Origanum.] cxii. LABiATiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 649 



lower early withering. Cymes ^-1 in., ovoid, 4-gonou8 ; bracts green or purple, 

 ovate, obtuse or acute. Flowers dimorphic, larger 2-sexual, purple, smaller 9 , paler. 

 Calyx-teeth short. O. laxiflorum, Boyle, is a prostrate state. 0. normale, Don, has 

 usually smaller less-coloured bracts, but intermediates are very common. 



21. TKVniUS, Linn. 



Small, slender, nmch-branclied shmbs, very aromatic. Leaves small, 

 quite entire. Cymes few-fld., in dense or lax spikes, bracts minute ; flowers 

 small. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 2-lipped; throat villous. Corolla obscurely 

 2-lipped; upper lip straight, flattish, notched, lower 8'-fid. Stamens 4, 

 distant, straight, lower pair longer; anther-cells parallel or diverging. 

 Style-lobes subu^te. Nutlets nearly smooth. — Species about 50, of N. 

 temperate regions. 



T. Serpylluxn, Linn. ; branches prostrate or ascending, leaves ovate 

 linear oblong or obovate obtuse. Benth. in DC. Frodr. xii. 200 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 554. T. linearis, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 31, Lah. 346, 

 and in BC. Prodr. xii. 202; Wall. Cat. 1567. 



Westebn Tempeeate HiMALiTA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-13,000 ft. 

 Westeen Tibet, alt. 10-15,000 ft. ; Strachey S( Winterbottom, &c. — Disteib. Europe, 

 N. Africa, W. and N. Asia. 



Glabrous or hairy. EootstocJc woody, stems or branches usually decumbent. 

 Leaves J-i in., short-petioled. Whorls capitate ; flowers dimorphic, males largest. 

 Calyx-teeth ciliate. Corolla J-| in., purple, very variable. — Common Thyme. 



22. KVSSOFUS, Linn. 



An undershrub. Leaves sessile, obtuse, entire. Wkorls 6-15-fld., secund, 

 axiUary and in terminal spikes. Calyx 15-nerved, 5-toothed, throat naked. 

 ■CoroiZa 2-lipped; upper lip erect, flat, notched; lower spreading, 3-lobed, 

 midlobe very broad. Stamens 4, exserted, diverging, lower longer ; anther- 

 cells hnear, spreading. Style-lobes subeq^ual, subulate. Nutlets narrow, 

 nearly smooth, triquetrous. 



K. officinalis, Linn.; Benth. in BC. Prodr. xii. 251; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 684 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 1. 1259. 



Westeen Himaiata ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-11,000 ft.. Falconer, &c. 

 — Disteib. E. Europe, W. Asia. 



Usually glabrous ; stem below branched, woody ; branches 1-2 ft., erect or 

 diffuse. Leaves sessile, oblong-linear or lanceolate. Calyx, fruiting J-^ in. long. 

 Corolla blueish-purple. 



23. mZCROnXERXA, Benth. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves usually small, entire or toothed. Whorls 

 axillary or in terminal spikes, rarely panicled ; flowers small. Calyx 

 13-nerved, 5-toothed or 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, flattish, 

 entire or notched; lower spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, lower longer 

 ascending, incurved with diverging tips ; auther-cells distinct, parallel, at 

 length diverging, connective usuafly thickened. SCyle-lobes equal or upper 

 very short, lower recurved flattened. Nutlets smooth. — Species about 60, 

 all regions but Australia. 



1. in. capltellata, Benth. in BC. Prodr. xii. 218 ; pubescent, stems 

 tall slender erect, leaves entire or subserrate obtuse, whorls subglobose 



