Ordkr 89.— LABIATE. 547 



Verted, straight, strongly bilabiate, upper lip erect, emarginate, lower 3- 

 lobed, spreading; stamens 4, the lower pair larger exserted, distant, 

 anther cells distinct, divaricate, horned at apex. — © Southern. (Cer- 

 antheria Ell. nee Beauv.) 



1 D. linearifdlia Bcnth. St. and branches virgate ; lvs. linear; cymes axillary, 

 pedunculate, 1 to 3 to 5-flowered ; with minute bracts ; cor. twice longer thau 

 calyx. — Dry woods S. Car. to Fla. (Misses Keen). Fragrant, smoothish plant?, 

 about If high. Lvs. 1' long, or the lower nearly 2'. Fls. showy pink-colored, 

 forming slender, raceme-like panicles. Sept., Oct. (C. linearifolia Ell.) 



2 D. densiflora Benth. St. diffusely branched ; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, the upper 

 linear; cymes axillary, subsessile, 5 to 10-flowered. — E. Fla. A variety? 



i6. ORIGANUM, L. Marjoram. (Gr. opoc, a mountain, and ydvoj", 

 joy.) Calyx tube 10-striate, 5-toothed, hairy in the throat ; corolla tube 

 scarcely exserted, upper lip erect, flat, emarginate, lower lip with 3 

 nearly equal segments ; stamens 4, ascending, distant. — If. Lvs. suben- 

 tirc. Fls. in dense oblong spikes, with imbricated, colored bracts. 

 1 O. vulgare L. Lvs. ovate, entire, hirsute, petiolate; spikes in a paniculate 

 corymb; bracts ovate, longer than Hie calyx; cal. teeth equal. — In fields and thick- 

 ets. St. 12 to 18', purple, leafy, branching above. Lvs. a very little serrate, op- 

 posite, hairy, sprinkled with resinous dots, paler beneath. Petioles hairy, \ aa 

 long as the leaves. Bracts tinged with purple. Fls. purplish white. The plant 

 has a highly aromatic taste. Jl., Aug. \ § Eur. 



2 O. Majorana L. Lvs. oval, or obovate, obtuse, entire, petiolate, hoary- 

 pubescent ; spikes roundish, compact, pedunculate, clustered at the end of the 

 branches ; bracts roundish ; cal. upper lip roundish, tube cleft below. — It has a plea- 

 sant aromatic flavor, and is employed in various ways as a seasoning. Plant Eoft 

 downy, a foot high. Fls. pink-colorod. Jl., Aug. % Portugal. 



17. THY^MUS, L. Thyme. (Gr. Ovfiog, courage ; from its invigora- 

 ting smell.) Flowers capitate or verticillate ; calyx ovoid, 10 to 13- 

 nerved, bilabiate, hairy in the throat, upper lip 2-fid, lower 3-fid, sta- 

 mens 4 exserted, diverging, anther cells parallel. — If. With small entire 

 strongly-veined lvs., minute bracts, and purple or white fls, 



1 T. Serpyllus L. Wild Thyme. Mother of Thyme. St. decumbent ; lvs. flat, 

 elliptical, obtuse, ciliate at base; fls. capitate. — 2\. Mass., N. Y. and Penn. An 

 aromatic plant, similar to the following, but milder and rather more pleasantly 

 flavored. Stems suffruticous, wiry, slender, and wavy, with leafy, downy, and 

 ascending branches, each terminating in a small, dense, oblong head of purple- 

 flowers, much frequented by bees. Leaves entire, petiolate, punctate, smooth- 

 ish, ciliate. Corolla purple, spotted. Juno. \ § Eur. 



2 T. vulgaris L. St. erect or decumbent at base ; lvs. revolute at Iho sides, 

 oblong-ovate and lanceolate ; verticils in terminal, leafy spikes. — Sts. suffruticous, 

 numerous, branched, 6 to 10' high. It is highly aromatic, as well as the other 

 species, and is peculiarly attractive to bees. Jn., Jl. \ Eur. A culinary vege- 

 table. 



i8. CALAMINTHA, Moeneh. Calaminth. (Gr. ndlog, beautiful, 

 fuvda, mint.) Calyx tubular, 13-nervcd, throat mostly hairy, upper lip 

 3-cleft, lower 2-cleft ; corolla tube straight, exserted, throat inflated, 

 limb bilabiate, upper lip erect, entire or emarginate, lower spreading, 

 its middle lobo largest ; stamens 4, the lower pair longer, usually 

 ascending. — 2£ 



6 Herbs hairy. Cymes dense, capitate, bracted. Calyx tube curved, 2-lippcd No. 1 



§ Herbs hairy. Cymes loose, pedunculate, axillary. Calyx tube straight, 2-lippcd No. 3 



6 Herbs smooth. Cymes loose, sessile, bracted. Calyx straight, teeth subregular No. '4 



J Shrubs low, slender, nearly smooth. Cyme* few-flowered, i' lowers large Nos. 4 to * 



