TEUCRIUM. 



Whether SclirL-bo.'« T. roliwdl/oliuni, Willd. n. 46, to 

 which the figures of Bocconc and Barrelier, cited for the 

 former, are faid to helong, be more than a variety, we have 

 no means of determining. 



T. Polium. White Foley Germander. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 792. Willd. n. 52. Ait. n. 31, Sm. Fl. Grxc. Sibth. 

 t. 535, unpubli(hed. (T. Teuthrion ; Schreb. Unilab. 46. 

 Polium montanum; Ger. Em. 653, 654. P. montanum 

 album fcrratum, Src. ; Barrel. Ic. t. 1074.) — Heads round- 

 ilh, leafy. Leaves fedilc, oblong, obtufe, convex, bluntly 

 crenate, dcnfely woolly. Calyx very woolly, obtufe, pomt- 



lefs Native of mountains in Italy, Spain, and the fouth 



of France ; very common in Greece, the Archipelago, and 

 througliout the Levant ; rarely fcen in our gardens, being 

 impatient of wet. The root is woody and very ftrong. 

 Stems numerous, a fpan long, afcending, ereft, or partly 

 decumbent, round, clothed, like the reft of the herbage, 

 with extremely foft, white, woolly down. I. eaves nume- 

 rous, oppofitc, half an inch or an inch long, thick and 

 vooUy, their edges remarkably deflexcd, with ftrong, round, 

 recurved teeth ; tlie bafc flightly wedgc-ftiaped, fcarcely 

 ilalked. Flowers numerous, in denfe, feilile, terminal, often 

 aggregate, heads, or (liort fpikcs, intermixed with leaves ; 

 the lower heads ufually ftalked. Calyx very woolly and 

 obtufe. Corolla wiiite, with a yellow palate. 



Schreber, who is followed by Willdenow, makes nume- 

 rous fpecies out of the reputed varieties of this plant, of 

 which we are unable, for want of fufficient means of examin- 

 ation, to form an opinion. The charafters given do not 

 fatisfy us, nor do the fpecimens we have feen afford better. 



The moft llriking of the whole is 7'. aureum, Schreb. 

 Unilab. 43. Willd. n. 48. Ait. n. 30. Cavan. Ic. v. 2. 

 16. t. 17, remarkable for the golden tint on its heads and 

 upper leaves. This has ufually a folitary head or fpike, 

 and perhaps the calyx-teeth are more (lender and acute than 

 in the common T. Polium, which merits inquiry. On the 

 other hand, T. capitatum, wliich we ihall next defcribe, ap- 

 proaches nearly to fome of the above-mentioned varieties, 

 fo that perhaps, they ought to be referred to it, rather than 

 to Polium. 



T. capitatum. Purple Foley Germander. Linn. Sp. PL 

 792. Willd. n. 56. Ait. n. 32. Cavan. Ic. v. 2. 17. 

 t. 119. Sm. Fl. Grajc. Sibth. t. 536, unpubhftied. (Fo- 

 lium monfpeffulanum ; Bauh. Hift. v. 3. 299.) — Heads 

 roundifh, leafy, lateral and terminal, ftalked. Stern crofs- 

 branched. Leaves feifile, Unear-oblong, obtufe, convex, 



crenate, hoary. Calyx woolly, oblong, obtufe, pointlefs 



Native of hills in Siberia, Spain, the fouth of France, 

 Zante, Cyprus, and Greece. This is of a more (lender 

 habit thau the laft, lefs woolly, and more hoai-y, w ith purple 

 f.owers, a more elongated tubular calyx, and nai-rower leaves. 

 The tube of the corolla alfo is longer, and much lefs bell- 

 (baped, or inflated in the throat. It is nearly related to 

 T. Polium, but furcly a diftinft fpecies. 



T. cuneifolium. Wedge -leaved Foley Germander. Sm. 

 Prodr. Fl. Grxc. Sibth. n. 131 1. Fl. Grsc. t. 537, un- 

 pubhrtied — Heads terminal, denfe. Leaves rounded, deeply 

 crenate; wedge-ftiaped at the bafe ; woolly all over. Calyx 

 blunt, pointlefs — Gathered by Dr. Sibthorp, on the Spha- 

 ciote mountains of Crete. The general outline of the plant 

 anfwers to T. rot mi cl'i folium, Willd. n. 46 ; but that is a far 

 lefs woolly plant, with a pointed calyx, and not allied to the 

 Polium tribe. The prefent has round, traihng, (hrubby, 

 crofs-branched ferns, a foot or more in length. Every 

 part of the herbage is covered with thick, white, foft, 

 woolly or velvetty down. Leaves, with their ftalks, an 

 inch long. Flowers fnow-white, in aggregate terminal 



heads. Calyx tubular, with (hort rounded teeth. Seg- 

 ments of the uppjr lip of the corolla large, as long as thv 

 Jlamens, which they embrace, and partly concc;J. Anther.s 

 red. 



T. alpefh-e. Sharp-toothed Alpine Foley Germander. 

 Sm. Prodr. Fl. Gra:c. Sibth. n. 1312. Fl. Gra.'c. t. 538, 



unpubliftied Flowers axfllary, folitarv. Leaves wedge- 



(liaped, rounded, deeply crenate, downy. Stem tufted, 

 much branched. — Found by Dr. Siblhorp, upon the moll 

 lofty fummits of the Spachiote mountains of Crete. The 

 root is woody, dividing at the cixivn into innumerable ftrong, 

 woody, deprelTedy?.";?;/, which bear a denfe tuft of afcend- 

 ing, leafy, downy branches, hardly a (inger's length. Leavti 

 ftalked, greyifti, about half an inch long, obtufe. Flonuers 

 oppofite, on ITiort ftalks, from the bofoms of two or three 

 of the uppermoft pair of leaves. Calyx tubular, finely 

 downy. Tube, throat, and upper lip of the corolla, pale 

 yellow ; lower lip white, its middle fegment deeply concave. 



T. pumilum. Rofemary-leaved Foley Germander. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 792. Willd. n. 61. (Polium montanum pumilum 

 rubrum ; Barrel. Ic. t. 1092, 1093.) — Heads terminal, 

 folitary, feflile, leafy. Leaves crowded, felTile, linear, revo- 

 lute, fmooth ; downy beneath. Stems afcending, woolly. 



Calyx pointed Native of hills in Spain, flowering in July 



and Auguft. — From the woody perennial root, fpring feveral, 

 more or lefs ereft, fimple or branched, leafy Jlems, three or 

 four inches long, clothed with denfe, foft, white wool. The 

 leaves are hardly an inch long, crowded and fomewhat im- 

 bricated, in four rows, narrow, ftrongly revolute, obtufe ; 

 convex, green and pohlhed on the upper fide ; concave, 

 with a downy rib, juft vifible beneath. Calyx ribbed, downy, 

 with (hort, thick, fpinous points. Tube of the corolla 

 flender, downy, as well as the outfide of the limb. 



We are quite imable to imagine how T. Libaiiilis of 

 Schreber, Willd. n. 60. Cavan. Ic. v. 2. 17. t. 118, came 

 to be diftingui(hed from pumilum, as there does not appear 

 to be the leaft difference between them, except the Jlem of 

 Libanitis being more ereft ; but that circumftance is evi- 

 dently variable. 7". verticillatum, Cavan. t. 198. Willd. 

 n. 59, feems alfo but a variety ; though we prefume not to 

 determine this without feeing a fpecimen. 



T. J'piiiofum. Thorny Germander. Linn. Sp. PI. 793. 

 Willd. n. 64. Ait. n. 33. Sm. Fl. Grasc. Sibth. t. 539, 

 unpubliftied. ( Chamsdrys fpinofa ; Bauh. Prodr. 117. 

 Scordium fpinofum odoratum ; Cornut. Canad. 123. t. 124. 

 Barrel. Ic. t. 202. S. fpinofum; Cavan. Ic. v. i. 19. t.31.) 

 — Stem and branches fpinous, hairy. Flowers axillary, oppo- 

 fite. Upper fegment of the calyx ovate ; the reft awl-(haped, 

 fpinous Native of fields and hilly places in Spain and Por- 

 tugal. Dr. Sibthorp met with it in fields between Smyrna 

 and Burfa. The root is annual. Stem branched copioufly 

 from the very bottom, about a foot high, buftiy, the branches 

 oppofite, crofting each other in pairs, fpreading, fquare, 

 clothed with very foft prominent hairs, tipped with ftrong 

 fpines, and furniftied with fmaller lateral ones, particularly 

 at the infertion of the leaves and flowers. Leaves feflile, 

 deflexed, fmall, oblong, obtufe, notched, green, hairy. 

 Flo'Tuers numerous, folitary or in pairs, from the bofoms of 

 the dimini(hed or upper leaves, each on a (hort, round, hairy 

 JlalL Calyx deflexed and bent at the bafe, then horizontal 

 and fomevi'hat bell-fliaped ; its upper fegment very broad, 

 ribbed, fpinous-pointed, ereft, or rather reflexed, the four 

 others (horter, prominent, afcending, pungent. Corolla 

 white, with red ftripes on its upper lip ; the middle feg- 

 ment of the lower very large, (lightly concave ; the bafe of 



the tube globular The Jloivers are by no means reverfed, 



refupinati, in Sibthorp's figure of this fpecfes, though 



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