THE BRITISH SPECIES OF THYMUS 35 
aliter quam apud exteros Thymi habere videntur. Duas facile in 
Scandinavia me oe Species, separatim nascentes, ut altera 
alteram seepe excludat. Ha exdem sunt, quas primi Patrum jam 
distinxerunt, habitu & vegetatione omnino differentes. Staminibus 
exsertis (qualia vero semper fere apud nos!) & inclusis, corollis 
est verus Th. Ser um L. nae 
Thymus ovatus Miller. —This tale ‘although bearing a com- 
bination unfamiliar to British botanists, is well-known under this 
name on the Continent, as it is possible to see from the writings 
of Borbids and Mg sori oa It is described by Miller (Gard. Dict. 
ed. 8 ee ), as foll 
HYMUS eabaay caulibus decumbentibus, foliis ovatis 
a Pian verticillato-spicatis. Thyme with strong trailing 
stalks, Paste smooth leaves, and flowers growing in whorled spikes. 
Serpyllum vulgare majus aes oa minore, t. Par. 183.” 
us differs markedly from 7. Serpyllum in being without 
se and having only a ao —— and not capitate 
inflorescence, and quite different lea 
Thymus glaber Miller.—The third zpooien occurring in Britain 
is Thymus glaber Miller, which is found in the mountains me 
pecin ocaliti 
land, yok is and North Wales. This species is Shan moet 
iller :— 
“6, Taymus (glabrus*) — paler caulibus decumbenti- 
bus, foliis fecnasuees glabris. with —— growing in heads, 
trailing stalks, and smooth sitet shapes leaves. Serpyllum vulgare 
majus, flore purpureo. E. B, P. 220.” 
diagnosis exactly fits the type specimen of T. glaber pre- 
served in Miller’s herbarium, and that this is identical with Fries’s 
type specimen of 7. C. rys is also qui speci- 
men of the latter preserved in the national collection Although 
rys is used in a correct sense for T. gla con- 
‘ose earlier 
tinental beeen. Miller's - name being sixty years must 
stand, This change is all the more desirable in view of the fact 
that the name T. Chamedrys has often been used to designate 
several distinct species. . 
* Corrected to glaber in errata. ‘ 
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