382 140. Thymus. 32. LABIATiE. PL ex. cor. 



XXII. 140. THYMUS. Theophrastus. Thyme. 



Calyx bellshape, or ovate, 2-lipped ; 3 upper lobes broad, 

 recurved; 2 lower lobes awlshape, bent in, fringed; mouth " 

 closed with hairs ; corolla short, lipped: galea nicked; lip 

 3-lobed ; side lobes ovate ; middle lobe oblong, broad, en- 

 tire. — Stem undershrubby ; leaves small; flowers glomerate, 

 axillary or terminal ; plant odoriferous, 



1 . Thymus campestris. Field thyme. 

 Stem lying down ; leaves flat, blunt, fringed at bottom ; 



flowers capitate. 



Serpyllum vulgare, Roii Syn. 230, 1 ; Get: em, 570, 1. 

 Serpyllum minus vulgare, Park. 8. 

 Serpyllum flore minore, Rivinu-i Mon. 42. 

 Thymus Serpyllum, Lin. S. P. S?6. 

 Thymtts campestris, Salisb. Prod. 85. 



Wild thyme. Mother of thyme. Pulial mountain. Running thymt. 

 Creeping thyme. 



Dry sandy heaths, and cultivated; peren.; July, August. 

 ' Stem branched; leaves petioled, edge not nicked; heads 

 leafy ; flowers pedicelled ; corolla purplish ; galea upright. 

 — Aromatic, used as a pot-herb in soups. 



^. alius. Flowers white. 



y. grandflorus. Flowers large. 



Serpyllum vulgare flore amplo, Raii Syn. 230, 2. 



J. citratus. Leaves yellow-green ; odour like that of le- 

 mon-peel. 



Serpyllum citratum, Raii Syn. 231 , 4 ; Ger. em. 57 1 , 7. 

 Serpyllum Pannonicum Clusii, Park, 8, 

 Lemon thyme. 



2. Thymus lanuginosus. ' Woolly thyme. 

 Stem creeping, hirsute ; leaves ovate, obtuse, villous : 



flowers in heads. 



Serpyllum vulgare liirsutum, Raii Syn. 231, 6. 

 Thymus Serpyllum, jL»i. S. P. 85?5; a variety. 

 Thymus lanuginosus, Pers. Syn, 133. 

 Serpyllum monlanum hirsutum, Riuinus Mon. 421. 

 Hoary wild thyme. 



Sandy heaths; perennial; July and August. 



Stem undershrubby; leaves roundish, every where hir- 

 sute ; corolla purple. — Infusion relieves headach after 

 drinking. 



i3. minor. Stem creeping, small; pla?it scentless. 



Serpyllum birsutum minus repens, ioodorum, Raii Syn,23\,8. 



