LABIATE. CVIII. TEUCRICM. 



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Link, fl. port. 1. p. 84. t. 8. Habit of T. Scordium, but usu- 

 ally more villous, and differs particularly in the shorter cor- 

 dately stem-clasping leaves, which are not narrowed at the base. 

 Corollas small, purplish. 



Scordium-like Germander. Fl. July, Aug. England. PI. | 

 to 1 foot. 



46 T. BOTRYS (Lin. spec. 786.) annual, villous; leaves deeply 

 pinnate, with oblong, quite entire or cut, divaricate segments, 

 green on both surfaces ; floral leaves similar to the cauline ones ; 

 whorls axillary, 6-flowered ; calyx inflately tubular, gibbous 

 beneath at the base? with equal, lanceolate teeth. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of the South of Europe and North of Africa, in calcareous 

 arid, dry places ; as of France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sicily, 

 Algiers, &c. Mill. fig. 176. t. 264. f. 1. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. 

 t. 91. Chamae'drys Botrys, Mcench, meth. p. 383. Scorodo- 

 nia Botrys, Ser. bull. hot. p. 317. Riv. mon. irr. t. 14. Mor. 

 hist. sect. 11. t. 22. f. 18. Herb erect, branched, more or less 

 villous. Leaves petiolate : floral ones exceeding the flowers. 

 Corollas small, purplish. The plant has a pleasant aromatic 

 smell ; it may, therefore, be successfully used in fevers, rheu- 

 matism, gout, &c. 



Botrys or Cut-leaved annual Germander. Fl. July, Sept. 

 Clt. 1633. PI. \ foot. 



SECT. VIII. CHAM.E'DRYS (from -^a^ai, chamai, on the ground ; 

 and Spvc, drus, an oak ; the plants are dwarf, with leaves resem- 

 bling that of the oak.) Benth. lab. p. 680. Whorls 2-6-flower- 

 ed, distinct, disposed in a loose terminal raceme. Calyx tubu- 

 larly campanulate, declinate, oblique at the base ; teeth 5, nearly 

 equal, or the superior ones rather the broadest. Upper seg- 

 ments of corolla oblonj;, declinate. Achenia reticulately wrin- 

 kled. Small shrubs, erect or procumbent at the base. 



47 T. LU'CIDUM (Lin. spec. 790.) herbaceous, perennial, quite 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, deeply toothed, crenated at 

 the base : floral ones smaller, scarcely toothed ; whorls 2-6- 

 flowered : the upper ones racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly 

 campanulate, with lanceolate nearly equal teeth. If.. H. Na- 

 tive in the region of the Mediterranean, in the fissures of rocks; 

 as of Provence, Piedmont, Mount Atlas, and the mountains of 

 Cyrenaica. Med. act. pal. 3. phys. 211. t. 12. f. 7. Chamae'- 

 drys lucida, Mcench, meth. p. 383. Magn. hort. 52. icone. 

 This differs from T. Cliamafdrys, in the stems being more firm, 

 more erect, and taller ; in the cauline leaves being larger and 

 thinner, and in the floral leaves being usually smaller ; but espe- 

 cially in the plant being quite glabrous. Calyxes purplish. 

 Corollas reddish purple. Root creeping. 



Shining Germander. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1730. PI. 1 to 

 l^foot. 



48 T. CHAMS'DRYS (Lin. spec. 790.) perennial or suffruticose, 

 procumbent at the base, pubescent or villous, rarely glabrous ; 

 leaves on short petioles, ovate or oblong, deeply crenated, cu- 

 neated at the base, green on both surfaces, or canescent beneath ; 

 floral leaves smaller, scarcely toothed ; whorls 2-6-flowered : 

 the superior ones racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly campa- 

 nulate, with lanceolate nearly equal teeth. If.. H. Native 

 throughout Europe and Asia Pontica, on walls, rocks, and by 

 way sides; as of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Sicily, Turkey, 

 Tauria, and Caucasus ; in England, among the ruins of old cas- 

 tles and walls, but by no means plentiful. Smith, engl. bot. t. 

 680. Woodv. med. bot. suppl. 82. t. 243. Sabb. hort. rom. 

 2. t. 88. Chamse'drys officinalis, Mcench, meth. p. 383. T. 

 pseudocharnae'drys, Wender. in bot. zeit. 1826. p. 358. T. 

 multiflorum, Hort. but not of Lin. T. officinale, Lam. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 414. Riv. mon. t. 10. f. 2. Root creeping. Leaves often 

 shining above, glabrous or villous : upper floral ones bractea- 



formed, quite entire, reddish. Racemes subsecund. Corollas 

 reddish purple, villous outside. This plant has been esteemed 

 chiefly as a mild aperient and corroborant, and was recommend- 

 ed in intermitting fevers, rheumatism, and gout. It has been 

 employed in various forms and combinations, of which the Port- 

 land powder is one of the most celebrated instances. Its qua- 

 lities seem nearly allied to those of horehound, and therefore it 

 may be equally useful in asthmatic affections and coughs. 



Germander, Common. Fl. May, Aug. England. PI. g to 

 | foot. 



49 T-. CA'NUM (Fisch. et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petrop. 1835. 

 p. 40.) clothed with hoary tomentum, frutescent at the base, 

 many-stemmed ; stems erectish, simple ; leaves oblong, toothed, 

 cuneated at the base ; floral leaves quite entire ; whorls 6-flow- 

 ered ; pedicels length of calyx ; calycine teeth equal, acute, mu- 

 cronulate. ^ . ? or If . ? H. Native of the Transcaucasian 

 province Somchetia. Allied to T. Chanuedrys and T. qua- 

 drdtulun; but differs from the first in being clothed with canes - 

 cent villi ; in the distant loose whorls, and quite entire floral 

 leaves ; and from the last in the elongated, almost simple stems, 

 6-flowered whorls, longer pedicels, villous corollas, &c. Co- 

 rolla purple. 



Hoary Germander. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



50 T. MULTIFLORUM (Lin. spec. 788.? Benth. lab. p. 681.) 

 suffruticose, nearly glabrous, or clothed with fine hoary pubes- 

 cence ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, acute, narrowed at the 

 base, acutely toothed at apex, green on both surfaces, or canes- 

 cent beneath ; floral leaves smaller ; whorls 2-6-flowered, dis- 

 tant, racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly campanulate, with 

 lanceolate nearly equal teeth. !j . F. Native of Spain. Bocc. 

 mus. t. 117.? Intermediate between T. Cliamaedrys and T. 

 Marum. Habit of the first, but more branched. Leaves 2-4 

 inches long. Flowers like those of T. Chamcedrys, but one half 

 smaller. 



Many-flowered Germander. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



51 T. MA'RUM (Lin. spec. p. 788.) shrubby, hoary ; leaves 

 small, ovate, quite entire, hoary beneath : floral ones smaller ; 

 whorls 2-4-flowered, racemose ; calyx declinate, hairy, tubularly 

 campanulate, with short nearly equal teeth. lj . F. Native of 

 the region of the Mediterranean ; as of Spain, Corsica, Italy, 

 &c. Woodv. med. bot. 153. t. 56. Blackw. t. 47. Riv. mon. 

 irr. t. 23. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 90. Chamse'drys Miruin, 

 Mcench, meth. p. 383. T. maritimum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 414. 

 A small branched shrub, with the habit of Thy mus vulgaris. 

 Leaves small, petiolate, rarely obscurely crenated, canescent 

 above, and tomentose beneath. Whorls subsecund, approxi- 

 mate into spikes. Corollas purplish, villous outside. The 

 leaves and younger branches of Mdrum, when recent, on being 

 rubbed between the fingers, emit a volatile aromatic smell, 

 which readily excites sneezing ; but to the taste they are bitter- 

 ish, accompanied with a sensation of heat and acrimony. Judg- 

 ing from the sensible qualities of this plant, it may be supposed 

 to possess very active powers ; and on this consideration it is 

 strongly recommended by Wedelius as an important remedy in 

 many diseases requiring medicines of a stimulant, aromatic, and 

 deobstruent quality: his opinion seems in some measure to have 

 been since verified by actual experience of its efficacy. At pre- 

 sent, however, Marum is chiefly used as an errhine, and is an 

 ingredient in pulvis asari compositus. Cats are very fond of 

 this plant, and often destroy it. 



Marum Germander, or Cat-Thyme. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1640. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



52 T. MICROPHY'LLUM (Desf. cor. pi. Tourn. in ann. mus. 

 10. p. 300. t. 22.) suffruticose, humble, divaricately much 

 branched ; leaves small, ovate, crenated, glabrous above and 



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