126 55. LABIATE. 



confined to the upper le. Gal. tubular, triangular -lanceolate, 

 acuminate, hairy as well as the pedicels. 



Frequent. Wet places and river banks. (B) P. 78. Banks of Clyde 

 I nchinnan bridge; Hamilton, above the bridge ; Gourock to Arran. 



Var. rubra, hairs confined to the upper part of the cal. , lower 

 portion and pedicels smooth. 



Banks of a small stream below Lamlash, amongst bushes. 



Var. paludosa, Sole. Stem and le. hairy ; upper whorls of fi. 

 very close, with small bracts ; resembles aquatica. 

 In marshy places, amongst Hazel-bushes and Alders, at Lamlash, /. G. Baker. 



5. M. ARVENSIS, L. Corn-Mint. Stems spreading, branched, 

 6 12 in. high; similar in appearance to the former. Le. stalked, 

 ovate, serrate. Fl, in axillary whorls, mostly absent in the 

 terminal le. Cal, bell-shaped, teeth triangular, as broad as long, 

 with spreading hairs. 



Very common. In corn fields. (B) P. 69. 



3. TnfMUS. Wild-Thyme. 



T. SERP^LLUM, L. Stems procumbent, rooting, branched, 

 wiry at the base, 612 in. long. Le very small, ovate or oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, entire, narrowed into the fringed base. Fl. 

 capitate, on the apex of the ascending flowering stem, usually 

 6 in a whorl. Cor. purple. Cal. mostly hairy. Fragrant. 



Very common. On all our mountains and dry heathy pastures. (B) P. 6 8. 



Var. CJiamwdrys, Fr. Stems ascending, barren shoots lateral. 

 Le. larger, ovate, abruptly narrowed into the fringed petiole. 

 Fl. in one or more whorls beneath the terminal head, flowering 

 shoots exceeding the barren ones. 



On heathy banks; not so plentiful as the species. 



4 ORfGANUM. Common Marjoram. 



O. VULGARE, L. Stem erect, 1 2 ft, high, hairy. Le. stalked, 

 ovate or ovato-lanceolate, slightly toothed or waved, thinly 

 covered with hairs. Fl. in globular compact heads, usually 

 trichotomous. Bracts tinged with purple. Cal. with nearly 

 equal teeth, hairy inside the mouth. Cor. twice the size of the 

 cal., purple. Fragrant. 



Not common. Dry bushy places, banks and hilly pastures. (B) P. 79. Ken- 

 muir bank; Rotten Calder in several places ; Falls of Clyde ; Spout of Ballagan, &c. 



5. TEtJCRiUM. Wood-Germander. 



T. SCORODONIA, L. Wood-Sage. Stem ascending or erect, 

 10 15 in. high. Le. stalked, oblong, cordate at the base, 

 coarsely toothed, pale green below, wrinkled and downy. Fl. 



