Micromerw. LABIATvl<:. 51)5 



10. M. Douglasii, I'onth. A span to a foot or more liigli, loosely branched, 

 pubcrulctit and above birsuto : loaves lancoolato (about an incb loiij;), tapering intd 

 tbo petiole, tlio veins inconspicnous and nsopiiding : bracts ovat(j and ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, gradually aeuminate to a cuspidate point, wbolly or mainly transparent- 

 scarious (silvery wliite or tinged purplisli), except tlie strong midrib and divergent 

 pinnate veins wliicli all run into a marginal false vein of o(pial strengtb, forming a 

 rigid framework : corolla deep rose-color, tbo tube little exserted beyond tlic sba"-p- 

 jiointod calyx-teetb. — Lab. 332, ^ DC. Prodr. I.e. M. candicam, var. vemsa, 

 Torr. I'acif. K. Kep. iv. 123. 



Hills and piniiis, nrouiul Sail Franoisco Bay and nortli to Yuba Co. Plant stiong-sccnted. Tlio 

 very thin and transparent veinless substance of tJ)e bracts set as in frames formed of the ribs and 

 simple veins. 



-t- ■«- Corolla {tvliite ?) small, nith tvholly included tube and short ovate-ohlomj lobes. 



11. M. leucocephala, Gray. A span or two liigb, minutely cinereous-pubes- 

 cent : leaves oblong or lanceolate, entire, abort-petioled : bracts orbicular-ovate, 

 pointless, tbin-scarious, brigbt wbito, 7-9-norvod, and witli a few indistinct vein- 

 lots : calyx birsute, finely and closely nerved ; tbo tooth subiilato and whitish. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 385. 



Plains near Merced, Brewer. Bracts 4 or 5 lines long, the veins minutely hispid underneath. 

 Calyx 2i lines long. Corolla probably more conspicuous in other specimens. The species is a 

 very peculiar one. 



6. MICROMERIA, Bentb. 



Calyx oblong or tubular, about 13-striate, terete, not gibbous nor declined, about 

 equally 5-tootbed. Corolla short, uaked within, distinctly bilabiate ; upper lip erect, 

 flattish, entire or eraarginato ; lower spreading, 3parted. Stamens 4 : fdamonts 

 arcuate-ascending ; the anterior pair longer : anthers 2-celled. Style glabrou.s. — 

 Low plants, sweet-odorous, various in habit, with small Howers in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



A ^enus of numerous Old World and several South American species, one of wiiich (of the 

 peculiar section, HicsrEitoniYMUs) reaches the Southern Atlantic States, and has a relative 

 on the Tacifio Coast. 



1. M. Douglasii, Bentb. Perennial herb, slightly pubescent, with long and 

 slender creeping and trailing stems : leaves round-ovate, thin, sparingly toothed (an 

 inch or less in diameter) short-petiolcd : flowers mostly solitary in^he axils, on a 

 long and filiform 2-bracteolate peduncle : calyx-teeth subulate : corolla purplish, 4 

 lines long, twice the length of the calyx, the tube exserted.— Lab. 372. Thymns 

 J)ouf/lasii & Chamissonis, Bentb. \\\ Linuaea, vi. 82. Micromeria harbata, Fischer 

 <fe Meyer, Ind. Sem. Petrop. viii. G7. 



. Y°"'!;^ "^^''^ ^^^^}' '^"^"g*^^- '""stly in sandy soil, from Santa Barbara Co. northward to Wash- 

 mgton territory. A sweet-scented herb, tiie well-known Verba Bucna. 



2. M. purpurea, Gray. Erect and much branched, a foot or two high, rather 

 finely and loosely pubescent : leaves sbort-petioled, lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely 

 serrate with sharj) appressed teeth (an incb long) : flowers numerous in umbel-liko 

 sessde or short-{)eduncled fascicles in the axils of the leaves : calyx oblong-campanu- 

 late, about the length of tbo pedicels, naked in the throat ; the slender-Rubulate teeth 

 one third the length of the tube : corolla " purplo-bluo," 2 lines long, little exceed- 

 ing the calyx. — lledeoma purpurea, Kellogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. v. r)2. 



Webb's Landing, on an island in the San Joacpiin Tlivor, AV/%r/. Plant with "the strong 

 odor and carminative properties of the ooinmon IVnnyroyal." Not otlicrwise met with, and 

 rather obscure. It is in no respect a Ikdroma: in miexpandod (lowci-budH ail four filamoiits 

 bear fertile and similar anthers. 



