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— Known by its large flowers. — Near Cobham, Kent. Near 

 Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire. P. Vll. E. 



Tribe III. Satureiinea. 



4. Origanum Linn. Marjoram. 



1. 0. vulgare (L.); 1. stalked broadly ovate obtuse, bracts 

 ovate exceeding the cal., heads of fl. roundish panicled crowded. 

 — JS. B. 1143. St. 3. 13. — Bracts usually purple. L. often 

 slightly toothed. — Dry uncultivated places. P. VIII. 



5. Thymus Linn. Thyme. 



1. T. Serpyllum (L.); St. prostrate creeping, 1. oblong or 

 lanceolate narrowed into the flat fringed stalks, fl.-l. similar, 

 flowering shoots ascending, fl. capitate, upper cal. -lip with 3 

 short triangular teeth, lower of 2 subulate teeth, upper cor.-lip 

 oblong. — E. B. 1514. — St. producing in its second year the erect 

 fl. -shoots from its lower joinings and prolonged at the end. L. 

 narrowed below, their Tower half and the stalk often fringed, 

 rather conspicuously veined beneath, often narrow. Seeds glo- 

 bose, mealy. Upper cor.-lip conspicuously notched. The hairi- 

 ness of the stem, although variable, is usually in 2 — 4 rows with 

 or without pubescence on the faces. — Dry heaths. P. VI. — VIII. 



2. T. Chamadrys (Fr.) ; stems similar diffuse ascending 2 — 4- 

 fariously hairy, 1. broadly oblong with flat fringed stalks, fl.-l. simi- 

 lar, fl. whorled or capitate, upper cal.-lip with 3 triangular teeth, 

 lower of 2 subulate teeth, upper cor.-lip semicircular. — Flower- 

 ing and growing shoots springing intermixed from the old wood. 

 L. less narrowed into the stallcs than in ISo. 1, usually only the 

 stalk is fringed, less prominently veined beneath, broad. Seeds 

 roundish, subcompressed, with a basal apiculus. Upper cor.-lip 

 slightly and obscurely notched. In the larger forms the st. is 

 stronger; it is not so in No. 1. — Heaths. P. VI. — ^VIII. 



6. Calamintha Moenck. Calamint. 

 * Fl. in whorls of 2 dichotomous cymes. 



1. C. Nepeta (Clairv.); 1. ovate seiTate pale beneath shortly 

 stalked, cal. subcampanulate obscurely 2-lipped its teeth shortly 

 ciliate all nearly the same shape the upper ones slightly shorter, 

 cymes dichotomous many-flowered, common stalk about as long 

 as the primary partial stalk. — E. B. 1414. St. 70. 3. Thymus 

 Sni. — St. usually many from the crown of the root. Hairs in 

 the throat of the cal. protruded. — Dry banks, rare. P. VII. VIII. 

 Lesser Calamint. E. 



