868 



LABIATE. CVIII. TEUCRIUM. 



hoary beneath ; whorls few, about 2-flowered ; calyx declinate, 

 tubularly campanulate, with lanceolate nearly equal teeth. Tj . 

 F. Native of Candia, among rocks. T. quadratulum, Smith, 

 et Sibth. fl. grsec. 6. p. 25. t. 530. but hardly of Schreb. T. 

 divaricatum, Sieb. pi. exs. ? Corollas red. Habit of T.flavum. 



Var. ft ; branches short, canescent ; leaves smaller ; flowers 

 smaller and fewer. 



Small- leaved Germander. Shrub humble. 



53 T. FLA'VUM (Lin. spec. 791.) shrubby; branches tomen- 

 tosely pubescent ; leaves broad-ovate, crenated, truncate or cu- 

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

 superior floral leaves quite entire, acute ; whorls 2-6-flowered, 

 racemose ; calyx declinate, tubularly campanulate, with lanceo- 

 late nearly equal teeth. Jj . F. Native of Europe and Africa, 

 in the region of the Mediterranean ; as of Spain, Eastern Pyre- 

 nees, South of France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Sicily, Dalma- 

 tia, Grecian Islands, Algiers, and Mount Atlas. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 27. t. 5S3. Chamse'drys flava, Mcench, 

 meth. p. 383. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 89. Jungh. icon. cent. 



I. f. 5. Besl. eyst. 7. p. 11. f. 1. Mor. hist. 3. p. 421. sect. 



II. t. 22. f. 1. ? Shrub much branched. Leaves thickish, va- 

 riable in size, 3-10 lines long. Calyx coloured at top. Corolla 

 yellowish. 



Var. (3, purpiireum (Benth. lab. p. 682.) flowers reddish pur- 

 ple ; leaves usually canescent beneath. ^ f . Native of 

 Spain, Mount Parnassus, Syria, Cyprus, &c. T. regium, Hort. 

 and probably of Schreb. T. lucidum, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec/ 

 6. p. 27. t. 532. but not of Lin. T. divaricatum, Sieb. pi. 

 exs. ? 



Yellorv-fiowered Germander. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1640. 

 Shrub I to 2 feet. 



54 T. RAMOSI'SSIMUM (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 4. t. 118.) shrubby, 

 much branched, hoary ; branchlets filiform ; leaves obovate, 

 crenated ; flowers solitary, axillary, and terminal ; calyx slen- 

 der, elongated, with nearly equal acute teeth. ^ F- Native 

 of Barbary, in the fissures of rocks near Cafsa. Leaves size of 

 those of T. Marum. Corollas small, violaceous. The whole 

 plant exhales a very sweet scent. 



Much-branched Germander. Shrub. 



55 T. NI'TIDUM (Schreb. unilab. p. 35.) shrubby ; stems 

 bifariously bearded ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, crenated, 

 glabrous, shining, but bearded on the middle nerve at the base ; 

 floral leaves quite entire ; whorls dimidiate, racemose. \i . F. 

 Native of Mauritania. Leaves entire at the base, with reflexed 

 cut margins ; floral leaves almost lanceolate, more pilose than 

 in T, Jlavum. Corollas purple. Perhaps a variety of T. 



Jlavum. 



Shining-\eAved Germander. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 



56 T. RE'GIUM (Schreb. unilab. p. 35.) shrubby, diffuse; 

 branches pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, toothed in 

 front : floral ones quite entire, sessile ; whorls racemose. ^ 

 F. Native of Spain and Italy. Leaves deep green, with re- 

 flexed edges, shining, beset with short hairs, which are only 

 seen under a lens, hoary beneath : floral ones equalling the ca- 

 lyxes. Whorls contiguous. Corollas purple. Probably a va- 

 riety of T. Chamce'drys. 



Royal Germander. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1699. Shrub 1 to 

 li foot. 



57 T. MYRTIFOLIUM (Poir. diet, suppl. 2. p. 766.) shrubby, 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves ovate, a little toothed, villous beneath, 

 and cinereous ; flowers spicate ; calyx villous, with 5 acute, 

 nearly equal teeth. Jj . F. Native of the Levant. Said to be 

 nearly allied to T. microphyllum. Leaves petiolate, 3-5 lines 

 long. Middle segment of lower lip of corolla dilated, roundish, 

 crenulated. Perhaps a variety of T. Marum, 



Myrtle-leaved Germander. Shrub. 

 1 



58 T. QUADRA'TULUM (Schreb. unilab. p. 36.) perennial ; 

 stems and under sides of leaves clothed with white tomentum ; 

 leaves ovate-rhomboid, toothed, shining above ; whorls race- 

 mose. If-. H. Native of Spain. Stems erect, branched at the 

 base. Leaves similar to those of T. Marum, but a little broader. 

 Racemes short. Calyx pubescent. Corolla purple. This ap- 

 pears to be nearest allied to T. multiflbrum and T. Chamce drys, 

 ex Benth. 



Small-square Germander. PI. | foot. 



59 T. SUBSPINOSUM (Pourr. ex Willd. enum. p. 596.) peren- 

 nial ; leaves quite entire, ovate, acute, petiolate, pubescent, with 

 revolute margins, tomentose beneath ; flowers racemose ; branches 

 spinescent. Ij . F. Native of the Balearic Islands. Very like 

 T. Marum, ex Willd. 



Subspinose Germander. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 181G. Shrub 

 1 to 11 foot. 



SECT. IX. FOLIUM (from TTO\(OC, polios, white ; the T. Folium 

 and some other species are white from tomentum.) Benth. lab. 

 p. 684. Whorls few, condensed into terminal subglobose heads. 

 Calyx tubularly campanulate, subdeclinate, oblique at the base, 

 with 5 nearly equal teeth ; the superior teeth hardly broader. 

 Upper segments of corolla oblong, declinate : lateral ones small. 

 Achenia much wrinkled. Perennial herbs or under-shrubs. 

 Stems generally procumbent at the base, much branched ; flori- 

 ferous branches ascending. 



60 T. PYRENA V ICUM (Lin. spec. p. 791.) creeping, villous ; 

 leaves roundish, crenated, green on both surfaces ; whorls few, 

 crowded into a terminal head ; calyx tubularly campanulate, de- 

 clinate, with nearly equal teeth. 1. 11. Native of the South 

 of Europe ; as of Catalonia, Arragon, Pyrenees, and Auvergne. 

 Folium Pyrenaicum, Mill. diet. no. 6. T. reptans, Pourr. act. 

 toul. 3. p. 330. T. rotundifolium, Schreb. unilab. p. 42. ? 

 Bocc. mus. 2. I. 61. Barrel, icon. t. 1086. Stems rooting at 

 the base, creeping under the earth. Sterile branches prostrate : 

 floriferous ones ascending. Leaves on short petioles. Heads 

 solitary, terminal. Corollas pale yellow, the lower segment 

 sometimes purplish. 



Pyrenean Germander. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



61 T. BUXIFOLIUM (Schreb. unilab. p. 42.) suffruticose; leaves 

 obovate-cuneated, with subrevolute crenated margins, green and 

 nearly glabrous above, and canescent beneath ; whorls crowded 

 into a terminal head ; calyx tubularly campanulate, declinate, 

 with nearly equal teeth. T; . F. Native of Spain, in the fissures 

 of rocks. T. saxatile, Cav. icon. rar. 2. p. 19. t. 121. f. I. 

 Stems procumbent at the base, ascending, often much branched, 

 pilosely pubescent. Leaves ^ an inch long, numerous, narrowed 

 into short petioles at the base. Heads, calyxes, and flowers of 

 T. Pyrenaicum. Corollas whitish, and often reddish. 



Box-leaved Germander. Shrub procumbent. 



62 T. CUNEIFOLIIJM (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 30. t. 537.) 

 procumbent, clothed with dense tomentose wool ; leaves round- 

 ish, crenated, cuneated at the base, thick, densely tomentose on 

 both surfaces ; whorls few, condensed into a terminal head ; 

 calyx tubular, tomentose, with short nearly equal teeth. V. H. 

 Native of Candia, on the Sphaciotic mountains. This differs 

 from the two preceding species, at first sight, in the whole plant 

 being canescent or yellowish from dense tomentum ; but the 

 habit is similar. Leaves scarcely \ an inch long, thick. Corolla 

 white, yellowish at base. 



Wedge-leaved Germander. PL procumbent. 



63 T. ALPE'STRE (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 31. t. 538.) 

 suffruticose, humble, divaricately much branched, clothed with 

 hoary or yellowish villi ; leaves small, obovate-cuneated, round- 



