822 Labiatae. 
1151. (2.) Thymus capitatus (L.) Link and Hoffmg. Flor. 
Portug. I (1809), p. 123. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.560. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Hg., p. 121 no. 821. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p.661 no. 242. — Benth. in DC. Prodrom. XU, 
p. 204. — Satureia capitata L. Spec. Plant. I, p. 795. — Hymbra 
capitata Griseb. Spic. Hl, p. 127. — Coridothymus capitatus Rehbeh. 
Ic. XVIII tab. 70 fig. 1. — An undershrub, 20—40 cm high or 
sometimes somewhat more, canescent; branches thick, stiff, at length 
spinescent. Leaves stiff, linear, triquetrous, 2-—4 mm long, dotted, 
ciliate at base, with clusters of young leaves in axils. Head ovate, 
dense, 6—8 mm long; bracts ovate and oblong, cucullate, ciliate, 
densely imbricated, concealing calyx; upper lip of the calyx with 
short connivent teeth, the lower one longer, with subulate teeth. — 
Flow. February to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica; Umm Rakum; Matruqa; Abusir; Mariut; 
Montaza; Behig; Alexandria-West, and -Hast; Abukir. 
Local name: swatar (Ascherson). 
Also known from all the other parts of the Mediterranean basin, except 
South France. 
470. (7.) Micromeria Benth. 
Calyx-tube cylindric, 13—15-nerved; teeth acute, nearly equal. 
Corolla-tube straight; limb short, bilabiate; upper lip erect, nearly 
flat; lower patent, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending; 
anthers 2-celled. Disk equal or reduced to an anticous gland. Style 
bifid at the apex. Nutles small, ovoid or oblong. — Herbs or 
under-shrubs. Leaves entire or crenate. Whorls axillary or crowded 
into a terminal spicate panicle. Flowers small. 
Species 60, spread widely in both hemispheres. 
1152. Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth. Labiat. (1832—1836), 
p.376. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.569. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. 
Marmaric., p.662 no. 243. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 121 
no. 822. — Satureia nervosa Desf. Flor. Atlant. Il, p. 9 tab. 121 
fig. 2. — A perennial herb, 20—40 cm high or sometimes some- 
what more, short pubescent or glabrescent below, villous above, 
branching from.the prostrate base; stems simple or sparingly branched, 
ascending. Leaves sessile, with revolute margins, somewhat cordate 
at the base, ovate acutish, 5—8 mm long. Cymes hispid, many- 
flowered, short-peduncled, the lower distant; calyx-teeth bristle-like; 
corolla pink. — Flow. March to April. 
