170 DIDYNAML\ GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. 



Plant aromatic, bitter, hoary. The extract a popular, but in 

 reaUty an injurious remedy for coughs and asthmas. In large 

 doses aperient. A case on record, where a salivation, which had 

 continued more than a year, was stopped by an infusion of this, 

 by Linn. The dry calyxes of the ripe fruit adhere like burs. 



CLINOPO'DIUM. Wild Basil. 



C. vulgare. Common TVild B. Whorls bristly, in- 

 volucral leaves awl-shaped. Flower-stalks branched. 

 Leaves obscurely saw-toothed, egg"- shaped. E. B. 

 1401. Acynos. G. E. 675. 



JBiisliy places, hedges, road sides. 



Per. July. 



Stems wavy. Ls., stalked, rather blunt, PVhorls terminal, and 



axillary. Fl., numerous, light purple ; stalks hairy, branched ;. 



at the foot of the small fl.-stalks several bristly, hairy Is. Cal.j 



ribbed, lower teeth longest. Cor., twice as long as the calyx,, 



with two hairy knobs at the orifice. 



Plant aromatic. 

 Discrim. By its bristle-shaped, floral Is. 



ORFGANUM. Marjoram. 



O. vidgare. Common M. Heads of flowers roundish, 

 panicled, crowded, erect. Involucral leaves longer than 

 the calyx, egg-shaped, smooth. Calyx with five acute, 

 unequal teeth ; throat hairy. E. B. 1 143. C. 5. 39. 

 Origanum anglicum. G. E. QQQ. 

 Bushy places, on limestone, or gravel. Sm. Under Woodstock 

 Park Wall. About Henley. Near Headington Wick, &c. Bx. 

 Per. July. 



Roots creeping. Stems about two f., leafy, purple. Ls., opposite, 

 shortly stalked, egg-shaped, entire, dotted with glandular spots. 

 FL, rose-coloured. Bract., purple, smooth, entire, spear-shaped. 

 Cal., purple tinged. 



Bees fond of the fl. Smell of the plant fragrant, thyme-like. 

 Stimulant, for culinary uses ; but O. Marjorana preferred. Dried 

 Is., in decoction as tea, grateful. The essential oil very acrid ; an 

 application to the painful nerve of a carious tooth. The tops dye 

 purple. In some parts of Sweden put into ale, to give it an 

 intoxicating quality, and to prevent its turning sour. 



THYMUS. Thyme, or Calamint. 



T. Serpyllum. Wild T. Flowers in small heads. 

 Stems creeping, recumbent. Leaves flat, egg-shaped, 



