256 58. LABIATJS. 



2. C. officinalis (Moench ?) ; 1. broadly ovate slightly serrate 

 green on both sides on longish stalks, cal. tubular ventricose in 

 front distinctly 2-lipped its teeth with long cilia those of the upper 

 lip triangular and ascending of the lower twice as long and subu- 

 late, lower lip of the cor. with distant segments the middle one 

 longest, cymes scarcely dichotomous few-flowered, common stalk 

 not \ as long as the primary partial stalk. Thymus Calamintha 

 Sm., E. B. 1676. C. menthtefolia G. and G. St. usually soli- 

 tary, or few from the root. Hairs in the throat of the cal. 

 included. Larger in all its parts than the preceding. Dry 

 banks, rare. P. VII. IX. Common Calamint. E. I. 



3. C. sylvatica (Bromf.) ; 1. broadly ovate sharply serrate, cal. 

 tubular distinctly 2-lipped, teeth with long cilia those of the 

 upper lip patent or reflexed, lower lip of the cor. with overlapping 

 segments all nearly equally long, cymes many-flowered, common 

 stalk about as long as the primary partial stalk. E. B. S. 2897. 

 C. officinalis G. and G. Hairs in the throat of the cal. few, 

 included. Root slightly creeping. L. large. Cal.-teeth tinged 

 with purple. Cor. very large, tube much protruded, middle lobe 

 of lower lip short and broad. Isle of Wight. P. VIII. X. E. 



** Whorls of 6 simple separate peduncles. ACINOS Moench. 



4. C. Acinos (Clairv.) ; 1. ovate subserrate acute with revolute 

 margins, cal. tubular gibbous below distinctly 2-lipped, upper 

 lip with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth all con- 

 verging in fruit. E. B. 411 . St. 70. 5. Thymus Sm. St. 68 

 in. long. Fl. blue. Dry gravelly places and limestone rocks. 

 A. ? VII. VIII. Basil Thyme. 



*** FL in dense axillary whorls. Bracts forming a kind of 

 involucre. CLINOPODIUM Linn. 



5. C. Clinopodium (Spenn.) ; 1. ovate obtuse rounded below 

 slightly crenate, whorls equal many-flowered, bracts setaceous as 

 long as the calyx. E. B. 1401. Clinopodium vulgare Sm. St. 

 1 H ft high- Fl. purple in 2 or 3 dense whorls, the upper- 

 most terminal. Dry bushy places. P. VII. VIII. Wild Basil. 



Tribe IV. Melissinea. 



7. MELISSA Linn. Balm. 



[*1. M. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 

 neath, cal. subcampanulate slightly ventricose in front distinctly 

 2-lipped, upper lip flat truncate with 3 short broad teeth, lower 



