THYMUS. 



ufually three or four in a whorl, fomctimes Hve or f.x. 

 ^•.,/,. «nth a Ihorlilh furrowed tube, very gibbous at th. 

 U. b«nea,h; its upper hp bro.d ; lower of two awl- 

 Ihaped fringed teeth ; both tn.ged w.th red. Corolla of a 

 purplilh cnmfon, large and handfome, downy u. the mouth, 

 « well a. at the bntE, which latter is the cafe with yianos, 

 iiA>;/iuy, andallof ihefamctribe. . 



I-. Th. mar^ln^lus. Thick-edged Thyme. Sm. in 

 Dickf. Dr. PI. n. 71. (Th. Piperella; AU.on. Pedem. 

 VI 'I t. 37. f. 3, excluding the fynonyms. ) — Malks 

 minv-floweredl lateral and terminal. Leaves ovate, nearly 

 fmooth. nbbed, entire, with a thick cartilaginous margin. 

 Calvx-teeth nearly equal. Stems (Tirubby, afcending.— Un 

 the 'rocks of the maritime alps of Piedmont very abundantly. 

 yf/liom. Of more humble flature than the laft, with many 

 round, flender, downy, purplilh, afcending /cmJ, about a 

 finger's length, branched at the bafc only- Leaves nezAy 

 felhle, inclining to heart-fhaped, covered with refinous dots, 

 fomctimes flightly downy, remarkable for their thick, 

 fmooth, pale margin. Floiver-Jlalh chiefly axillary, about 

 35 long as the leaves, fomewhat corymbofe, downy, bearing 

 fovcral fmall ovate bradeas, and three or four Jlowers, 

 Calyx cylindrical, furrowed ; all its fegments awl-rtiaped, 

 and not very unequal, none of them fringed. Corolla with 

 a (lender hairy tube, twice as long as the calyx, and a fhort 

 rounded limb. The whole plant is warm and pungent, 

 highly aromatic. It is very diftinft from the following. 



18. Th. Piperella. Pepper Thyme. Linn. Syft. Nat. 

 ed. 12. V. 2. 400. Willd. n. 14, excluding the fynonym 

 of AUioni, and poffibly thofe of Vahl and Forfkall. ( Marum 

 hifpanicum nigrum, fiore purpureo, Piperella hifp ; Barrel. 

 Ic. t. 694. Bocc. Muf. 166. t. 117.) — Stalks many- 

 flowered, lateral. Leaves ovate, fomewhat heart-fhaped, 

 obtufe, entire, fmooth, ftrongly ribbed, copioufly dotted. 

 Upper lip of the calyx very broad ; lower fringed. — Native 

 of Spain. The rooMs perennial. ■S^^'mj- apparently trailing, 

 a fpan long, branched, bluntly quadrangular, finely downy. 

 Lea-ves varying in fize, but fcarcely more than a quarter of 

 an inch long at the mofl, thick, flat, without any cartila- 

 ginous edges, their ribs numerous, parallel and ftrong. 

 Footjlalhs fhort, downy. Flowers in axillary, corymbofe, 

 downy, leafy tufts, with ovate braSeas. Upper lip of 

 the cjlyx remarkably broad, and rather the longefl:, covered 

 with refinous dots ; lower ftrongly fringed. Corolla a little 

 longer than the calyx, pale, dotted with refinous points. 

 The odour of the plant is mofl like Th. Serpyllum- Vahl 

 fpeaks of a border to the leaves, which induces a fufpicion 

 that he took our margmatus for Piperella. 



19. 'T\\. Brownei. Jamaica Thyme. Swartz. Prodr. 89. 

 Ind. Occ. 101 1. Willd. n. 15. (Th. n. i ; Browne Jam. 

 2J9. ) — Stalks axillary, thread-fhaped, fingle-flowered. 

 Leaves orbicular-heart-fhaped, crenate, fmooth. Calyx- 

 teeth ovato-lanceolate, nearly equal. Stem herbaceous, 

 procumbent. — Native of moift grafly places, near rivulets, 

 in Jamaica and Hifpaniola, flowering all fummer. The 

 root is annual, fibrous. Stems a foot long, creeping, flender, 

 quadrangular, fmooth, often purple, with fhort leafy 

 branches. Leaves about half an inch long, not unlike fome 

 of our annual Veronicie, paler beneath, on flender flalks. 

 Flowers purplifh-white, fmall, on long, very flender, folitary 

 flalks. Calyx cylindrical, fmooth, ft^rongly furrowed, with 

 broad pointlefs teeth. Swartz fays it has a very ftrong 

 fmell, like Mentha arvenfis. 



20. Th. JUiformis. Minorca Thyme. Ait. n. 8. Willd. 

 n. 16. — Stalks axillary, thread-ihaped, fingle-flowered. 

 Leaves heart-fhaped, bluntly pointed, entire, with a thick 

 canJlaginous margin. Stems thread-ftiaped, decumbent. — 



Native of the Balearic iflands. Introduced into our green- 

 houfes in 1770, by Mr. Malcolm. The root is perennial, 

 woody. Stems from four to fix inches long, trailing, pur- 

 plifli, flightly branched. Leaves ftalked, agreeing with 

 thofe of u. 17. in their tumid margin, but not half fo large, 

 and more pointed. Flowers very fmall. Calyx ovate, 

 furrowed ; its three upper teeth broadeft and fhorteft ; lower 

 ones fringed. 



2 1 . Th. incamis. Hoary Calamint Thyme. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grsc. Sibth. n. 1405. Fl. Grsec. t. 577, unpublifhed. 

 (Calamintha orientalis annua, ocymi folio, flore minimo ; 

 Tour. Cor. 12, by the charadler. ) — Whorls fimply ftalked, 

 of about fix flowers. Leaves roundifh, entire, clothed with 

 hoary down. Beard of the calyx concealed. Stems pro- 

 cumbent. Common in the iflands of the Archipelago, and 



about Athens. The root is woody, and but for Tourne- 

 fort's fynonym, we fhould judge it perennial. Stems her- 

 baceous, numerous, diffufe, a foot long, with oppofite leafy 

 branches, clothed, like every part of the herbage, with fine, 

 foft, grey pubefcence. Leaves ftalked, convex, ribbed, 

 rounded and blunt, half an inch in diameter. Flowers 

 fcarcely projefting beyond the leaves, on fimple hairy ftallcs. 

 Calyx ovate, tumid, ribbed ; with lips of equal length ; the 

 upper broad, abrupt, three-toothed : converging hairs of 

 the throat concealed in the tube. Upper lip of the corolla 

 pink, hairy ; lower white ; palate dotted with red. 



22. Th. grandiflorus. Large-flowered Calamint Thyme. 

 Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 997. (Th. carohnianus ; Michaux 

 Boreal-Amer. V. 2. 9. Calamintha grandiflora ; Purfh4l4. ) 

 — Whorls fimply flalked, of about ten flowers. Leaves 

 ovate, ferrated, nearly fmooth. Beard of the calyx con- 

 cealed. Stems ereft, fhrubby — On the banks of the river 

 Savannah, in Georgia and Carolina, flowering in July and 

 Auguft. Purjh. Cultivated by John Walker, efq. at 

 Southgate, about 1804. The roons perennial. .J/cmj bufliy, 

 with oppofite branches, a foot or more in height. Leaves 

 ftalked, deflexed, above an inch long, green, fomewhat 

 downy to the touch only. Flowers large, pale purple, with 

 a vaulted upper lip, and a dotted palate. Upper lip of the 

 calyx very broad. 



23. Th. Calamintha. Common Calamint Thyme. Fl. 

 Brit. n. 3. Engl. Bot. t. 1676. (Meliffa Calamintha; 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 827. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 147. Calamintha ; 

 Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 46. f. 2. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 76. 

 C. vulgaris officinarum ; Ger. Em. 687.) — Whorls ftalked, 

 many-flowered, forked. Leaves hairy, with fhallow ferra- 



tures. Beard of the calyx concealed. Stem ereft 



Native of dry banks, and the borders of fields, efpecially on 

 a gravelly foil, in England and the more fouthern parts of 

 Europe, flowering in July and Auguft. The whole herb 

 has a peculiarly fweet and grateful fragrance. The root is 

 perennial. Stem twelve or eighteen inches high, hairy, with 

 many oppofite branches. Leaves broad, ovate, bluntifh, on 

 long ftalks. Flowers copious, pale lilac, the whorls be- 

 coming leaflefs in the upper part of the branches. BraBeas 

 briflle-fhaped, fringed. Calyx ovate, furrowed, briftly ; its 

 broad upper hp deeply three-cleft ; lower fringed. 



24. Th. Nepeta. LefTer Calamint Thyme. Fl. Brit, 

 n. 4. Engl. Bot. t. 1414. (Melifla Nepeta ; Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 828. WiUd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 147. Curt. Lond. fafc. 6. 

 t. 40. Calamintha odore pulegii ; Ger. Em. 687. C. folio 

 incano ; Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 47. ) — Whorls ftalked, many- 

 flowered, forked, longer than the leaves. Leaves ferrated. 



Beard of the calyx prominent. Stem ereft Native of 



chalky banks, and the borders of fields, plentifully in 

 England, and throughout the fouth of Europe ; very 

 common in Greece and the Archipelago, flowering in 



Auguft, 



