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[^Caiamintha. 



slightly shorter, hairs In the mouth prouKnent. Melissa L 

 Thymus Sm. : E. B. t. 1414. 



Dry hanks and way-sides, on a chalky soil, in England, not com- 

 mon. 111. 7,8. — " ilathcr smaller in all its parts than the next 

 especially the leaves, which are strongly serrate. Odour stronn- 

 resembling Mentha Pulegium, The prominent white hairs on the 

 mouth of the cal. distinguish this species from the next" Sni. 



3. C officinalis Mc^nck (common C); stem herbaceous with 

 loose ascending branches, leaves stalked broadly ovate obtuse 



crenate-serrate green on both sides, cymes stalked few-flowered 

 shortly dichotomous or umbellate, calyx distinctly 2-lipped 

 teeth with long cilia?, those of the upper lip triangular straight 

 or ascending, of the lower subulate and longer, hairs in the 

 mouth not prominent, lobes of the lower lip of the corolla 

 distant, midcile one the longest. Thymus Calamintha Scop,: 

 JS. B. t. 1676. Melissa Cal. Z. 



Way-sides and borders of fields, chiefly in gravelly soils in Eng- 

 land, not very common. South of Ireland. If., 7 — 9. — Hoot 

 sometimes throwing out scions above-ground, and not creeping below. 

 Plant aromatic and employed to make herb-tea. Mr. Bcntham re- 

 marks that neither by liabit nor characters can this beat all times dis- 

 tinguished from C* Nepeta or sylvatica ; and Mr. H. AVatson is equally 

 at a loss : we experience the same difficulty, 



4. C. sylcdtica Bromf. {Wood C); stem herbaceous with 

 ascending branches, leaves stalked broadly ovate sharply serrate 

 green on both sides, cymes stalked many-flowered dichotomous, 

 calyx distinctly 2-Iipped, teeth with long cilia, those of the 

 upper lip spreading or recurved, of the lower subulate and 

 longer, hairs in the mouth not prominent, lobes of the lower 

 lip of the corolla contiguous, all nearly equally long. E. B. S. 

 t. 2897. 



Among copse-wood in the Isle of Wight. Kent. 2/.. 8—10. 

 Hoot slightly creeping below ground. 

 longer stalks than in tlie last species. 



Leaves large. Cymes ou 

 It must be confessed that the 



principal distinction between this and the last lies in the upper lip of 



the calyx and corolla, and that it is almost impossible to detect tiiese 

 characters in dried specimens. 



**''■ Cuh nearly equal at the base. Middle loLe of hnver lip of cor, 



notched* Whorls sessile, dense, •many -flowered, loith numerous . 

 linear hracteas, forjning a sort of involucre, Clinopodium, 



5, C. Clinopodium Benth. (common W,^ ; leaves ovate ob- 

 scurely serrate, whorls hairy, bracteas 

 branched. Clinopodium vulgare X.: E. B. t, 1401. 



Hills and dry bushy places, not uncommon. 2|, 7 — 9. — Stem 

 1 — 1^ feet high, witli soft hairs. Flowers in crowded whcrls, large, 

 purple. Smell aromatic. 



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