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22 M.OVA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 377.) suffruticose, procumbent ; 

 branches ascending, villous ; leaves sessile, ovate, bluntish, sub- 

 cordate at the base, with revolute edges, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves shorter than the peduncles, or the upper 

 ones are longer ; fascicles of flowers pedunculate, loose ; teeth 

 of calyx setaceous ; throat of calyx villous inside. f; . F. 

 Native of Abyssinia, Salt. Satureia ovata, R. Br. in append, 

 to Salt, abyss. Allied to M. Forbesii and M. microphylla ; it 

 differs from the first in the branches being more slender ; in the 

 flowers being smaller ; and in the fascicles being pedunculate ; 

 and from the latter, in the leaves being broader at the base ; in 

 the margins being very revolute, and in the floral leaves being 

 narrower. 



Orate-leaved Micromeria. Shrub procumbent. 



23 M. FILIFORMIS (Benth. lab. 378.) suffruticose, diffuse, 

 glabrous ; branches filiform ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate : lower 

 ones cordate : superior ones rounded at the base, all bluntish, 

 and quite entire, flat ; whorls about 2-flowered ; pedicels mi- 

 nutely bracteate at the base, about equal in length to the calyxes ; 

 calyx tubular, declinate, or nutant : teeth subulate, rather shorter 

 than the corolla : throat rather villous inside, f? . F. Native 

 of the region of the Mediterranean ; as of Spain and the Balea- 

 ric Islands. Thymus filiformis, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 313. 

 Piperella filiformis, Presl, fl. sic. p. 36. Cunila thymoides, Go- 

 wan, herb, ex Benth. Habit of M. microphylla, but the branches 

 are more slender and the leaves more remote. Leaves generally 

 purplish. Corollas purplish. Style about equally bifid. 



Filiform Micromeria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1770. Shrub 

 diffuse. 



24 M. PCXCTA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 378.) suffruticose, branches 

 elongated, slender, finely pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile : lower 

 ones ovate, acute : superior ones oblong, obtuse, narrowed at 

 the base, with scarcely revolute edges : uppermost leaves about 

 equalling the flowers ; fascicles of flowers on short peduncles ; 

 bracteas minute ; calyxes sessile, nearly glabrous, small, ovate, 

 cylindrical, with short setaceous teeth : throat villous inside. 

 ^ . F. Native of Abyssinia, Salt. Satureia punctata, R. Br. in 



append, to Salt, abyss. Habit of M. Graeca, with the flowers 

 of 37. Teneriffae. Leaves distant. Peduncles 3-6-flowered. 

 Dotted Micromeria. Shrub. 



25 M. TEKERIFF.I: (Benth. lab. p. 378.) suffruticose, diffuse, 

 almost glabrous ; branches stiff, slender, pubescent above ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, acute, rigid, glabrous, flat : lower ones 

 broader and somewhat plicate : superior ones almost lanceolate, 

 about equal in length to the flowers ; fascicles of flowers dense, 

 on short peduncles ; bracteas very short ; calyxes sessile, pu- 

 bescent, cylindrical : teeth setaceous, about equal in length to 

 the corolla : throat villous inside. Jj . F. Native of Teneriffe, 

 plentiful. Thymus Teneriffae, Poir. diet. 7. p. 650. Thymus 

 terebinthinaceus, Willd. enum. p. 624. Allied to M. micro- 

 phylla, but differs in the branches being elongated and woody, 

 and in the leaves being more acute, suffer, and longer ; in the 

 flowers being sessile, and in the calyx being elongated and more 

 slender. Corollas small, purple. 



Teneriffe Micromeria. Shrub to 1 foot. 



26 M. BIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. 378.) suffruticose, much 

 branched, tufted ; branches ascending, pubescent or pilose ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, acute, flat, with sub-revolute edges, stiff, 

 glabrous, rather cordate at the base : superior ones shorter than 

 the flowers ; whorls loosely few-flowered ; bracteas about equal 

 in length to the pedicels ; calyxes pedicellate, sub-secund, finely 

 pubescent, or rather pilose : throat villous inside. lj . F. Native 

 of Nipaul and Kamaon, Wall ; Mussooree, Royle ; Nielgherri, 

 Wight. Thymus biflorus, Hamilt. in D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 

 112. Stems densely branched at the base; branches densely 

 leafy. Corolla half as long again as the calyx : upper lip emar- 



ginate. Lobes of style nearly equal. Hardly differing from M. 

 Teneriffae, unless in habit, and in the larger, suffer leaves. 

 Tno-fionered Micromeria. Shrub | foot. 



27 M. SUBCORDA'TA (Vis. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 379.) suffru- 

 ticose ; branches short, erectish, nearly simple, pubescent ; leaves 

 sessile, flat, broad-ovate, obtuse, broadly and truncately cordate 

 at the base : floral leaves narrower ; fascicles of flowers secund ; 

 peduncles few-flowered ; calyx cylindrical, pubescent, with subu- 

 late teeth and a naked throat ; corollas exserted. f; . F. Na- 

 tive of Dalmatia. Stems many, woody at the base ; erect or 

 procumbent at the base. Bracteas short, lanceolate. Corolla 

 equal in length to the calycine teeth. 



Subcordate-leaved Micromeria. PL 5 to 5 foot. 



28 M. PIPERE'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 379.) suffruticose, branches 

 ascending, pubescent ; leaves sessile, broad-ovate, obtuse, rounded 

 or sub-cordate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces : upper 

 leaves oblong, small ; fascicles of flowers loose, pedunculate, se- 

 cund, few-flowered ; bracteas small, oblong ; calyxes nearly ses- 

 sile, tubular, pubescent, with subulate teeth, the 3 superior teeth 

 spreading : throat naked inside. Tj . F. Native of the South 

 of Europe ; as of Piedmont, and Croatia. Thymus piperella, 

 All. ped. 1. p. 21. t 37. f. 3. bad. Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. 

 hung. 2. p. 169. t. 156. but not of Lin. Thymus marginatus, 

 Smith, in Dicks, pi. sic. no. 71. Thymus Croaticus, Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 130. Calamintha Croatica, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 132. 

 Branches herbaceous. Whorls remote. Peduncles 3-5-flowered. 

 Calyx and Corolla purplish and pubescent. 



Small Peppermint Micromeria. Shrub | foot. 



29 M. FORSKCE'LH (Benth. lab. p. 379.) stems decumbent, 

 imbricate ; leaves ovate, acute ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, 

 f? . F. Native of Kurma, Forsk. Thyrnus imbricatus, Forsk. 

 fl. aegypt. p. 108. Calyx striated, having the throat closed with 

 villi, 5-toothed. Flowers red. Leaves ciliated on the keels, ex 

 Benth. 



Forskceft Micromeria. Shrub procumbent. 



30 M. SINA'ICA (Bentb. lab. p. 380.) suffruticose ; branches 

 elongated, almost simple ; leaves almost sessile, ovate, flat, or 

 with revolute edges : superior ones exceeding the flowers ; fas- 

 cicles of flowers dense, scarcely pedunculate ; calyxes almost 

 sessile, ovate, with short setaceous teeth ; corollas minute, I? . 

 F. Native of Arabia, among rocks, in the desert of Sinai, Bove. 

 Habit of M. Graeca, but is distinguished from it by the leaves, 

 dense whorls, and small ovate calyxes. Leaves remote. Whorls 

 1 2-30-flowered, all remote. Flowers smaller than in any other 

 species. 



Sinai Micromeria. Shrub \ to 1 foot. ? 



* * Species natives of Australia. 



31 M. SATCREIOIDES (Benth. lab. p. 380.) glabrous ; stems 

 erect, branched ; leaves nearly sessile, rather elliptic or lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, flat; whorls loose, 3-10-flowered ; calyxes finely 

 pubescent, cylindrical, with short lanceolate teeth, and with the 

 throat villous inside ; corollas scarcely exceeding the calyxes. 

 1j . ? F. Native of New Holland, at Lake George, Cunningh. ; 

 about Port Jackson, R. Br. Mentha satureioides, R. Br. prod. p. 

 505. ? Stems slender, rooting at the base. Flowers on short 

 pedicels, 3-5 in each fascicle. Bracteas scarcely equalling the 

 pedicels. 



Sacory-lilce Micromeria. Shrub 5 to ^ foot. 



32 M. AUSTRA'LIS (Benth. lab. p. 380.) stems ascending, with 

 marginate scabrous angles ; leaves lanceolate ; calyxes tomen- 

 tose : teeth obsoletely bearded inside at the base ; flowers verri- 

 cillate ; stamens exserted ; superior lip of corolla 2-lobed. I; . ? 

 F. Native of New South Wales, about Port Jackson ; and of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Mentha australis, R. Br. prod. p. 505. 



Southern Micromeria. Shrub. ? 

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