loo THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



smaller paler flowers, and cymes on shorter stalks ; 

 thickets. C. Nepeta, Sav. ; similar, but cymes denser, 

 stem more branched, leaves crenate instead of serrate; 

 Ticino. C. nepetoides, Jord. ; very similar, but a more 

 hairy plant, with smaller nearly entire leaves; South- 

 ern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. C. grandiflora, 

 Moench. ; flowers much larger (i in. long), 3-5 in 

 stalked cymes, leaves deeply serrate; mountain woods; 

 Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



B. Flowers blue-purple or violet : — C. Acinos, Clairv. 

 {Thymus Acinos, L.), Basil Thyme; flowers small, spotted, 

 leaves pubescent, stalked, nearly entire ; dry stony fields. 

 C. alpinUf 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. 



H. pyrenaicum, L. (PI. 100) ; radical leaves large, 

 coarse, ovate-elliptical, crenate, glabrous, stem 4-8 in. ; 

 alpine pastures, frequent. 



7. Satureja, L. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, not 2-lipped; corolla 

 2-lipped, upper lip flat ; stamens 4. 



6*. montana, L. ; flowers white spotted with pink, 

 leaves shining, coriaceous, entire, stem woody, 8-18 in.^ 

 plant fragrant ; rocks ; Carniola, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



