, stem 4-8 in.; 
alpine pastures, frequent. 
7. SATO RET AL As. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, not 2-lipped; corolla 
2-lipped, upper lip flat; stamens 4. 
S. montana, L.; flowers white spotted with pink, 
leaves shining, coriaceous, entire, stem woody, 8-18 in., 
plant fragrant; rocks; Carniola, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 
