MELISSA 399 



smaller leaves ; and by tlie flower pedicels being ascending, and not bent 

 downwards. 



C. parviflora is found in Oxfordshire, and has been reported from 

 Surrey, Hants, and Wilts. 



C. montana, Lam. Fl. Fr. ii. 396 (1778). Common Cd'amint. 



C. Calamintha. C. officinalis, Moeneh, Meth. 409. C. menthaefolia, Host. 

 Austr. ii. 129. Melissa Calamintha, Linn. Sp. PI. 593 (1753). Thymus 

 Calamintha, Sm. E. B. t. 1676, Clinopodiiim Calamintha, Kuntze, 1. c. 



Top. Bot. 310. Syme, E. B. vii. 34, t. 1050. Nyman, 588. Fl. Oxf. 231. 

 Native. Viatical. Dry roadsides and hedge-banks, with sunny 



exposure, usually on gravelly soil or on limestone. Local and 



rather uncommon. P. July-October. 

 First record. C. officinalis, Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyi. i. 992, 1843. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Boswell. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker. Kingston Bngpuze. Cothill and Dry 



Sandford. Near Abingdon. Near Fyfield. Woottou. Near 

 Uftington. Frilford. 



3. Pang. By the railway near Streatley. 



5. Loddon. Borders of Bisham Wood at the top of the hill, Mill. 

 Park Place, Stanton. Wargi-ave, Mdvill. 



In the dry seasons of 1893 and 1894 the plant was a conspicuous 

 object along the road from Oxford to Faringdon. 



Var. Briggsii ^Syme, 1. c. of C. menthifolia) appears to be only a form 

 of the type to which it is joined by a series of intermediate forms. It 

 has been seen near Cothill, &c. 



C. montana (officinalis) is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



MELISSA, Linn. Gen. n. 647 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 91). 



*M. OFFICINALIS, Linn. Sp. PI. 592 (1753). Balm. 



Melissa, Dodoens. 3L hortensis, C. B. Pin. 229. 



Comp. Cyb. Br. 546. Syme, E. B. vii. 37, t. 1053. Nyman, 587. Fl. Oxf. 235. 

 Alien or denizen. Hedge-sides and woody places. Eare. A relic of culti- 

 vation. P. August. 

 First recorded in this Flora. 



2. Ock. On the Boar's Hill range. In Bagley Wood, on the site of 

 a cottage garden once belonging to the keeper. 



4. Kennet. Near Round Oak, Mortimer, far from any dwelling, Tufnail. 

 As an introduced plant, Melissa is recorded for Oxfordshire, Surrey, and 



Hants. 



SALVIA, Linn. Gen n. 36 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 83). 



S. Verbenaca, Linn. Sp. PI. 25 (1753). Wild Clary. 



Horminum sylvestre, Gerard, 628. 

 Top. Bot. 302. Syme, E. B. vii. 42, t. 1056. Nj^man, 570. Fl. Oxf. 226. 

 Native. Viatical. Dry banks, sides of roads, railway-banks, &c. It is 



