THYMUS. 



/9. Scrpyllum citratum ; Gcr. Em. S7 ■ • R'^'"- ^°"°P- 

 Irr. t. 41. l.cmoii Thyme. 



,. Thymus lanuginofus ; WillJ. n. 2. (1 -• Serpyllum 

 i; Linn. Sp. PI. 825. Th. pnni.onicus ; AUion. Pod.-m. 

 >. 1. 20. Th. n. 236. Hall. Hid. V. I. 103. Serpy-Uum 

 montanum hirfutum ; Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 42.) Hoary 

 Mother of Thvnu'. 



Flowers capitate. Stems decumbent, creepmg. I^^^v*' 

 flat, ovate, obtufe ; fringed at the bafe — Native of dry 

 heaths and hiHocks, as well as alpine pafturcf, throughout 

 Europe, from Sweden to Greece, flowering all fummer 

 long. Its entangled brandies form an clallic perennial turf, 

 exhaling a warm aromatic odour when trodden upon, which 

 varies in degree, and, in tlie well-known variety B, aflumes 

 the grateful flavour of lemon-peel. The hoary or woolly 

 variety we believe to be no more fpecifically diftinft, not- 

 withll'anding Willdenow's remark, of its being unchanged 

 by culture ; for he does not mention liaving raifed it from 

 feed. The Jlems of Th. Serpyllum are wiry and flender, 

 always wavy, never ilraight ; their branches leafy and downy, 

 afccnding, each terminating in a httle round head of numer- 

 ous purple ^owfr/, whofe palate is Tariegated with white and 

 crimfon. Leaves dotted, llrongly fringed at the bafe, as are 

 their fooljlalis throughout. Slipitlas none. Bees frequent 

 the fio'joers in great numbers. Hairy fwellings, caufed by 

 an infett, are common on the young Ihoots. 'Y\i<t feeds are 

 rarely perfcfted. 



2. Th. Ixvtgatus. Smooth Arabian Thyme. Vahl. 

 Symb. v. 2. 65. Willd. n. 3. (Th. Serpyllum ; ForOv. 

 itgypt.-Arab. 107.) — " Flowers capitate. Stems pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves hnear, obtufe, feflile ; contradled at the 

 bafe." — Found bv Forflcall, on mount Chadra, in Arabia 

 Felix. Stems flirubby, tliread-rtiaped ; fmooth in the lower 

 part, villous above, grey, with jointed annulated branches. 

 Leai<es half as long as the nail, very fmooth, without ribs, 

 dotted on both fides ; fringed at the bafe. Head oi Jlowers 

 feflile, terminal, hemifpherical, furrounded with numerous 

 larger leaves. Calyx marked with elevated hairy lines ; its 

 teeth awl-fliaped, fringed. Corolla rather hairy. Vahl. 



3. Th. montana. Smooth Mountain Thyme. Waldfl:. 

 ct Kitaib. Hungar. v. i. 72. t. 71. Willd. n. 13, excluding 

 the red of the fynonyms, which belong to our Th. Serpyllum, 

 var. 7. Ait. n, 7. — Flowers in elongated heads. Stem 

 crcft, branched. Leaves ovate, obtufe, flat, fmooth and 

 naked, entire — Native of the Carpathian mountains. We 

 received it from the Cambridge garden, in 1803. The root 

 is perennial, with many long branching fibres. Stem a fpan 

 high, bufliy ; the angles downy, with fine recurved hairs. 

 Leaves ftalked, broadly ovate, (lightly revolute ; very fmooth 

 and even above ; deftitute of fringe at the bafe. Inflorefcence 

 like Th. Serpyllum, but rather more elongated, or fpiked, 

 and Xhefoivers fmaller, with a much lefs hairy, though not 

 fmooth, calyx, the hairs of wliofe orifice are fcarcely promi- 

 nent at all, by no means fo confpicuous as in the Serpyllum. 



4. Th. nummularius. Money-wort Thyme. Marfch. a 

 Cieberll. Taur. v. 2. 58 — Flowers capitate. Stems de- 

 cumbent, creeping, hairy. Leaves roundifli-ovate, flat, ob- 

 tufe; fomcwhat fringed at the bafe and midrib Native of 



mount Caucafus. We received wild fpecimens from Dr. 

 Fifcher. This has a very diff"erent afped from Th. Serpyl- 

 lum, on account of its almoil orbicular leaves, and the he- 

 mifpherical leafy heads of jloiuers: Every part moreover is 

 three or four times the fize of that common fpecies. The 

 joints of \.\\<tjlem are remarkably villous in their upper part, 

 cfpecially near \S\eJlo-wers. Sometimes, it is fajd, the whole 

 plant 13 denfely hairy. 



5. Th. Marfchallianus. Bufhy Taurian Thyme. Willd. 



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11. 8. Marfah. a Bieberft. Taur. v. 2. 59 — Flowrers in 

 elongated heads. Stem flirubby ; its flowering branches ereft. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, bluntifli, flat, fomewhat triple- 

 ribbed ; fringed at the bafe. Frequent in dry grafly hilly 

 places, about mount Caucafus, flowering from May to Au- 

 guft;. This feems by the defcription more akin to Th. Ser- 

 pyllum than to Th. Zygis, for which latter it was taken by 

 Pallas. The Jlem is procumbent, fending up numerous 

 fimple flowering-branches, fix inches high, downy in the 

 upper part. Leaves eight lines long, one and a half broad, 

 on very fliort ft;alks. Calyx hairy, ftriated. It varies with 

 leaves but half as broad. 



6. Th. vulgaris. Common Garden Thyme. Linn. Sp. PI. 



825. Willd. n. 4. Ait. n. 2. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 109. 

 (Thymumdurius; Ger. Em. 573.) — Stem flirubby, much 

 branched, ereft. Leaves ovate, revolute. Whorls crowded 

 int© leafy fpikes. — Found on ftony hills in Spain, Portu- 

 gal, the fouth of France, Greece, and the Archipelago. 

 Common in gardens, flowering during fummer. The 

 Bern is bufliy, woody and rigid. Leaves a quarter of an 

 inch long, various in breadth, downy, of a greyifli hue, 

 numerous, with little axillary tufts of fmaller ones. 

 Flowers fmall, light purple, in hairy heads, or fhort fpikes, 

 with two or three remote whorls beneath. Calyx-teeth 

 ftrongly fringed. This has ufually a warm pungent fla- 

 vour, like Winter Savory ; but there is a fweet-fcented 

 variety, called Frankincenfe-Thyme, differing in no other 

 refpeft from the common fort, which is commonly cul- 

 tivated in Norfolk, and highly grateful to moft people. 

 Th'j flu/ao; of Diofcorides is not, as Bauhin fuppofed, this 

 plant, but Satureja capitata. 



7. Th. lanceolatus. Lanceolate Thyme. Desfont. At- 

 lant. V. 2. 30. t. 128. Willd. n. 5. Prodr. Fl. Grsec. 

 n. 1396. — .Stem flirubby, ereft. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 obtufe, entire, downy, fiat. Whorls crowded into a denfe 



fpike Found by profeflor Desfontaines, flowering in the 



early fpring, on mount Atlas, and by profeflor Sibthorp in 

 hilly places in Greece. Root creeping, woody. Stems nu- 

 merous, fimple or branched, about fix inches high, downy. 

 Leaves near an inch long, and one-third as broad, rather 

 crowded ; veiny and dotted beneath. Spikes two inches 

 long, interfperfed with lanceolate bradeas. Calyx downy. 

 Corolla purple, glandular, about the fize of the laft. 



8. Th. numidicus. Nuniidian Thyme. Desfont. At- 



lant. V. 2. 29. Willd. n. 6 " Stem fomewhat flirubby, 



ereft. Leaves linear, fpreading, fmooth ; ribbed beneath. 

 Flowers capitate. Brafteas ovato-lanceolate, fringed. Ca- 

 lyx hairy." — Native of Barbary near La Calle. A little J 

 hn^Y Jhrub, four inches high, with flender upright branches, ■ 

 downy in the upper part. Leaves entire, with axillary tufts. 

 Floivers in oblong heads. Calyx villous, ilriated. Corolla 

 fmall, rofe-coloured. Allied to Th. Zygis, but the leaves 

 are quite fmooth, not fringed ; and the bradeas broader at 

 the bafe. Desfontaines. 



9. Th. Zygis. White Spanifli Thyme. Linn. Sp. PI. 



826. Mant. 413. Willd. n. 7. Ait. n. 3. Sm. Fl. 

 Graec. Sibth. t. 574, unpubliftied. (Thymum angufl:o 

 longioreque folio ; Barrel. Ic. t. 777. Serpillum fylvellre, 

 Zygis Diofcoridis ; Cluf. H'ft. v. i. 358. S.creticum; Ger. 

 Em. 571.) — Stem flirubby, afcending. Leaves linear -lan- 

 ceolate, obtufe, revolute ; tapering and fringed at the bafe. 



Whorls crowded into leafy fpikes Native of Spain and the 



Levant. Dr. Sibthorp gathered it on hills about Athens 

 and Conft;antinople. Mr. Malcolm is faid in Hort. Kew. 

 to have had the plant in his garden in 1 77 1. Linnaeus cul- 

 tivated it at Upfal. The root is woody and perennial. Stems 

 numerous, from four to fix inches long, leafy, round, finely 



downy. 



