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Tribe IV. SATUREINE/K 

 629. ORIGANUM. 



1. vulgare. Erect, villous. L. stalked, 

 ovate, obtuse, somewhat serrate, green on 

 both sides. Spikes oblong, corymboso-pan- 

 icled. Bracts ovate, coloured, without glan- 

 dular dots on the inner side. p. 7, 8. Bushy, 

 on gravel or limestone. 



jS. creticum, Linn. Fi\ in long, somewhat 

 prismatic spikes. 



y. virens. " L. ovato-oblong, obsoletely ser- 

 rate, hairy w^hen young. Bracts oval, 

 acute, somewhat ciliate, otherwise hairless, 

 exceeding the glandular calyx." — Gxtss. 

 6,7. Sicily. 



2. heracleoticum. Nearly erect, glan- 

 dular. L. somewhat stalked, broad ovate, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire. Pan. of oblong, crowded 

 spikes. Bracts ovate, acute, green, exceeding 

 calyx (with glandular dots on both margins," 

 Koch), p. 6, 7. Dry rough. Trieste. Cal. 

 0. hirtum of Koch ; hut he describes the L. as 

 shortly acuminate. 



630. MAJOEANA. 



1. Onites. Hirsute, erect. L. ovate, ses- 

 sile, somewhat serrate. Spiljes small, numerous, 

 ovoid. VT. 5-7. Rocks and dry cole, hills. 

 Syr., Sponti, Sic. 



631. SATUREJA. 



A. Bracts small or wanting. 



1. hortensis. Annual, erect, pubescent. 

 Whorls subsecund; the lower remote, about 5- 

 flowered, L. lineari-lanceolate, acute, a. 7-9. 

 Warm gravel, s. Eui'. 



2. montana. Nearly smooth. L. oblongo- 

 linear, acute. Lower sometimes spatulate, ob- 

 tuse. Whorls lax, 6-10-flowered, secund, ap- 

 proximate, forming a raceme (or spike) . (Bracts 

 linear, Bekt.) Div. of Lip of Cor. oblong, 

 obtuse, nearly equal, w. 7-9. Dry hills. 

 s. Europe. 



8. variegata. Stem nearly terete, pubes- 

 cent. L. lanceolate ; the upper mucronate. 

 Whorls about 6-flowered. Div. of lower Lip of 

 Cor. refuse -. the middle one subrotund, twice 

 as broad as the others, w. 7, 8. Warm. Carn. 

 adr. G. 



4. cuneifolia. Scabro-hispid. L. oblongo- 

 linear, acute. Whorls 6-flowered. Bracts ob- 

 ovate. Div. of lower Lip of Cor. oblong, cre- 



natc, nearly equal, vir, 6-8. Manfredonia. 

 Lecce. Cape Leucas. 



.5. pygmsea. Stem 4-edged, smooth. L. 

 lanceolate, acuminate; the upper mucronate. 

 Middle Div. of lower Lip wider than others, 

 obcordate. -w. 7, 8. Rocky hills. Carn. 

 Eiume. 



B. Bracts conspicuous. Whorls many-flow- 

 ered, forming a dense glole. 



6. Thymbra. Diffuse, hispid. L. oblongo- 

 Knear ; lower often obovato-cuneate. AU Whorls 

 remote, w. 4, 5. Rough hills. Sard. 



632. HYSSOPUS. 



1. officinalis. Rac. one-sided. Interme- 

 diate Segm. of Cor. 2-lobed, entii-e. L. lineari- 

 lanceolate. w. 7-10. m. and s. Eur. occ. 

 rare in G. 



638. THYMUS. 



A. Floral L. similar to the others. 



1. vulgaris. Stem ascending or erect. 

 L. sessile, fascicled, lineari-lanceolate, acute. 

 Margin revolute. Floral li. obtuse. Whorls lax, 

 somewhat distant. s.S. 5, 6. Dry rocky. Mdt. 



2. Fiperella. Procumbent. Branches 

 rigid, ascending. L. stalked, broadly ovate, 

 thick, regularly nerved, wdthout cilia. Margin 

 somewhat revolute. p. 5, 6. Marit. rocks. 

 Isl. of Maretimo. 



3. Herba-Barona. Procumbent, hair- 

 less. Elowering-branches short, ascending. L. 

 stalked, ovato-lanceolate ; upper acute, some- 

 what ciliate. Veins inconspicuous, w. 6, 7. 

 Corsica. 



4. Serpyllum. Procumbent. L. some- 

 what stalked, ovate or oval, attenuate, obtuse, 

 veiny. Mai'gin and Stalk ciliate. w. 6. Open 

 dry. occ. 



iS. montanus. L. larger and less rigid. 



5. angustifolius. " Procimibent. Mow- 

 ering-branches ascending. L. somewhat stalked, 

 oblongo-Mnear, attenuate, veiny. Margin and 

 Stalk ciliate. Cal. usually hairless. Teeth of 

 upper Lip short, lanceolato-ovate ; of lower 

 subulate, ciliate. tv. Dry hills, s. Eur." — 

 Benth. T. Zygis of lAnnceus, according to 

 Benth. ; but the name has been so variously 

 applied, that it is better to drop it. 



6. pannonicus. " Procumbeiit. Flow- 

 ering-branches ascending, villous. L. some- 



