256 58, LABIATE. 



2. C. officinalis (Moench ?) ; 1. broadly ovate slightly serrate 

 green on both sides on longish stalks, cal. tubular ventricose in 

 front distinctly 2-lipped its teeth with long cilia those of the upper 

 lip triangular and ascending of the lower twice as long and subu- 

 late, lower lip of the cor. with distant segments the middle one 

 longest, cymes scai'cely dichotomous few-flowered, common stalk 

 not 4 as long as the primary partial stalk. — Thymus Calaminiha 

 Sm., E. B. 167G. C. menthafolia G. and G. — St. usually soh- 

 tary, or few from the root. Hairs in the throat of the cal. 

 included. Larger in all its parts than the preceding. — Dry 

 banks, rare. P. VII. — IX. Common Calamint. E. I. 



3. C. sylvatica (Bromf.) ; 1. broadly ovate sharply serrate, cal. 

 tubular distinctly 2-lipped, teeth with long cilia those of the 

 upper lip patent or reflexed, lower lip of the cor. with overlapping 

 segments all nearly equally long, cymes many-flowered, common 

 stalk about as long as the primary partial stalk. — E. B. S. 2897. 

 C. officinalis G. and G. — Hairs in the throat of the cal. few, 

 included. Root sUghtly creeping. L. large. Cal.-teeth tinged 

 with purple. Cor. very large, tube much protruded, middle lobe 

 of lower lip short and broad.— Isle of Wight. P. VIII. — X. E. 



** Whorls of 6 simple separate peduncles. Acinos Moench. 



4. C. Acinos (Clairv.) ; 1. ovate subserrate acute with revolute 

 margins, cal. tubular gibbous below distinctly 2-lipped, upper 

 hp with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth all con- 

 verging in fruit.— £^. B. 41]. St. 70. 5. Thymus Sm.— St. 6—8 

 in. long. Fl. blue. — Dry gravelly places and limestone rocks. 

 A. ? VII. VIII. Basil Thyme. 



*** Fl. in dense axillary whorls. Bracts forming a kind of 

 involucre. Clinopodium Linn. 



5. C. Clinopodium (Spenn.); 1. ovate obtuse rounded below 

 slightly crenate, whorls equal many-flovi'ered, bracts setaceous as 

 long as the calyx. — E. B. 1401. Clinopodium vulgare Sm. — St. 

 1 — H foot high. Fl. purple in 2 or 3 dense whorls, the upper- 

 most terminal.— Dry bushy places. P. VII. VIII. Wild Basil. 



Tribe IV. Melissinea. 



7. Melissa Linn. Balm. 



[*I. M. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate crenate-serrate acute paler be- 

 neath, cal. subcampanulate sHghtly ventricose in front distinctly 

 2-lipped, upper lip flat truncate with 3 short broad teeth, lower 



