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LABIATE. XLIX. MELISSA. 



414. Thymus grandiflorus, Sims, hot. mag. t. 997. Floriferous 

 branches elongated, twiggy, glabrous, or pubescent. Leaves 

 lialf an inch long. Corolla an inch long, glabrous, pale red. 

 Carolina Balm. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 foot. 



SECT. III. A'CINOS (from cmi'oc, akinos, the Greek name of a 

 balsamic plant now unknown.) Benth. lab. p. 389. A'cinos, 

 Moanch. meth. 407. Whorls about 6-flowered ; pedicels erect, 

 short, stiff. Bracteas minute or wanting. Calyx gibbous be- 

 neath at the base, nearly terete, deeply striated, and the throat 

 villous inside. 



8 M. A'CINOS (Benth. lab. p. 889.) herbaceous, annual, erect- 

 ish, pubescent or villous ; leaves ovate, sub-serrated : floral 

 leaves similar to the others, exceeding the flowers, which are 

 almost sessile ; whorls 6-flowered; lips of calyx short ; corolla 

 hardly exceeding the calyx. Q. H. Native of Europe, in corn 

 fields; as of Britain, Sweden, Portugal, Naples, Greece, about 

 Petersburgh, and of the Caucasus. Thymus A'cinos, Lin. spec. 

 826. Hook. fl. lond. vol. 1. with a figure, Smith, engl. bot. t. 

 411. A'cinos thymoides, Moench. meth. 407. A'cinos vulgaris, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 131. Thymus heterophyllus, Poir. diet. 7. p. 

 C48. Thymus canescens, Dumort, florid, belg. 47. Calamin- 

 tha arvensis, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 394. Lob. icon. 1. t. 506. f. 1. 

 Riv. mon. t. 43. f. 2. Mor. hist. 3. p. 404. sect. 11. t. 18. f. 

 1. Stems branched, usually procumbent at the base; branches 

 usually purplish, more or less villous. Whorls distant. Corollas 

 purplish blue : upper lip entire. Lower lobe of style flattened. 

 This plant has a pleasant aromatic smell. 



Basil Balm, or Basil Thyme. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. \ 

 foot. 



9 M. PATAVI'NA (Benth. lab. p. 389.) herbaceous, ascending, 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, scarcely serrated, 

 veiny, almost glabrous : floral ones similar to the rest, longer 

 than the calyxes ; lips of calyx shorter than the tube ; corollas 

 scarcely twice as long as the calyxes. If.. H. Native of the South 

 of Europe ; as of Spain, South of France, Italy, Piedmont, Na- 

 ples ; and on Mount Parnassus. Thymus Patavlnus, Jacq. obs. 

 bot. 4. p. 7. t. 87. A'cinos Patavinus, Pers. ench. 2. p. 131. 

 Calamintha Patavina, Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 133. Melissa mar- 

 joransefolia, Mill. diet. no. 7. Thymus suaveolens, Smith, 

 prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 420. Thymus acinoides, Tenore, prod. fl. 

 nap. p. 35. syll. 296. Bocc. mus. t. 45. f. 3. Larger and 

 firmer plant than M. A'cinos, with the flowers twice the size ; 

 and smoother and more erect than M. alplna, to which it is more 

 nearly allied. Corollas pale red, or purplish red. 



Paduan Balm. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. \ to f foot. 



10 M. MICROPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 390.) suffruticose, small, 

 diffuse, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, roundish, quite en- 

 tire : floral ones similar to the others ; whorls 4-6-flowered ; 

 flowers almost sessile ; lips of calyx much shorter than the tube ; 

 corolla almost twice as long as the calyx. Tj . F. Native of 

 Corsica, on the mountains. Thymus Corsieus, Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 131. Plant small, much branched; branches short, pilose 

 while young. Leaves small, glabrous, or a little pilose. Flowers 

 similar to those of M. Patavina, but the calyxes are longer and 

 slenderer. 



Small-leaved Balm. Shrub small. 



11 M. ALPI'NA (Benth. lab. p. 390.) perennial, diffuse, pubes- 

 cent, or villous ; leaves petiolate, roundish, or ovate, hardly ser- 

 rated ; floral leaves about equal in length to the calyxes ; whorls 

 4-6-flowered ; flowers almost sessile ; lips of calyx shorter than 

 the tube ; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. If. . H. 

 Native of the South of Europe, in mountainous and shady places ; 

 as of the South of France, Germany, Italy, &c. Thymus alpi- 

 nus, Lin. spec. 826. Sims. bot. mag. 2152. Jacq. austr. 1. p. 

 60. t. 97. A'cinos alpinus, Mcench. meth. p. 407. A'cinos 



diffusus, Bonningh. fl. monast. ex Bot. zeit. 1825. 1. p. 333. ? 

 Thymus nummulariaefolius, Lois, ex herb. D. C. Thymus mon- 

 tanus, Crantz, stirp. austr. p. 278. Thymus villosissimus, 

 Tausch, in syll. pi. ratisb. 2. p. 248. ? Bocc. mus. 2. p. 50. t. 

 45. Stem much branched at the base, rather woody ; floriferous 

 branches ascending, usually villous. Leaves smaller, but gene- 

 rally broader than those of M. A'cinos, and M. Patavina. Calyx 

 purplish. Corollas larger than those of M. Patavina, purplish- 

 blue ; upper lip and middle lobe of lower lip shortly emarginate. 

 Lower lobe of style flattened. 



Alpine Balm. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1731. PI. \ foot. 



12 M. GRAVE' OLENS (Benth. lab. p. 390.) herbaceous, annual, 

 erect, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, a little serrated : floral 

 leaves similar to the rest, exceeding the flowers ; whorls 6-flow- 

 ered ; flowers almost sessile ; lips of calyx incurved, equalling 

 the tube; corolla scarcely half as long again as the calyx. Q. 

 H. Native of Caucasus, Naples, Island of Cyprus, Transylva- 

 nia, Tauria, and Iberia ; frequent about Madrid, and between 

 Bagdad and Kermancha, &c. Thymus graveolens, Bieb. fl. cauc. 

 2. p. 60. pi. rar. ross. 1. t. 38. A'cinos graveolens, Link, enum. 

 host, berol. 2. p. 117. Thymus canus, Stev. ex. Hoffm. in 

 comm. soc. phys. med. mosq. 1. p. 46. ex Bieb. Thymus ex- 

 iguus, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 61. t. 575. A'cinos canus, 

 Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 327. Herb simple or branched. Leaves 

 like those of M. Patavina, but more villous. Flowers larger than 

 in M. A'cinos, but smaller than in M. Patavina, purplish blue. 



Strong-scented Balm. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. \ foot. 



+ Species evidently belonging to sect. HI., but are not sufficiently 



known. 



13 M. PURPURA'SCENS (Benth. lab. p. 391.) stem branched, 

 divaricate, tomentose ; leaves ovate, a little serrated : upper 

 ones crowded, coloured ; whorls 1-2-flowered, rather approxi- 

 mate. O- H. Native of Spain, Clemente. A'cinos purpu- 

 rascens, Pers. ench. 2. p. 1 3. Thymus purpurascens, Poir. diet. 

 7. p. 654. Leaves reddish violet, especially the veins. Corollas 

 rather large, red. Apparently an intermediate plant between 

 M. vulgaris and M. alpinus, and probably only a variety of the 

 latter. 



Purplish Balm. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. | foot. 



14 M. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 391.) leaves orbicular, 

 mucronate, having the veins prominent beneath ; stems procum- 

 bent, villous at top as well as the calyxes. !(..? H. Native 

 of Hungary. A'cinos rotundifolius, Pers. ench. 2. p. 181. 

 Thymus rotundifolius, Poir. diet. 7. p. 654. Thymus melis- 

 soides, Bernh. ex Rchb. fl. germ. exc. p. 327. 



Round-leaved Balm. PI. procumbent. 



SECT. IV. CLINOPODIUM (from K\ivn, kline, a bed ; and 

 TroSoe, potts podos, a foot ; heads of flowers like turned bed-feet.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 391. Clinopodium, Lin. and other authors. Whorls 

 many-flowered or loosely few-flowered, equal ; common pedun- 

 cles almost wanting ; pedicels filiform, not flattened. Bracteas 

 subulate, sometimes minute, sometimes equalling the calyxes. 

 Calyx gibbous on the under side at the base or almost equal : 

 throat naked, or a little villous inside. 



15 M. DE'BILIS (Benth. lab. p. 391.) plant herbaceous, small, 

 weak, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, serrated : floral leaves 

 smaller ; whorls few-flowered ; pedicels elongated, filiform ; 

 bracteas minute ; throat of calyx naked inside. 1. H. Native 

 of Altaia, in shady places, near Alexandrowsk ; and in the Soon- 

 garian desert, about Mount Kent. Thymus debilis, Ledeb. fl. 

 alt. 2. p. 391. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 438. Herb hardly 3-4 inches 

 high, quite glabrous. Leaves |- inch long, narrowed a long way 

 into the petioles at the base. Corolla shorter than the calyx. 



Weak Wild Basil. PI. J to \ foot. 



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