108 DIDYNAMIA-GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. 



T. Serpyllum. Linn. Sp. PI. 825. Willd. v. 3. \33. Fl. Br. 639. 



Engl. Bot.v. 22. t 1514. Curt. Lond. fasc. 2. t. 47. Hook. 



Scot. 185. 

 T. n. 235. Hall. Hist. V. 1. 102. 

 Serpillum. Brunf. Herb. v. 2. 22. f. 

 Serpyllum. Fuchs. Hist. 251. f. 

 S. vulgare. Rnii Syn. 230. Gcr. Em.570.f. Bauh. Hist. v.Z. 



p. 2. 269./. (aill. Par. 183. t. 32. f. 7, 9. 

 /3. Huds. 262. 



S. vulgare flore albo. Tourn. Inst. 197. Dill, in RaiiSyn. 230. 

 y. S. vulgare, flore amplo. Raii Syn. 230. Faill. Par. t. 32. f. 8. 

 Large-flovi^ered Mother of Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t. 31./. 2. 



5'. Serpyllum vulgare majus. Dill, in Raii Syn. 23\. 



S. majus flore purpureo. Ger. Em. 570. f. 



s. S. citratum. Raii Syn. 23 1 . Ger. Em. 571. f. 



Lemon Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t.3l.f.4. 



?. Serpyllum angustifolium glabrum. Dill, in Raii S7jn. 23 1 . 



Thymus Serpyllum. Woodv. t. 110? 



ij. Serpyllum vulgare hirsutum. Raii Syn. 23 1 . 



S. latifolium hirsutum. Bauh. Pin. 220. Prodr. 108. Vaill. Par. 



t.32.f.6. 

 ^. S. hirsutum minus repens inodorum. Pluk. Ahnag. 344. Dill. 



in Raii Syn. 231. 

 I. S. villosum fruticosius, floribus dilute rubentibus. Raii Syn 23 1 j 



excluding Bauhin's synonyms. 



On heaths and dry mountainous ground every where. 



J. In Okey hole, Somersetshire. Pctiver. s. In Kent, but rarely. 

 Ray. In a wood of Mr. Knight's at Downton castle, Shrop- 

 shire, on the north bank of the river. S-. In Ireland. Plukenet. 

 I. On the Welsh mountains. Lhwyd, and Sherard. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Roots creeping. Stems recumbent, entangled, somewhat shrubby, 

 downy, with numerous, wavy, ascending, leafy branches, scarcely 

 a finger's length, each terminating in a dense head of short- 

 stalked purple flowers, the middle segment of whose under lip 

 is variegated and entire. The stamens vary in length, and the 

 corolla in size, as in y ; but this is a trifling variety. In /3 it is 

 white. The leaves are entire, strongly fringed at the base and 

 footstalks; in rj, and apparently the two following varieties, 

 which I have not seen, they are more or less hairy, f is a 

 larger vai iety, for which Petiver has given a figure, copied from 

 Ger. Em. 573. f. 2 ; but 1 cannot refer this figure to any known 

 appearance of our Serpyllum. The odour of the whole plant is 

 warm and gratefully aromatic ; in £ it partakes of a fine lemon 

 scent. Bees are fond of the flowers. Whether the quality of 

 mutton is improved by the sheep feeding on this plant, or on fine 



