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Rchb. T. marjoranoides, Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 74. Poir. 

 suppl. 5. p. 306. T. ovatus, Mill. diet. no. 7. 



N.B. Besides the above varieties, there are numerous others 

 which run so gradually into each other as scarcely to be distin- 

 guished. 



Wild Thyme, or Mother of Thyme. Fl. June, Aug. Bri- 

 tain. Shrub trailing. 



11 T. AXGVSTIFOLIUS (Pers. ench. 2. p. ISO.) suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent ; floriferous branches shortly ascending, glabrous or 

 pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-linear, narrowed at 

 the base, veiny, having the petioles and margins ciliated ; floral 

 leaves almost similar to the others ; calyxes usually glabrous : 

 teeth of upper lip short, lanceolate-ovate, and the segments of 

 the lower lip ciliated. F? . H. Native of the South of Europe 

 and Middle Asia, on dry arid hills, and byway sides; as of 

 Portugal, Spain, South of France, South of Germany, Italy, 

 Greece, Caucasus, and Siberia ; also of Madeira and the 

 Azores. T. acicularis, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 157. t. 147. 

 T. caespititius, Link et Hoffm. 6. port. 1. t. 18. ? Brot. phyt. 

 p. 26. t. 11. T. repens, Link et Hoffm. fl. port. T. odoratis- 

 simus, Bieb. fl. cauc. 3. p. 405. more erect plant. T. spinu- 

 losus, Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 35. T. nervosus, Gay, pi. exs. 

 ind. itin. T. Zygis, Lin. spec. p. 826. and of many other au- 

 thors. T. varilbilis, Link et Hoffm. fl. port. 1. t. 17. T. cili- 

 atus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 392. T. albidus, Opiz, in bot. zeit. 

 1824. 2. p. 526. T. inodorus, Lej. ex Dumort, fl. belg. p. 47. 

 T. micans, Lowe, prim. fl. mader. p. 19. Thymbra ciliata, 

 Tenore, fl. nap. prod, suppl. 2. p. 69. syll. fl. neap. p. 269. but 

 not of Lin. Barr. icon. 777. Hardly differing from some va- 

 rieties of T. Serpyllum, unless in the narrower leaves. Corollas 

 purple. There are varieties of this with glabrous, pubescent, or 

 villous leaves, but usually quite glabrous. The T. Zygis of the 

 gardens is an erect, narrow-leaved, canescent plant, with white 

 flowers. 



Narriir-leaved Thyme. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1771. Shrub pro- 

 cumbent. 



]-2 T. PAXNONICUS (All. fl. ped. 1. p. 20.) suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent ; floriferous branches ascending, villous ; leaves on 

 short petioles, linear, or the lower ones are oblong, narrowed at 

 the base, veiny, having the petioles and margins ciliated ; floral 

 leaves almost similar to the others ; calyx villous : teeth of 

 upper lip short, lanceolate-ovate, and the segments of the lower 

 lip subulate, ciliated. Jj . H. Native of the South of Europe, 

 and Middle Asia ; as on the alps of Pannonia, South of Ger- 

 many, Hungary, Podolia, Caucasus, Altaia, &c. T. Marchal- 

 lianus. Willd. spec. 3. p. 141. T. glabrescens, Hoffm. et Link, 

 fl. port. 1. p. 130. t. 15. ? T. Zygis, Pall. nov. act. petrop. 10. 

 p. 313. but not of Lin. T. adscendens, Bernh. ? ex Link, enum. 

 2. p. 115. ? T. odoratissimus, Mill. diet. no. 9. T. lanugino- 

 sus, Mill. diet. no. 8. and other authors. T. Austriacus, Bernh. 

 ex Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 312. T. piligerus, Opiz, ex Rchb. 

 1. c. p. 313. Corollas purple. Hardly differing from T. an- 

 gustifblius, unless in the floriferous branches being longer and 

 more erect, villous, and in the leaves being twice as long. 



Pannonian Thyme. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



1ST. SIBTHORPII (Benth. lab. p. 345.) stem procumbent at 

 the base, branched ; branches erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, nerved ; floral leaves 

 conform to the others ; flowers numerous, small, somewhat spi- 

 cate ; calyx villous, the lips divaricate : teeth of upper lip lan- 

 ceolate, very acute, and the segments of the lower lip subulate. 

 |j . F. Native of Greece, on the mountains. T. lanceolatus, 

 Sibth. et Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 419. but not of Desf. 

 Leaves 6-9 lines long, broader than in T. Pannonicut. Whorls 



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2-6-flowered, approximating into loose spikes. Corollas hardly 

 exceeding the calyx. Stamens exserted. 



Sibthorp's Thyme. Shrub 5 foot. 



14 T. LAN-CEOLA'TUS (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 30. t. 128. but not of 

 Smith.) suffruticose, erect, clothed with soft villi ; leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate- lanceolate, obtuse, roundly cuneated at the base, 

 veiny, clothed with soft pubescence beneath ; floral leaves sim- 

 ilar to the others ; racemes dense, secund ; calyxes villous, 

 nutant : the teeth of the upper lip ovate, acute, and the seg- 

 ments of the lower lip subulate. \ . F. Native of the North 

 of Africa, on Mount Atlas, near Tlemsen, Desf. Erect, much 

 branched at the base. Leaves nearly an inch long. Spikes 

 2-3 inches long. Corollas purple. Bent ham has seen speci- 

 mens of this species, in which the spikes are scarcely secund. 



Lanceolate-leaved Thvme. Fl. July, Aug. . Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub | to | foot. 



1ST. LINEA'IDS (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 31. lab. 

 p. 346.) procumbent ; floriferous branches shortly ascending ; 

 leaves on short petioles, oblong-linear, narrowed at the base, 

 veiny, having the petioles and margins ciliated ; floral leaves 

 ovate, rounded at the base, rather imbricate ; calyx almost gla- 

 brous : teeth of upper lip short, lanceolate-ovate, and the seg- 

 ments of the lower lip subulate, ciliated. Fj . ? F. Native of 

 the Himalaya, among the mountains of Kamaon. This species 

 differs from the more glabrous variety of T. Punndnicus, in the 

 more loose habit and floral leaves. 



Lined Thyme. Shrub procumbent. 



16 T. BRACTEOSUS (Visiani, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 346.) pro- 

 cumbent ; floriferous branches ascending ; leaves petiolate, ob- 

 long, narrowed at the base, flat, veiny, having the margins and 

 petioles of the upper leaves ciliated ; floral leaves sessile, broadly 

 roundish-cordate, imbricate, ciliated ; calyx villous : teeth of 

 upper lip short, ovate-lanceolate, and the segments of the lower 

 lip short, subulate, ciliated. T? . H. Native of Dalmatia. 

 Corollas purple. ? Habit of T. linearis, but differs in the floral 

 leaves ; it differs also from T. ttriatus, in the more loose habit, 

 but is probably only a variety of it. 



Bracted Thyme. Shrub procumbent. 



17 T. STRIA'TUS (Vahl, symb. 78.?) procumbent; floriferous 

 branches ascending, pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, linear, 

 stiff, narrowed at the base, glabrous, ciliated ; floral leaves 

 broadly cordate-ovate, striated, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 pubescent, rather imbricate, approximating into an oblong head. 

 Tj . F. Native of the South of Europe, Gibraltar, Naples ; on 

 the banks of the Bosphorus, Olivier. T. Zygis, Sibth. et Smith, 

 fl. graec. 6. p. 60. t. 574. but not of Lin. T. hirtus, Willd. 

 enum. p. 623. ? T. acicularis, Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 127. 

 Corollas purple. Habit of T. anguttifolius ; but the leaves are 

 longer and suffer, and the inflorescence is very distinct. The 

 floral leaves are veiny, stiff, with ciliated edges. 



Striated-leaved Thyme. Shrub procumbent. 



18 T. HTRSC'TCS (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 59. 3. p. 408. ? Benth. 

 lab. p. 346.) procumbent ; floriferous branches ascending, 

 clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves sessile, linear, somewhat 

 fascicled in the axils, with flat ciliated margins, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; floral leaves broader, closely 

 approximate, as well as the flowers, into an oblong head. J; . 

 H. Native of Greece and Tauria. T. vulgaris, Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. prod. 1. p. 419. but not of Lin. This species 

 differs from T. tillbsus in the quite entire floral leaves ; and 

 from T. diffusut and T. angustifolius, in the broader floral 

 leaves ; and from T. striatus in the hairiness. 



Hairy Thyme. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. Shrub procum- 

 bent. 



19 T. VILLOSCS (Lin. spec. 827.) suffruticose, procumbent; 



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