LABIATE. XLII. THYMCS. XLIII. SATCREIA. 



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verticillately capitate, terminal and axillary ; leaves lanceolate, 

 white beneath ; calycine teeth nearly equal, subulate, ex Poir. 

 diet, suppl. 5. p. 305. I? . H. Native of Portugal. Perhaps 

 the same as Micromeria Grae'ca. 

 Whitish-leaved Thyme. Shrub. 



32 T. MEGAPOTA'MICUS (Spreng. cur. post. p. 224.) stem erect, 

 herbaceous : leaves linear, convolute, rough from dots ; pedun- 

 cles crowded, exceeding the leaves. Native of the South of 

 Brazil, at Rio Grande. Perhaps the same as Hedebma multi- 



Jlbra. 



Rio Grande Thyme. PI. ? 



33 T. LOSGICAC'LIS (Presl, fl. sic. 37.) stems very long, creep- 

 ing, puberulous ; leaves cuneiform-oblong, obtuse, length of 

 calyxes, which are pubescent ; calycine teeth ciliated, subulate ; 

 anthers exserted. 3. ? H. Native of Sicily. 



Long-stemmed Thyme. PI. creeping. 



34 T. JEGYPTI*ACCS (Bernh. ex Steud, nom. p. 835.) Nothing 

 is known of this plant but the name. 



Egyptian Thyme. Shrub. 



35 T. CAMPHORA'TUS (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port.) ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of Portugal. 



Camphorated Thyme. Shrub. 



Cult. All the species of Thymus prefer a dry, light, sandy 

 soil, and an exposed situation. They are of easy culture 

 and propagation ; and are readily increased either by divisions 

 slips, cuttings, or seeds, as recommended for T/iymus culgaris, p. 

 767. Some of the more tender and rarer species should be 

 grown in pots, and placed among other Alpine plants, that they 

 may be sheltered from the frosts of winter. 



XLIII. SATURFIA (Ssatter is the Arabic name for all labi- 

 ate plants.) Lin. gen. no. 707. Schreb. gen. 961. Juss. gen. 

 p. 112. Benth. lab. p. 351. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanulate, 10- 

 nerved, equal, 5-toothed or obscurely-bilabiate ; throat naked in- 

 side, or furnished with a few hairs. Corolla having the tube 

 equalling the calyx and imbricating bracteas ; limb bilabiate ; 

 upper lip erect, flat, entire, or emarginate : lower one spreading, 

 trifid, with flat nearly equal lobes. Stamens 4, erectish, diverg- 

 ing : lower ones longer, exserted ; anthers 2-celled : cells paral- 

 lel or diverging. Style about equally bifid at top ; lobes subu- 

 late, stigmatiferous at apex. Aromatic herbs or under shrubs. 

 Leaves small, quite entire, often fasciculate in the axils. Whorls 

 sometimes few-flowered, with short bracteas or without bracteas ; 

 sometimes many-flowered, or collected into heads, propped by 

 bracteas. 



SECT. I. SATURE'IA (see genus for derivation.) Benth. lab. p. 

 352. \\ horls few-flowered ; bracteas small or wanting. 



1 S. HORTE'XSIS (Lin. spec. 795.) annual, erect, pubescent ; 

 whorls sub-secund, remote, or the upper ones are somewhat spi- 

 cate. Q. H. Native of the South of Europe; as of Spain, 

 South of France, Italy : it is also to be found in North America, 

 Cape of Good Hope, and in the Indian Peninsula ; but has pro- 

 bably been introduced from Europe. Lam. ill. t. 504. f. 1. S. 

 viminea, Burm. fl. ind. p. 126. but not of Lin. Sabb, bort. rom. 

 3. t. 70. Blackw. icon. t. 419. Mor. hist. sect. 11. t. 17. f. 1. 

 Herb much branched, usually purplish. Leaves oblong- linear, 

 acute, entire. Whorls usually 6-flowered. Bracteas linear, or 

 altogether abortive. Corolla pale red, scarcely exceeding the 

 calycine teeth. Stamens shorter than the lobes of the corolla. 

 Summer savory is raised from seed, being an annual. In 

 March or April sow either in small drills, 9 by 6 inches apart, 

 or on smoothed surfaces, and raked in lightly. The plants may 

 either remain to be thinned, or some may be transplanted in 

 June, 9 by 6 inches asunder. The herb comes in for gathering 



from June to October. W T hen a store is to be dried, draw it by 

 the roots. Abercrombie. 



Garden or Summer Savory. Fl. June, Aug. CIt. 1652. PI. 

 | to 1 foot. 



2 S. RUPE'STRIS (Wulf. in Jacq. misc. 2. p. 130. icon. rar. S. 

 t. 494.) suffruticose ; branches ascending ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, glabrous, or rather canescent ; racemes dense, 

 many-flowered, sub-secund ; teeth of calyx short, acutish. Ij . 

 H. Native of Carniola, Hungary, Croatia, Carinthia, Dalmatia, 

 &c., in dry rugged mountainous places. S. thymifolia, Scop. fl. 

 earn. ed. 2d. t. 29. ? Calamintha rupestris, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 

 131. Melissa alba, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. p. 227. t. 

 205. Nepeta Croatica, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 727. Nepeta pumila, 

 Spreng. cent. spec. min. cogn. p. 29. Habit between Salureia 

 and Melissa. Leaves almost quite entire. Whorls many-flow- 

 ered, disposed in dense spikes or racemes. Bracteas minute. 

 Throat of calyx glabrous. Corolla white, 2-3 times longer than 

 the calyx, tinged with blue. 



Rock Savory. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. Shrub 1 to l 

 foot. 



3 S. MONTA'NA (Lin. spec. 794.) suffruticose, erect, glabrous, 

 or scabrously-pubescent ; leaves oblong-linear, acute, or the 

 lower ones are spatulate or cuneated ; whorls many-flowered, 

 loose, secund, approximating into spikes or racemes. Jj . H. 

 Native in the region of the Mediterranean, in arid, exposed 

 places, and on mountains ; in the Pyrenees, near Bagneres de 

 Luchon ; Spain, Portugal, North of Africa, South of France and 

 Germany, Greece, Italy, Naples, &c. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 

 6. p. 35. t. 543. S. trifida, Moench. meth. p. 386. S. subspi- 

 cata, Vis. spec. pi. dalm. 11. t. 4. S. Illyrica, Host, fl. austr. 2. 

 p. 133. S. variegata, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 134. S. hyssopifolia, 

 Bert. ann. di stor. nat. 1829. fasc. 3. p. 406. Micromeria 

 montana, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 311. Micromeria pygmae'a, 

 Rchb. 1. c. S. pygmae'a, Sieb. pi. exs. ex. Rchb. 1. c. Micro- 

 meria variegata, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 859. Sab. hort. rom. 3. 

 t. 64. Mor. hist. sect. 11. t. 17. f. 3. Shrub erect or ascend- 

 ing, much branched. Branches beset with very short reflexed 

 hairs. Lower whorls rather remote. Corolla white or purplish, 

 more than twice as long as the calyx. Winter Savory, Suriette, 

 French, Saturei, Germ. Satureggia, Italian, was cultivated in 

 England in 1562 ; that is as far back as we have any printed 

 registers ; for there can be no doubt that this and summer savory, 

 with other pot-herbs, were much cultivated in far earlier times, 

 before the spices of the East Indies were known and in common 

 use. This kind of savory is generally propagated by slips or 

 cuttings of the young side shoots in April, May, and June, or 

 July, planted in a shady border and watered ; also by dividing at 

 the root. When the plants are a little advanced in branchy 

 growth, they may be transplanted. Set some in single plants a 

 foot apart ; others to form a close edging. In spring and autumn 

 loosen the earth a little about the plants, and trim off" decayed 

 and irregular parts. It continues useful for summer and winter ;. 

 and some may be gathered, when of full growth, in autumn, to 

 dry for winter use. 



Mountain or Winter Savory. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1562. 

 Shrub J to 1 foot. 



4 S. MU'TICA (Fisch et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petesb. 1836. p. 

 49.) plant clothed with hoary pubescence ; stems erect, much 

 branched ; branches twiggy : leaves oblong or almost linear ; 

 cymes axillary, few-flowered ; bracteoles linear, much shorter 

 than the calyxes ; calyx bilabiate, with sub-linear mutic lobes, 

 the lower 2 the longest, f? . H. Native of Caucasus, on the 

 Talusch Mountains, in arid, stony places. Allied to S. montana, 

 but differs in the segments of the calyx being mutic, and from 

 S. intermedia, in the stem being tall and erect, in the leaves being 

 narrower and distant, in the bracteoles being minute, &c. 



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