138 SYNOPSIS OF 



Var. a. legitimus, Boiss. 



Caules procumbentes. Folia fere eglandulosa 

 inferiora lineari-lanceolata subrevoluta. Capi- 

 tula oblongo-cylindrica basi interrupta e verti- 

 cillis approximatis constantia. Corolla rosea. 



Hab. Varieties found in the South of Spain, var . on 

 the Sierra Bermeja and Sierra Tejeda. 



OBS. In Gibraltar this plant is vulgarly known as the wild 

 thyme. 



Thymus diffusus, Salzmann, non Boiss. 

 Hab. Spain, Gibraltar. 



OBS. In Dr. Lemann's collection. 



Micromeria graeca, Benth. 



Var. latifolia, Boiss. Caules elati sa?pe 1 2 

 pedales. Folia latiora ovata. Subtus valde 

 nervosa. Boiss. 

 M. nervosa, Boiss., Schedul non Desf. 



Hab. South of Europe. North of Africa. Several 



varieties in Spain. 

 OBS. Communicated by Dr. Lemann. 



Melissa Nepeta, L. 



Hab. South of Europe. North of Africa. 



Calamintha vulgaris, Sweet. '^<- ^^^ *<- *- 



Hab. Middle and south of Europe. Asia Minor. North 



of Africa. Azores. Canary Isles. 

 OBS. The Melissa cordifolia is said to grow in Gibraltar. 



Nepeta tuberosa, L. 



N. radice tuberosa, caule quadrangulo villoso ad- 

 presse folioso, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis basi 



