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quite entire; pedicels with setaceous bracteoles, 8-5-flowered; 

 calyx oblong, equal ; corolla minute. %. H. Native of Caro- 

 lina, Nuttall. Hedeoma bracteolata, Nutt. gen. amer. addenda. 

 Ziziphora bracteolata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. mant. 1. p. 179. 



Bracteolate Microraeria. PI. j to | foot. ? 



i M. STOLOXI'FERA (Benth. lab. p. 371.) stems herbaceous, 

 prostrate, radicant, glabrous ; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, 

 obtuse, subcrenated, and somewhat cordate at the base, gla- 

 brous ; pedicels elongated, naked ; teeth of calyx ovate-lanceo- 

 late : throat villous inside. 7/ . F. Native of New Spain, 

 Mo9ino et Sesse. Nearly allied to M. Broirnei ; but differs in 

 the more firm, acutely tetragonal stems, and broader sessile 

 leaves. 



Stolontferous Micromeria. PI. prostrate. 



5 M. BROWXEI (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 

 prostrate, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, obtuse, a 

 little crenated, glabrous ; pedicels elongated, naked ; teeth of 

 calyx ovate-lanceolate: throat villous inside. %.. F. Native 

 of Florida, Jamaica, Santa Fe de Bogota, and Brazil. Thymus 

 Brownei, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1011. prod. p. 89. Stems 

 usually creeping, and rooting at the base. Leaves truncate or 

 subcordate at the base. Whorls 2-flowered. Corollas pale 

 purple, small. Tube a little exserted. 



Browne's Micromeria. PI. prostrate. 



6 M. XALAPE'NSIS (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 

 prostrate, pilose : leaves nearly sessile, ovate, a little crenated, 

 ciliated ; pedicels elongated, naked ; teeth of calyx ovate-lanceo- 

 late : throat villous inside. I/ . F. Native of Mexico, be- 

 tween Pilela and Xalapa, in humid places. Thymus Xalapensis, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 316. Allied to M. Bronmei ; 

 but differs in the nearly sessile leaves, which are ovate, not 

 rounded, and in the hairs of the stem being long and white ; 

 and from M. stolontfera, in the narrower pilose leaves. 



Xalapa Micromeria. PI. prostrate. 



7 M. CUXXIXGHA'MII (Benth. lab. p. 730.) stems herbaceous, 

 prostrate, finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, rounded, almost 

 quite entire ; pedicels elongated, naked ; calyx hairy, with 

 ovate-lanceolate teeth, and a naked throat. T|. F. Native of 

 New Zealand, on the west coast, at the river Mangamaka Hoki- 

 anga, Cunningham. Habit of M. Brownei. Teeth of calyx 

 villous inside, but the throat is naked. Tube of corolla in- 

 closed. 



Cunningham's Micromeria. PI. prostrate. 



8 M. DOUGLA'SII (Benth. lab. p. 372.) stems herbaceous, 

 prostrate ; leaves petiolate, ovate-rounded, obtuse, crenated, 

 roundedly truncate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces ; pe- 

 duncles elongated, bracteate at the base or middle ; teeth of 

 calyx subulate: throat naked inside. If.. F. Native of North 

 West America, at the river Columbia. Thymus Douglasii, 

 Benth. in Linnaea, 6. p. 80. Thymus Chamissonis, Benth. in 

 Linnaea, 6. p. 80. Branches very long, prostrate, creeping, 

 pubescent. Corolla purple, downv outside : upper lip emar- 

 ginate ; and the middle lobe of lower lip entire. Lobes of style 

 unequal. 



Douglas's Micromeria. PI. prostrate. 



SECT. II. PIPERE'LLA (a dim. of Piper, pepper.) Benth. lab. 

 p. 373. Flowers almost sessile, or collected into sessile or 

 pedunculate heads. Pedicels almost wanting, or shorter than 

 the calyxes. Whorls axillary or subspicate. Undershrubs, 

 rarely herbs. Leaves quite entire, veiny, often hard ; floral 

 leaves almost similar to the cauline ones. 



* Species natives of Europe and Africa. 



9 M. JULIA'XA (Benth. lab. p. 373.) pubescent, suffruticose; 



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branches erect, strict ; leaves sessile : lower ones ovate : upper 

 ones lanceolate-linear, all obtuse, and quite entire, with revolute 

 edges ; fascicles of flowers dense, on short peduncles ; bracteas 

 about equal in length to the sessile calyxes ; calycine teeth subu- 

 late, stiff, hardly so long as the breadth of the tube : throat 

 naked inside. 1? . F. Native of the region of the Mediter- 

 ranean, on dry and stony hills ; as in Sicily, Naples, Dal- 

 matia, and several of the Grecian islands. Satureia Juliana, 

 Lin. spec. 793. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 32. t. 540. 

 Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. f. 3. Sabbatia corymbosa, Mcench. 

 meth. p. 386. Ger. emac. 576. f. 3. Park, theatr. 5. f. 3. 

 Mor. hist. 3. p. 412. sect. 11. t. 17. f. 4 Lob. icon. 245. 

 Stems procumbent, much branched. Corollas very minute, 

 pale red. Upper lobe of style the shortest. Plant with a 

 fragrant smell. 



Var. j3, hirsvta (Benth. lab. p. 373.) hairy, hard, a foot high, 

 or more, a little branched, fj . F. Native of Sicily. Satureia 

 Juliana, var. canescens, Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 114. Satu- 

 reia hirsuta, Presl, del. prag. p. 79. 



St. Julian's Micromeria. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1596. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



10 M. GS.SCA. (Benth. lab. p. 373.) pubescent; branches 

 erect or ascending ; leaves sessile : lower ones ovate, obtuse : 

 superior ones lanceolate-linear, all quite entire, with revolute 

 margins ; fascicles of flowers loose, almost secund, pedunculate ; 

 bracteas, for the most part, one half shorter than the calyxes ; 

 calycine teeth subulate, longer than the breadth of the tube : 

 throat villous inside. Tj . F. Native of the region of the 

 Mediterranean, on dry stony hills ; as of Portugal, Spain, Cor- 

 sica, Italy, Naples, Sicily, Syria, and many of the Grecian 

 islands, &c. Satureia Grae'ca, Lin. spec. 794. Sibth. et Smith, 

 fl. graec. 6. p. 34. t. 542. Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. f. 2. Satu- 

 reia micrantha, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 142. Thymus 

 hirtus, Russ. nat. hist. alep. 2. p. 256. Thymus micranthus, 

 Brot. phyt. p. 30. t. 13. Alp. exot. 265. t. 264. Mor. hist. 

 3. p. 411. sect. 11. t. 17. f. 2. This is a very variable plant. 

 Stem woody at the base, procumbent. Corolla exceeding the 

 calyxes a little, pale purple : upper lip shortly emarginate. 

 Lobes of style equal. 



Var. p, longiflora (Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 117.) corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, fj . F. Native of Sicily and Na- 

 ples. Satureia Consentina, Tenor, fl. nap. 3. p. 151. f. 9. syll. 

 p. 279. This is distinguished from the species by the greater 

 stature and larger flowers. 



Var. -y, demiflbra (Benth. lab. p. 373.) fascicles of flowers 

 more dense, and on shorter peduncles ; throat of calyx less vil- 

 lous inside. J- . F. Satureia tenuifolia. Tenore, fl. nap. t. 151. 

 f. 4. prod. p. 33. Guss. prod. fl. sic. 115. Micromeria tenui- 

 folia, Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 310. Satureia hirta, Host, fl. 

 austr. 2. p. 134. 1 Thymus virgatus, Tenor, fl. nap. t. 155. f. 3. 

 syll. 296. Satureia congesta, Horn. hort. hafn. Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 720. 



Grecian Micromeria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Shrub f 

 foot. 



11 M. PARVIFLORA (Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 859.) almost gla- 

 brous ; branches erectish ; leaves sessile, all linear, quite entire, 

 with revolute margins ; peduncles equalling the leaves, loosely 

 3-flowered ; bracteas minute ; calycine teeth subulate : the 

 upper ones the broadest : throat villous inside. ^ . F. Native 

 of Dalmatia, on the confines near Albania, among the mountains 

 of Patrovitch. Satureia parviflora, Vis. pi. rar. dalm. in bot. 

 zeit. 1829. Satureia inodora, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 135. but not 

 of Salzm. This is a very distinct species from M. Greeca; the 

 leaves are much narrower and glabrous ; the flowers are on long 

 pedicels, and fewer ; the form and length of the calycine teeth 

 are unequal. 



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