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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 August : grows in bushy places, about hedges, and by 

 roads : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1401. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 105. 884. 



16. ORI'GANTJM. 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 j 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. Grermen four-lobed. Style 

 thread-shaped, ascending j stigma slightly notched. Seeds four, 

 egg-shaped, in the bottom of the closed calyx. Name, from 

 oros, a mountain, and ganos, joy. 295. 



1. O. vulgar e. 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. Fl. vol. iii. p. 106. 885. 



17. THY'MUS. THYME. 



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, thymos, 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. 

 Fl. 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, varie- 



