252 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. QcL. XIV. 



1. C. vulgdre. Common Wild-basil. Leaves egg-shaped, obscurely 

 serrate ; whorls bristly ; involucral leaves awl-shaped ; flower-stalks 



branched. Stems ascending, about a foot high, hairy: whorls few, 



axillar and terminal : flowers light-purple. Perennial : flowers in Au- 

 gust: grows in bushy places, about hedges, and by roads : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1401. Eng. Fi. vol. iii. p. 105. 884. 



16. ORI'GANUM. MARJORAM. 



Involucre of numerous imbricated, egg-shaped, flat, coloured 

 leaves, one under each flower, longer than the calyx. Calyx of 

 one leaf, with an obtusely angular tube. Corolla gaping; tube 

 cylindrical, compressed ; upper lip erect, flat, obtuse, notched ; 

 lower lip deeply divided into three nearly equal, undivided lobes. 

 Filaments thread -shaped, as long as the corolla; anthers distant, 

 egg-shaped, two-lobed. Germen four-lobed. Style thread-shaped, 

 ascending ; stigma slightly notched. Seeds four, egg-shaped, in 

 the bottom of the closed calyx. Name, from oros, a mountain, 

 and ganos, joy. 295. 



1. 0. vulgdre. Common Marjoram. Spikes roundish, panicled, 

 crowded, erect ; involucral leaves egg-shaped, longer than the calyx. 

 Stem a foot high, purplish, leafy, with short recurved hairs : leaves 

 egg-shaped, very slightly serrate, opposite, dotted, hairy, sprinkled with 

 resinous dots : flowers light-purple. It has a warm aromatic flavour. 

 Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in bushy places and dry 

 banks : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1143. Eng. FI. vol. iii. p. 106. 



885. 

 17. THY'MUS. THYMB. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, many-ribbed, two-lipped, closed at 

 the mouth with hairs; upper lip broader, flat, erect, with three 

 acute teeth ; lower lip of two longer awl-shaped teeth. Corolla 

 gaping; tube as long as the calyx; upper lip shorter, flat, erect, 

 obtuse, with a small notch ; lower lip longer and broader, three- 

 lobed, the middle lobe broader. Filaments thread-shaped, incurved, 

 shorter than the corolla ; anthers two-lobed. Germen four-cleft. 

 Style thread-shaped ; stigma divided into two acute segments. 

 Seeds four, small, roundish, in the bottom of the closed calyx. 

 Name, t/iymos, courage. 296. 



1. T. Serpy'llum. Wild Thyme. Flowers in small heads ; stems 

 branched, decumbent ; leaves flat, egg-shaped, obtuse, entire, fringed 



at the base. Stems lying along the ground, somewhat woody, with 



numerous branches, each terminating in a dense head of pale-purple 

 flowers. The smell of the whole plant is aromatic and pleasant. Bees 

 are said to be greatly attached to this plant, and it has been alleged to 

 give a fine flavour to mutton. It varies greatly as to size and hairiness, 

 as well as to smell, certain varieties being entirely scentless. Perennial .- 

 flowers in July and August : grows in dry pastures : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1514. Eng. Fi. vol. iii. p. 108. 886. 



2. T. Acinos. Basil Thyme. Flowers in whorls, one on each flower- 

 stalk ; stems branched, ascending ; leaves acute, serrate. Stems about 



six inches high, leafy : flowers bluish-purple, variegated with white and 



