No, 258. 
ORIGANUM TOURNEFORTII. 
Class» Order. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPER MIA. 
This is a native of Greece: it was intro- 
duced in 1788 by the late Dr. Sibthorp, 
who found it in the Island of Amorgos, 
and named it in honour of its first disco- 
verer, Tournefort, the eelebrated French 
botanist Å 
dur WM Loon di EE na 
sai as it is subject to damp off It 
is increased easily by cuttings during the 
summer months, which are also the season 
of its flowering. The soil should be loam 
and the pots small. ; 
