770 



LABIATE. XLII. THYMUS. 



branches short, rather hairy ; leaves oblong-linear, flattish, with 

 ciliated margins ; floral leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrated at 

 top, and are, as well as the calyxes, coloured ; whorls few-flow- 

 ered, approximate, fj . F. Native of the Grecian Archipe- 

 lago. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 62. t. 578. Hoffm. et 

 Link, fl. port. 1. t. 14. Corollas purple. Habit of T. angusti- 

 fblius ; from which it differs in the leaves being more ciliated, 

 and especially in the calyxes being twice the size, and in the 

 floral leaves, which are coloured as in Thymbra spicata. Whorls 

 loose, not imbricate. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



nilous Thyme. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub pro- 

 cumbent. 



20 T. CAPITELLA'TUS (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. t. 12.) 

 shrubby, canescent; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, with revolute 

 edges, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; floral leaves sub- 

 imbricate, broad-ovate, exceeding the calyxes ; whorls few- 

 flowered, collected into globose terminal heads. ^ F- Na- 

 tive of Portugal, beyond the Tagus, near Lisbon, Link ; and in 

 the Algarves, Masson. Habit and cauline leaves of T. vulgaris. 

 Heads of flowers very numerous, size of peas. Calyx small, 

 with short spreading teeth. Corolla purplish ? scarcely longer 

 than the calyx. 



Small-headed Thyme. Shrub. 



21 T. NUMI'DICUS (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 29. ? Benth. lab. p. 

 347.) erect or prostrate at the base ; branches clothed with 

 hoary pubescence ; leaves sessile, oblong-linear or spatulate, 

 small, fascicled, flat, glabrous, ciliated a little ; floral leaves im- 

 bricating, very broad at the base ; whorls closely approximate 

 into small globose heads ; calyx villous : teeth of upper lip lan- 

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

 F. Native of Spain, Pavon ; and of Barbary, near La Calle, 

 Desf. Habit of T. vulgaris ; but differs from it in the shorter 

 glabrous leaves, and especially in the inflorescence. Heads 

 hardly larger than peas, hairy. Floral leaves clasping the 

 flowers, ciliated, ex Desf. Corollas small, rose-coloured. 



Nttmidian Thyme. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub | 

 foot. 



22 T. HISPA'NICUS (Poir. diet. 7. p. 646.) shrubby, erect; 

 leaves linear, ciliated ; flowers capitate, rather villous. I? . F. 

 Native of Spain, and of North Africa, on the sea-shore. 

 Branches numerous, slender. Leaves sessile. Teeth of calyx 

 sub-setaceous, ciliated. Corolla purplish, longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens rather longer than the corolla. Very nearly allied to 

 T. Numidicus, and probably only a variety of it. 



Spanish Thyme. Shrub ^ foot. 



23 T. CAPITA'TUS (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 123.) pro- 

 cumbent at the base, much branched ; branches erect, canes- 

 cent ; sterile branches sub-spinescent ; leaves sessile, linear or 

 oblong, flat ; floral leaves imbricate, ovate, ciliated, green, co- 

 vering the calyxes. Tj . H. Native of the region of the Me- 

 diterranean, in dry, arid, stony places ; as of Barbary, near 

 Tangiers ; Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Naples, Greece, Syria, Pales- 

 tine, &c. T. Creticus, Brot. phyt. p. 27. t. 12. T. Marinosci, 

 Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 35. syll. p. 296. Satureia capitata, 

 Lin. spec. 795. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 30. t. 544. 

 An elegant, densely branched shrub. Heads of flowers globose 

 or oblong, composed of 6-flowered whorls. Corollas exserted, 

 purple. Stamens exserted. 



Carafe-flowered Thyme. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1596. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



SECT. III. PSEUDOTHY'MBRA (from \jjtvSos, pseudos, falsehood ; 

 and 0v/*/3pa, thymbra, a sweet-scented herb allied to Thyme.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 348. Floral leaves large, membranous, coloured. 



24 T. CEPHAL6ius (Lin. spec. 826.) erect, branched, clothed 



with hoary pubescence ; leaves sessile, linear, with revolute 

 edges, small, fascicled : floral leaves large, ovate, acute, rather 

 membranous, coloured, covering the calyxes. ^ . H. Native 

 of Spain and Portugal. Habit of T. vulgaris, but the inflores- 

 cence is very distinct. Floral leaves sessile, with ciliated edges, 

 purplish. Heads of flowers size of cherries. Corolla downy 

 outside, purplish or white : tube exserted from the calyx. Sta- 

 mens diverging, about equal in length to the corolla. 



Headed Thyme. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1759. Shrub | to 1 

 foot. 



25 T. CILIA'TDS (Benth. lab. p. 348.) shrubby, erect ; branches 

 pubescent or villous : leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 

 flat, green, veiny, having the margins a little ciliated ; floral 

 leaves large, broad-ovate, acute, rather membranous, nerved, 

 coloured, ciliated, imbricate, covering the calyxes. Jj . F. 

 Native of the North of Africa, on arid hills near Mascar, Desf. ; 

 and near Galla, Masson ; and the Canary Islands. Thymbra 

 ciliata, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 10. t. 122. An elegant much branch- 

 ed shrub. Heads of flowers ovate, cylindrical. Bracteas pur- 

 plish. Teeth of calyx ciliated : lower teeth the longest. Co- 

 rollas violaceous. Stamens scarcely longer than the corolla. 



Ciliated Thyme. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub to 1 

 foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known, or doubtful. 



26 T. PULCHE'LLUS (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 87.) stems 

 shrubby at the base, erect, pubescent on the angles ; leaves 

 quite glabrous, flat, oblong or linear, obtuse : lower ones ellip- 

 tic ; whorls spicately approximate ; teeth of the upper lip of 

 the calyx nearly equal, subulate ; stamens exserted. Jj . H. 

 Native of Caucasus, on gypsaceous hills at the river Anti- 

 ceta. 



Neat Thyme. Shrub erect. 



27 T. SERPYLLOI'DES (Bory, ann. gen. 3. p. 18.) stems fruti- 

 cose, procumbent ; leaves linear or lanceolate, obtuse, a little 

 ciliated at the base ; flowers capitate. >j . H. Native of 

 Spain, on Sierra Nevada, among rocks. Allied to T. angustifo- 

 lius. There are varieties of this with white and purple flowers. 



Serpyllum-like Thyme. Shrub procumbent. 



28 T. RICHA'RDI (Pers. ench. 2. p. 130.) flowers capitate ; 

 bracteas ovate, and are, as well as the calyxes, stiff; leaves 

 broad-ovate, nerved beneath. 1? . H. Native of the Balearic 

 Islands, Ant. Richard. Perhaps the same as Origanum Majori- 

 cum, Cambess. 



Richard's Thyme. Shrub. 



29 T. MULTIFLORUS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 131.) flowers axillary, 

 pedunculate ; peduncles many-flowered ; calyxes oblong, with 

 acute teeth ; leaves ovate, glabrous, having the veins promi- 

 nent berieath. Tj . ? H. Formerly cultivated in the garden of 

 Trianon, Persoon. Allied to Calamintha. Leaves dotted be- 

 neath. 



Many-flowered Thyme. PL ? 



SO T. HIRSUTI'SSIMUS (Poir. diet. 7. p. 650.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, nearly sessile, hairy ; spikes capitately verticillate ; 

 bracteas ciliately hairy. J? . T. Native of the Levant. Erect, 

 humble, much branched. Leaves small. Flowers disposed in 

 short spicate heads at the tops of the branches, dense, very vil- 

 lous. Bracteas lanceolate, equalling the flowers, ciliated. Co- 

 rolla purplish, rather longer than the calyx. Teeth of calyx 

 subulate, acuminated, rather spiny, nearly equal, ciliated. Per- 

 haps the same as Micromeria nervosa. 



Very-hairy Thyme. Shrub \ foot. 



31 T. A'LBICANS (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port, t. 11.) flowers 



