LABIATE. (MINT FAMILY.; 307 



flowers. (The ancient Greek name of the Thyme, probably from 6va>, to burr 

 perfume, because it was used for incense.) 



1. T. Serpyllum, L. (Creeping Thtme.) Prostrate ; leaves green, 

 flat, ovate, entire, short-petiolcd, flowers crowded at the end of the branches.— 

 Old fields, E. New England and Pcnn. : rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



T. vulgaris, L., is the Garden Thyme, or Standing Thyme. 



11. SATUREIA, L. Savory. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, naked in the thrpai. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flat, nearly entire, the lower nearly equally 3-cleft. 

 Stamens 4, somewhat ascending. — Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, 

 often clustered in the axils, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The an- 

 cient Latin name.) 



1. S. hortensis, L. (Summer Savory.) Pubescent; clusters few-flow- 

 ered ; bracts small or none. © — Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short: escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. C A L, AMI NT II A, Mcench. Calaminth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire ; the lower spreading, 3- 

 parted, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascending ; the 

 anthers usually approximate in pairs. — Perennials, with mostly purplish or 

 whitish flowers : inflorescence various. (Name composed of nakos, beautiful, 

 and p.iv8a, Mint.) 



§ 1. CALAMtNTHA Proper, Benth. — Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the 

 base : clusters of flowers loose and pcdunclcd in the axils of the leaves, and forming 

 a raceme at the summit: bracts minute. 



1. C. Nepeta, Link. (Basil-Thyme.) Soft hairy; stem ascending (1°- 

 3° high) ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate ; corolla (3" long) 

 about twice the length of the calyx. — Dry hills, Virginia, &c. (Nat. from Eu.) 



$ 2. CALOMELf SSA, Benth. — Calyx nearly as § 1 : whorls few-several-flow- 

 ered,, sessile; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at their base linear or 

 oblong, leaflike. 



2. C. glabella, Benth. Smooth; stems diffuse or spreading (l°-2° 

 long) ; leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base 

 (|'-1' long, or the largest l^'-2' long), sparingly toothed, or nearly entire; 

 clusters 6 - 10-flowered; corolla (purplish, 5"- 6" long) fully twice the length 

 of the calyx, the teeth of the latter awl-pointed. (Cunila glabella, Michx. Mi- 

 cromeria, Benth.) — Limestone banks, near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and 

 southward. June. 



Var. NlUtollii. Smaller; the flowering stems more upright (5' -9' high), 

 with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters ; while sterile 

 the runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only 2' - 5" long. (C. Nut- 



