CLXXV. 

 THYMUS SERPYLLUM. 



Wild Tliyme. 



Class XIV. Didynamia. — Order I. Gymnospermia. 

 Nat. Ord. Labiate. 



Gen. Char. Calyx with ten ribs, tubular, two-lipped ; 

 upper lip three-toothed ; lower lip bifid ; throat hairy. 

 Corolla with the upper lip erect, nearly plane, notched; 

 lower lip patent, trifid. 



Spec. Char. Flowers capitate. Stems branched, de- 

 cumbent. Leaves plane, ovate, obtuse, entire, petiolate, 

 ciliate at the base. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek iprvWo*. 



Serpillum vulgare minus. Bauh. Pin. 220. Park. Theatr. 8. 



Serpyllum vulgare. Ger. Em. 570. Raii Syn. 230. Dod. 

 Pempt. 277- 



Serpyllum. Fuchs. Hist. 251. Trag. 40. 



Thymus Serpyllum. Lin. Sp. PI. 825. Eng. Fl. ill. p. 107. 

 . Eng. Bot. t. 1514. 

 French. . . Serpolet ; Thym sauvage. 

 Italian .. Serpillo; Serpollo ; Sermollino. 

 Spanish . . Serpol ; Tomillo sylvestre. 



Port Serpol ; Serpil. 



German . . Quendel. 

 Dutch. , . . Quendel ; Wilde Thym. 

 Danish .. Vild Thymian. 

 Swedish. . . Backtimian. 



Polish Macierzanka. 



Buss. .... Schadownik. 



Latin.. , .--( 



Description. — The root is perennial, slender, hard, lig- 

 neous, and fibrous. The stems are numerous, decumbent, 

 branched, hard, roundish, minutely pubescent, varying from 

 four inches to a foot in height ; the branches are opposite, as- 



