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7. Creeping fcentlefs Mother of Thyme. 
Serpyllum repens inodorum. , 
The root is fmall and thready. 
The fhoots that grow firft from it lie upon the 
ground, ‘and take root in different places. 
The ftalks which rife from thefe are weak, 
flender, purple, and often branched. 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, hairy, and of 
DIVWISTON Ih 
Garden- Thyme. 
Thymum vulgare. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, hard, woody, brown, 
very much branched, and ten inches high. 
The leaves are fhort, broad, pointed, and of a 
dufky green. 
The flowers are fmall, very numerous, ‘and of 
a pale red. ; ; 
The feeds are little, roundifh, brown, and 
glofty. 
a dufky green: they have nothing of ‘that fpicy 
{mell fo prevalent in the others, 
The flowers are fmall, and of a faint purple : 
they ftand in clufters at the tops of the ftalks. 
The feeds are fmall and blackith. 
It is a native of Ireland, and flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Serpyllum birfutum repens minus ino= 
dorum. ; ‘ 
FOREIGN SPECIES, 
It is a native of Italy ; but we have it for thé 
fervice of the kitchen in every garden. It flowers 
in June. 
C.Bauhine calls it Thymam wulgaré. Others; 
Thymum durius, 
It is a good aromatick; ftrengthens the fto- 
mach, difperfes flatulences, and does fervice iri 
nervous complaints. The beft way of taking it 
is in infufion. If it were not fo common at our 
tables, it would be more regarded as a medicines 
G E N U S II, 
MINT. 
WEEN 1 Ey, 
HE flower is compofed of a fingle petal, tubular at the bottom, and divided at the edge into 
four parts; the upper fegment of which is broader than the others, and nipped at the end. The 
cup is formed of a fingle piece, divided into five flight fegments at the edge, and it remains as a co- 
vering for the feeds ; which are four in number, and fmall. : 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; two of the four threads in the flower bes 
ing longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding in the cup naked. This author joins very im- 
properly under the fame name pennyroyal; a plant of a genus perfectly difting, 
DIVISION I. 
t. Hairy verticillate Water-Mint. 
Mentha aquatica hirfuta verticillata. 
The root is fmall, flender, and creeping. 
The ftalks are numerous and branched: they 
are a foot long, but not very upright; and they 
are fquare, of a pale green, and lightly hairy. 
The leaves have fhort, hairy footftalks: they 
are oblong, moderately broad, and dented at the 
edges. Their colour is a faint green. 
The flowers ftand at the joints in clufters, fur- 
rounding the ftalk ; they are fmall, and of a pale 
red. 
The feeds are minute and brown. 
It is common about waters, and often gets into 
corn-fields. It flowers in April, and continues 
to Augutt. k 
C. Bauhine calls it Calamintha arvenfis verticil- 
lata, Others, Mentha arvenfis verticillata bir- 
Suta, 
2. Smooth verticillate Water-Mint. 
"Mentha aquatica verticillata glabra. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks lie upon the ground: they are 
BRITISH 
SPECIES, 
fquare, weak, fmooth, purplifh, and Six of eight 
inches long, but rarely branched. 
The leaves have fhort footftalks: they are 
fmall, oblong, fmooth, dented at the edges, and 
fharp-pointed. Their natural colour is a dufky 
green; but they are often red. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a faint purple: 
they grow at the joints in clufters, furrounding 
the ftalk. 
It is fourid in our midland counties by the fides 
of-brooks, and flowers in Auguft. 
Lobel calls it Calamintha aquatica Belgarum et 
Matthioli. Others, Mentha aquatica exigua ver- 
ticillata, 
3. Round-leaved aromatick Mint. 
Mentha aromatica folio rotundiore. 
The root is compofed of numerous; long, and 
flender fibres. 2 
The ftalks are weak, {quare, partly procum- 
bent, and partly upright; of a purplifh colour, 
and a foot or more in height. ‘ 
The leaves have very fhort footftalks: they 
are broad, fhort, roundifh, fharp-pointed, and 
tharply ferrated about the edges. ; 
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