ORDER 89. LABIATE. 547 



sertcd, straight, strongly bilabiate, upper lip erect, emarginate, lower 3 

 lobed, spreading; stamens 4, the lower pair larger exserted, distant, 

 anther cells distinct, divaricate, horned at apex. GD Southern. (Cer- 

 anthera Ell. nee Beauv.) 



1 D. linearifolia Benth. St. and branches virgato ; Ivs. linear; cymes axillary, 

 pedunculate, 1 to 3 to 5-flovvered, with minute bracts ; cor. twice longer thau 

 calyx. Dry woods S. Car. to Fla. (Misses Keen). Fragrant, smoothish plant?, 

 about If high. Lvs. 1' long, or the lower nearly 2'. Fls. showy pink-colored, 

 forming slender, raceme-like panicles. Sept., Oct. (C. linearifolia Ell.) 



2 D. densiflora Benth. St. diffusely branched ; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, the upper 

 linear ; cymes axillary, subsessile, 5 to 10-flowered. E. Fla. A variety ? 



16. ORIG'ANUM, L. MARJORAM. (Gr. opo^, a mountain, and ydvo$, 

 joy.) Calyx tube 10-striate, 5-toothed, hairy in the throat ; corolla tube 

 scarcely exserted, upper lip erect, flat, emarginate, lower lip with 3 

 nearly equal segments ; stamens 4, ascending, distant. 1C Lvs. suben- 

 tire. Fls. in dense oblong spikes, with imbricated, colored bracts. 

 1 O. vnlgare L. Lvs. ovate, entire, hirsute, petiolate; spikes in a paniculate 

 corymb; bracts ovate, longer than the calyx; cal. teeth equal. In fields and thick- 

 ets. St. 12 to 18', purple, leafy, branching above. Lvs. a very little serrate, op- 

 posite, hairy, sprinkled with resinous dots, paler beneath. Petioles hairy, as 

 Icng as the leaves. Bracts tinged with purple. Fls. purplish white. The plant 

 has a highly aromatic taste. JL, Aug. \ Eur. 



2 O. Majorana L. Lvs. oval, or obovate, obtuse, entire, petiolate, hoary- 

 pubescent ; spikes roundish, compact, pedunculate, clustered at the end of tho 

 branches ; bracts roundish ; cal. upper lip roundish, 'tube cleft below. It has a plea- 

 sant aromatic flavor, and is employed in various ways as a seasoning. Plant soft 

 downy, a foot high. Fls. pink-colored. Jl., Aug. \ Portugal. 



17. THY^MUS, L. THYME. (Gr. Ov^og, courage ; from its invigora- 

 ting smell.) Flowers capitate or verticillate ; calyx ovoid, 10 to 13- 

 nerved, bilabiate, hairy in the throat, upper lip 2-fid, lower 3 -fid, sta- 

 mens 4 exserted, diverging, anther cells parallel. 2 With small entire 

 strongly-veined Ivs., minute bracts, and purple or white fls. 



1 T. Serp^llum L. WILD THYME. MOTHER OP THYME. St. decumbent ; Ivs. flat, 

 elliptical, obtuse, ciliate at base; fls. capitate. If Mass., N. Y. and Penn. An 

 aromatic plant, similar to the following, but milder and rather more pleasantly 

 flavored. Stems suffruticous, wiry, slender, and wavy, with leafy, downy, and 

 ascending branches, each terminating in a small, dense, oblong head of purplo 

 flowers, much frequented by bees. Leaves entire, petiolate, punctate, smooth- 

 ish, ciliate. Corolla purple, spotted. June. J Eur - 



2 T. vulgaris L. St. erect or decumbent at base ; Ivs. revolute at the sides, 

 oblong-ovate and lanceolate ; verticils in terminal, leafy spikes. Sts. sufiruticous, 

 numerous, branched, 6 to 10' high. It is highly aromatic, as well as the othet^ 

 species, and is peculiarly attractive to bees. Jn., JL \ Eur. A culinary vege- 

 table. 



18. CALAMIN'THA, Mcench. CALAMINTH. (Gr. /raAo^, beautiful, 

 Htvda, mint.) Calyx ^tubular, 13-nerved,. throat mostly hairy, upper lip 

 3-clcft, lower 2-cleft ;' corolla tube straight, exserted, throat inflated, 

 limb bilabiate, upper lip erect, entire or emarginate, lower spreading, 

 its middle lobe largest; stamens 4, the lower pair longer,, usually 

 ascending. It 



| Herbs hairy. Cymes dense, capitate, bracted. Calyx tube curved, 2-lipped No-. 1 



Herbs hairy. Cymes loose, pedunculate, axillary. Calyx tube straight, 2-lipped No. 2 



Herbs smooth. Cymes loose, sessile, bracted. Calyx straight, teeth subregular No. 3 



Shrubs low, slender, nearly smooth. Cymes few-flowered. Flowers large ... . . . . .Nos. 4 to. 5 



