DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Thymus. 171 



blunt, entire ; fringed at their base. E. B. 1514. C. 

 2. 47. Serpyllum vulgare. G. E. 570. 



Heaths. V'ar. tj. Bullingdon Green. Sb. 

 Per. July. 



Roots fibrous, creeping. Stems crowded, filiform, (thread-like,) 



branched, leafy. Ls., with resinous dots. FL, heads terminal, 



leafy. Fl.-stalks short, hairy. Cal., ribbed, dotted, purple, teeth 



fringed. Cor., purple, lower lip variegated, deeply three-cleft. 



The bruised leaves when trodden on, diffuse an aromatic smell. 



Several i-ar., in size, uprightness, and hairiness. Diseased with 



downy swellings, as in Veronica Chamsedrys, Cerastium, and 



Glechoma. The lemon-thyme a garden var. Essential oil very 



heating. Bees attached to the^. of this, and other aromatic plants. 



Larva of the handsome Phalsena PapiKonaria feeds on this. 



Esteemed a nervine, as tea. An infusion of the Is., recommended 



by Linn., to remove head-ache, occasioned by an excess of the 



preceding evening. FL Suec, 



T. 'Acinos. Basil T. Flowers about six in a whorl, 

 on simple stalks. Stem branched, ascending. Leaves 

 oblong, shortly stalked, acute, saw-toothed. Calyx 

 gibbous at the base. E. B. 411. C. 1. 43. Ocymum 

 sylvestre. G. E. 675. 



Cultivated fields, especially on sand, gravel, or chalk. Sm. Head- 

 ington Wick. Stonesfield. Southleigh. Sb. 



An. July. 



Ls., in distant pairs, egg-shaped, variable in shape, to roundish, or 

 oblong, acute, entire at the base. Ls., sometimes entii^e : upper 

 taper at the base. CaL, mouth fringed with hairs. Cor,, lower, 

 middle segment inversely heart-shaped, luarked at the base with 

 w^hite, and a spot or two of crescent-shaped, darker purple. FL, 

 bluish purple. Plant aromatic. FL, sometimes white, 



T. Calamintha. Common Calamint. Whorls on forked, 

 many-flowered, axillary stalks. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 blunt, with shallow serratures. Hairs in the mouth of 

 the calyx not prominent. E. B. I676. Melissa Ca- 

 lamintha. Sb. Calamintha vulgaris officinarum. G. 

 E. 687. 



Way sides, borders of fields, chiefly on gravel. Near the Observa- 

 tory. Ensham. Sb. Cowley Field. R. W. 



Per. Axigust. 



Specific difference between this, and Thy., Nepeta, not easily 

 defined. Ls., of this larger, with smaller serratures. Stem more 

 constantly erect. Fl.-stalks, lowei', shorter than the Is. : hairs 

 at the mouth of the caL, less prominent. Fl.-stalks axillary. 

 Ls., stalked, in opposite pairs. Flavour of this much less like 

 Penny-royal, (Mentha Pulegium.) Cor., light purple, dotted 

 with violet. 



