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flowers. (The ancient Greek name of the Thyme, probably from 6iia, to bunt 

 perfume, because it was used for incense.) 



1. T. Sbkptllum, L. (Ckeeping Thyme.) Prostrate; leaves green, 

 flat, ovate, entire, short-petioled, flowers crowded at the end of the branches. — 

 Old fields, E. New England and Ponn. : rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



T. TULoiBis, L., is the Gakden Thtmb, or Standino Thyme. 



11. SATVREtA, L. Savoky. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 10-nerved, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flat, nearly entire, the lower nearly equally 3-cleft. 

 Stamens 4, somewhat ascending. — Aromatic plants, with narrow entire leaves, 

 often clustered in the axils, and somewhat spiked purplish flowers. (The an- 

 cient Latin name.) 



1. S. HOKTfiiJSia, L. (SuMMBK Satoky.) Pubescent; clusters few-flow- 

 ered ; bracts small or none. (J) — Prairies of Illinois, and rocky islands at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Short: escaped from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



12. CALAMINTHA, Moench. Calamintu. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, mostly hairy in the throat, 2-lipped ; the upper lip 

 3-cleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla with a straight tube and an inflated throat, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; the upper lip erect, flattish, entire ; the lower spreading, 3- 

 paited, the middle lobe usually largest. Stamens 4, mostly ascending; the 

 anthers usually approximate in pairs. — Perennials, with mostly purplish or 

 whitish flowers : inflorescence various. (Name composed of koKos, beautifiil, 

 and fiivBa, Mint.) 



§ 1. CALAMfNTHA Propbe, Benth. — Calyx striate, scarcely gibbous at the 

 base : clusters of Jiowers hose and peduncled in the axils of tlie leaves, and forming 

 a raceme at the summit : bracts minute. 



1. C NiiPETA, Link. (Basil-Thyme.) Soft hairy; stem ascending (1°- 

 3° high) ; leaves petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate ; corolla (3" long) 

 about twice the length of the calyx. — Dry hills, Virgiuia, &c. (Xat. from Eu.) 



§ 2. CALOMELISSA, Benth. — Calyx nearly as ^ 1: whorls few-several-flow- 

 ered, .sessile ; flowers on slender naked pedicels ; the bracts at their base linear or 

 oblong, leaf like. 



2. C. glabella, Benth. Smooth; stems diffuse or spreading (l°-2° 

 long) ; leaves slightly petioled, oblong or oblong-linear, narrowed at the base 

 d'-l' long, or the largest lJ'-2' long), sparingly tootlicd, or nearly entire; 

 clusters 6 - 10-flowered ; corolla (purplish, 5" -6" long) fully twice the length 

 of the calyx, the teeth of the latter awl-pointed. (Cunila glabella, Michx. Mi- 

 cromeria, Benth.) — Limestone banks, near Frankfort, Kentucky (Short), and 

 southward. June. 



Var. Nltttdllii. Smaller; the flowering stems more upright (5' -9' high), 

 with narrower mostly entire leaves and fewer-flowered clusters ; while sterile 

 the runners from the base bear ovate thickish leaves only 2" - 5" long. (C. Nut- 



