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flowers. (The ancient Greek name of the Thyme, probably from Ova, to bum 

 perfume, because it was used for incense.) 



1. T. SERPYLLUM, L. (CREEPING THYME.) Prostrate ; leaves green, 

 flat, ovate, entire, short-petioled, flowers crowded at the end of the branches.-* 

 Old fields, E. New England and Pcnn. : rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



T. VULGARIS, L., is the GARDEN THYME, or STANDING THYME. 



11. SATUREIA, L. SAVORY. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flat, nearly entire, the lower nearly equally 3-cleft. 

 Stamens 4, somewhat ascending. Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, 

 often clustered in the axils, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The an- 

 cient Latin name.) 



1. S. HORTENSIS, L. (SUMMER SAVORY.) Pubescent; clusters few-flow- 

 ered ; bracts small or none. Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short : escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. CAI^AIWiNTHA, Moench. CALAMINTH. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire ; the lower spreading, 3- 

 parted, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascending; the 

 anthers usually approximate in pairs. Perennials, with mostly purplish or 

 whitish flowers : inflorescence various. (Name composed of /caXos, beautiful, 

 and pivda, Mint.) 



1. CALAMtNTHA PROPER, Benth. Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the 

 base : clusters of flowers loose and peduncled in the axils of the leaves, and forming 

 a raceme at the summit : bracts minute. 



1. C. NEPETA, Link. (BASIL-THYME.) Soft hairy ; stem ascending (1- 

 3 high); leaves petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate; corolla (3" long) 

 about twice the length of the calyx. Dry hills, Virginia, &c. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. CALOMELf SSA, Benth. Calyx nearly as 1 : whorh few-several-flow- 

 ered,. sessile; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at their base linear or 

 oblong, leaflike. 



2. C. tflJiliC'Ila, Benth. Smooth; stems diffuse or spreading (l-2 

 long) ; leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base 

 ('-!' long, or the largest l'-2' long), sparingly toothed, or nearly entire; 

 clusters 6 -10-flowered; corolla (purplish, 5" -6" long) fully twice the length 

 of the calyx, the teeth of the latter awl-pointed. (Cunila glabella, Michx. Mi- 

 cromeria, Benth.} Limestone banks, near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and 

 southward. June. 



Var. Nuttallii. Smaller; the flowering stems more upright (5' -9' high), 

 with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters ; while sterile 

 the runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only "-5" long. (C. Nut- 



