JULY. 301 
Ranunevutus Lineva. Great Spearwort. The leaves of 
the two species now mentioned are different from the rest ; 
being long and narrow. Those of the Lingua are also cut 
at the edge, and slightly clasping the stem. Flowers large, 
handsome, and yellow. Common in wet places, growing 
two or three feet high. 
Ranuncutus Framuura. Lesser Spear-wort. Leaves 
narrow, stalked; the lower ones broader. Stem not upright 
at the base, and taking root. Very abundant on the sides 
of ditches. Nearly all the ten species I have described may 
be found in most neighbourhoods. 
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DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
COROLLIFLORA. LAMIACE. 
THYMUS. (TuHyme.) 
Generic Character. Flowers whorled, or in a whorled head. 
Calyx with ten nerves, tubular, and with two lips; upper lip with 
three teeth, lower with two. Corolla with the upper lip erect, 
notch ; lower spreading, and divided into three. 
Tuymus serpyLtuM. Wild Thyme. Abundant on hills, 
heaths, and dry pastures, rearing its small, pretty head 
