65 CLASS XIV. ORDER L 



branching, leaves smooth with a rough keel, ra- 

 cemes lateral and leafy. %. b. Said to be highly 

 efficacious in the hydrophobia. — galericulata, lesivts 

 heart-lanceolate, crenate, wrinkled, flowers axilla- 

 ry. 2/.b. 



Origanum. Calyxes collected into a 4-sided 

 strobile-like cone, with broad intervening bracts : 

 corol with the upper lip erect, flat : under lip 3- 

 parted, divisions nearly equal. 42. 39— wzar/orawa, 

 (marjoram) spike ternate, leaves oval obtuse. 0. 

 p. w. e. — vulgare, spikes panicled, bracts longer 

 than calyx, p. 



Thymus. Calyx with the throat closed with 

 hairs : corol with the upper lip flatj emarginate ; 

 lower lip longer. 42. 39 — vulgaris^ (thyme) flowers 

 in whorled spikes, leaves ovate revolute. p. e — 

 serfiyllus, (mother of thyme) flowers in heads, stem 

 decumbent, leaves flat. p. e. 



CllnipodiUxM. Involucre many-hristled, bract- 

 like, under the whorl : perianth 2.1ipped : corol 

 with the upper lip flat, obcordate, strait. 42. 39— 

 •vulgar e^ (field thyme) stem simple, leaves above 

 hairy remotely toothed. %. p. 



Prunella. Calyx with the upper lip dilated : 

 filaments 2-forked with an anther on one of the 

 points: stigma 2-cleft. 42. 39 — fiensylvanicat (self- 

 heal, or heal-all) leaves lance-ovate toothed, upper 

 lip of calyx 3-awned. %. p. A variety, ovata, has 

 ovate leaves, and lanceolata^ lanceolate leaves and 

 blue flowers. 



Phryma. Calyx 5-toothed : seed single. (The 

 under lip of calyx shorter, 2-toothed.) 40. 39 — lefi' 

 tostachya, (phryma) leaves ovate serrate^ spike 

 slender terminal 7^. p. 



