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633. THYMUS. 



what stalked, linear ; or the lower oblong, at- 

 tenuate^ veiny. Margin and Stalks ciliate. 

 Cal. villous. Teeth of upper Lip short, lan- 

 ceolato-ovate ; of lower suhulate. w. 7, 8. 

 Bri/ hills, s. G. n. It." — Beet. These two 

 are considered hy Koch as varieties of T. Ser- 

 pyUum. 



B. Floral L. much broader than the rest, 

 hut nearly of sa7ne colour and substance. 



7. striatus. Procumbent. Flowering- 

 branches ascending, downy. L. nearly sessUe, 

 linear, attenuate, rigid, smooth, ciliate. Floral 

 L. broad cordate, striate, pubescent. Cal. pu- 

 bescent, tiled into a crowded head. w. 5, 6. 

 Dry calc. hills, s. It. Sic. 



8. capitatus. Procimibent at base, much 

 branched. Barren Branches somewhat spines- 

 cent. L. sessile, oblong or linear, flat. Floral 

 L. ovate, ciliate, covering calyces, w. 7, 8. 

 Dry stony. K. Nap. Sic. Sard. 



C. Floral L. large, membranous, coloured. 



9. Cephalotus. Erect, branched, hoary. 

 L. sessUe, linear, small, fascicled. Margia re- 

 volute. Floral L. ovate, acute, covering calyces. 

 w. " On the banks of the Oreto near Palermo." 



UCEIA. 



Tribe V. 3IFLISSINHM 

 634. MICROMERIA. 



A. Teeth of Calyx subulate, finely acute. 

 i. ajtiper L. oblong. Margin revolute. 



1. Juliana. Branches rod-hie, erect. Bracts 

 nearly equalling sessile calyx. Fascicles of Fl. 

 dense. Throat of Cal. naked. Lower L. sessile, 

 ovate, obtuse, w. 7, 8. Stony. Rome. Nap. Sic. 



2. tenuifolia. Branches slender. Root- 

 L. eUiptico-ovate ; upper oblongo -linear. Floral 

 L. equalling cymes. Bracts numerous, about 

 half as long as nearly sessile calyx, w. 6, 7. 

 Calc. coasts, s. It. Sic. 



3. graeca. Branches rod-like, erect. Lower 

 L. sessile, ovate. Cymes (to extremity of Cal.) 

 equalling floral L. Bracts faUing short of calyx. 

 Fascicles lax, stalked. Cal. nearly sessile. 

 Throat villous, w. 6, 7. Stony androcks. Mdt. 



j8. cosentina. Ten. L. narrower. 



4. nervosa. Cal.villouswith long, spreading 

 haii-s. AH L. ovate, acute. Whorls many-flow- 

 ered. Bracts about equalling pedicel. s.S. 5, 6. 

 Dry hills and rocks. Sic. GaUipoli. Otranto. 



5. canescens. " Stem slender, branched 

 at base and at top. Lower L. ovate ; upper 

 lineari-lanceolate, acute. Stalks 2-7 -flowered. 

 Bracts equaUing flower-stalks. Cal. very vil- 

 lous with soft, spreading hairs. Dry calc. hills. 

 Sic."— Guss. 



6. microphylla. " Nearly smooth. Branches 

 slender, decumbent. L. small, ovate and ob- 

 long. Stalks 3-8-flowered, somewhat shorter 

 than floral L. Bracts equalling flower-stalks. 

 Cal. covered with adpressed hairs, w. 4, 5. 

 Dry hills. Sic. Lecce." — Guss. 



7. thymoides. " Tufted. Branches fili- 

 form, downy with deflexed hairs. L. revolute 

 on margin, hardly nerved at back, midrib 

 hairy. Lower L. ovate, others linear, narrowed 

 at base, sessile, rather obtuse. Surface with 

 adpressed hairs. Cymes axillaiy, stalked, naked : 

 the lower 1-2-flowered, remote ; uppermost 

 crowded, somewhat secund, 3-4-flowered. Pe- 

 dicels equaUing the linear bracts, three times 

 shorter than calyx. Cal. ovate, somewhat ven- 

 tricose, 13-nerved. Throat hardly villous. 

 Upper Teeth triangular, somewhat recm-ved ; 

 lower with spreading hau's. w. Near One- 

 glia. Seems to differ from M. microphylla 

 'princijially in the linear upper L." — Benth. 



8. approximata. Procumbent. Branches 

 diflxise, leafy. L. fascicled. Stem-L. oblongo- 

 lanceolate. Cymes somewhat exceeding L. 

 Cal. not longer than combined stalks. Bract 

 equalling flower-stalk, w. 2-5 and in Au- 

 tumn, lapygia. Sic. and Isl. 



ii. All L.flat and broadly ovate. 



9. Piperella. Tube of Cal. pubescent. 

 Branches diffuse. Fascicles lax, stalked, few- 

 flowered. L. glabrous on both sides, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse. Bract small, oblong. Thi-oat 

 of Cal. naked, iv. 7, 8. Mountains. Pdm. 

 Liguria. 



10. Pulegium. " Herbaceous, ascending, 

 pubescent. L. stalked, ovate, dentate, green 

 on both sides. Rac. crowded, secund. Cymes 

 somewhat dichotomous, few-flowered. Teeth 

 of Cal. setaceous. Throat villous, p. Fiume. 

 Lowest L. subrotund ; upper acute, and acutely 

 dentate : all rugose, and rough with short 

 hairs. Cal. cylindrical. Teeth longer than 

 width of tube." — Benth. 



B. Teeth of Calyx as broad as long. 



11. marifolia. Hoary. L. ovate, nearly 

 entire, white beneath. Rac. lax, many-flow- 

 ered. Teeth of Cal. obtuse, nearly equal. 



