284 LABIATE. [CALAMIXTHA. 



Srr,-r.F.x. 2. CHnopo'dium, L. (gen.). Whorls few, compound, dense- 

 flowered, surrounded by many linear bracteoles. Calyx-tube slightly curved. 

 Corolla with mid-lobe of lower lip notched. 



2. C. Clinopo dium, Benth. ; perennial, softly hairy, leaves ovate 

 obscurely toothed. Clinopodium. vulgare, L. Wild Basil. 



Copses and rocky places from Moray southwards, and in Ireland ; ascends to 

 1,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. July-Sept. Rootstock woody, stoloniferous. 

 !<>' in 1-3 ft., slender, flexuous, subsimple. Leaves remote, 1-2 in., subacute. 

 \Vlmrls terminal and axillary, f-1 in. diam., depressed ; bracts equalling 

 the calyx ; pedicels slender ; flowers crowded. Calyx - in., striate, 

 bristly. Corolla f-1 in., purple, hairy ; upper lip longest. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia to Japan and the Himalaya ; wild 

 in Canada ; introd. in the U. States. 

 SUB-GEN. 3. A'cinos, Mcench (gen.). Whorls many, simple, lower 



5-6-flowered ; bracteoles few, minute. Calyx-tube curved. Corolla with 



the mid-lobe of the lower lip almost entire. 



3. C. A'cinos, Claire. ; annual or biennial, branched, leaves petioled 

 ovate acuminate. Thymus Acinos, L. Basil Thyme. 



Banks and fields, on dry soil, from Aberdeen southwards ; rare and probably 

 nowhere indigenous in Scotland ; N.E. of Ireland, very rare ; fl. July- Aug. 

 More or less pubescent. Stem 3-6 in. , branched from the base, ascending, 

 slender, leafy. Leaves $- in., narrowed into the petiole, variable in 

 breadth, entire or slightly serrate. Bracts leafy ; bracteoles shorter than 

 the pedicels. Calyx bent on the pedicel ; tube much enlarged below in 

 fmit ; throat closed with hairs ; 3 upper teeth recurved. Corolla $ in., blue- 

 purple, spotted white and darker purple. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa. 



5*. MELIS'SA, Tournef. BALM. 



Herbs, sometimes shrubby. Whorls few-flowered, axillary, secund ; 

 bracts few, subfoliaceous ; flowers white or yellowish. Calyx corian -ou>, 

 curved, subcampanulate, with 13 ribs, 5 of them very strong, 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip flattish, 3-toothed ; lower 2-fid. Corolla-tube ascending, more or 

 less recurved ; throat dilated, naked ; upper lip concave, notched ; lower 

 3-iid, lobes flat. Stamens 4, converging under the upper lip ; anther-cells 

 at length spreading. Style-lobes subequal, subulate. Nutlets smooth. 

 pisiiMH. Europe, W. Asia to the Himalaya ; species 4. ETVM. /t^Mcra-a, 

 from bees allecting the plant. Genus hardly differing from CalamiiUha. 



M. OFFICINA'I.IX, L. ; leaves ovate creuate-toothed, flowers white. 

 Naturalized in the S. of England ; fl. July-Aug. More or less hairy. Root 

 st<,<-i- short. ^ Stem* 1-2 ft., many, erect. Leaves 1-3 in., petioled, wrinkled 

 above. Whorls shortly stalked; bracteoles small, oblong. Cah/x-ttetlt, 

 upper deltoid recurved with setaceous points; lower longer, slender, 

 straight. Cin-i>//ii \ in., white or spotted with rose. DISTRIB. Mid. and 

 S. Europe, W. Asia ; a garden escape in N. America. 



6. SAL'VIA, L. SAGE. 



Herbs or shrubs. Whorls usually racemed or spiked ; bracts leafy 

 or sniiill. ('.nl ii.,- tubular or campanulate, 2-lipped, upper lip entire or 

 b-toothtd, lower 2-tid ; throat naked. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring 



