TEU'CRIUM PYRENA'ICUM. 



PYRENEAN TEUCRIUM. 

 Class. Order. 



DIDYNAMIA. GYMNO8PERMIA . 



Natural Order. 



LABIATE*. 



No. 80. 



It is supposed that the word Teucrium has arisen 

 out of the name of the Trojan Prince Teucer, the 

 father-in-law of Dardanus, king of Troy, but on 

 what account does not appear. As the country of 

 Troy is sometimes called Teucria the name may or- 

 iginally have been given to some plant indigenous 

 there. Pyrenaicum, from Pyrenees, where it is 

 found. The English appellation, Germander, is 

 rarely applied to any, excepting two or three British 

 species ; which have been, by some authors, regard- 

 ed as possessing medicinal virtues. 



The common Germander, or Teucrium Chamae- 

 drys, has been esteemed as beneficial in gout and 

 rheumatism, and is one of the vegetables that con- 

 stitute the celebrated Portland gout powder. 



The Teucrium pyrenaicum, from its humble 

 growth, is well suited to the fronts of borders, and 

 for decorating artificial rock-work, where it will be 

 found to grow in perfection. 



It may be planted in any common garden soil, 

 and increased by a division of its roots in spring; 

 which time is preferable to autumn, as the plants 

 make good roots before winter. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 371. 



