348 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA 



Gallice — Serpolet. Gcrmanice — Der Thymian. Hisp. — Tomillo. 



Root perennial^ ligneous. Stems 4/o G inches high, nurnerous, rather erects 

 much branched, ami matted together at base, suffruticosc, clothed with a short cin- 

 ereous pubescence. Leaves 1 fourth to half an inch long, and 1 eighth to 1 fourth <f 

 an inch wide, revolute o?i the margin, punctate, slightly pubescent beneath, tujxr* 

 ing to a petiole at base, which is sometchat ciliate tcith long hairs. Flowers in 

 interrupted verticils, forming terminal leafy spikes. Calyx hirsute, strongly rib. 

 bed ; segments of the loxcer lippic'.inately ciliate. Corolla pale pu?ple. 



Hab. Gardens : frequent. Fl. June— Aug. Fr. Aug— Sept. 



Obs. Cultivated in kitchen gardens, as a pleasant condiment for many dishes. 

 There arc no native sj>ecies in the C Statin. 



277. S ATTIRE J A. L. Gen. PL 961. 

 [A name supposed to be derived from the Arabic.] 



Oalyx tubular-campanulate, 10-nerved, deeply and nearly equally 5. 

 toothed, or obscurely bilabiate ; throat naked. Corolla bilabiate ; up. 

 per lip erect, flat ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lobes nearly equal. 

 Stamens rather erect, diverging, scarcely exserted. 



1. S. houtensis, L. Stem erect, much branched; leaves oblong, 

 linear, acute, entire ; verticils axillary, pedunculate, feiv-Jloivered, 

 subcymose, the upper ones someivhat spiked* Benth. Lab. p, 352. 

 Garden Satuweja. Vulgo — Sunwier Savory. 

 Gallice — La Sarriette. Germ. — Die Saturey. Hispanice — Jljedrta. 



Root annual. Stem 6 to 12 inches high, obscurely \-angled, much branched, so 

 as to appear bushy, firm and svffruticose at base, roughish-pubescetit, mostly dark 

 purple. Leaves half an inch to an inch long, and 1 to 2 or 3 lines wide, narrowed 

 at base to a very short petiole, punctate, roughish with a short sjtirse pubescence. 

 Flowers in small axillary opposite pedunculate clusters, about 3 in each cluster, 

 the ujrper ones crowded i?ito a leafy spike ; bracts subulate-linear, hispid-ciliate. 

 Calyx-teeth rather longer than the tube, erect, hispid-ciliate. Corolla pale violet- 

 purple, sometchat pubescent, scarcely longer than the calyx-teeth. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the corolla. Akenes ovoid, roughish-dotted, of a livid color. 



Hab. Gardens: frequent. Fl. July— August. Fr. September. 



Obs. This fragrant herb is much adtivutcd,for culinary purjwes. There are 

 7io native species in the U. States. 



278. HYSSOPUS. /,. Mitt. Gen. 498. 

 [Latinized from Ezob; an ancient Hebrew name.] 



Calyx tubular, 15-nerved, equally 5-toothcd; throat naked. Corolla 

 bilabiate ; upper lip erect, flat, emarginate ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, 

 middle lobe larger ; tube as long as the calyx. Stamens exserted, di- 

 verging ; anthers 2-celled ; cells linear, divaricate. 



1. H. officinalis, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, rather acute, very 

 entire, sessile ; verticils secund, racemose, upper ones approximate. 

 Benth. Lab. p. 357. 



Officinal Hyssopus. Vulgo— Hyssop. Garden Hyssop. 

 Gallice — Hysope. Gormanice — Der hop. Hispanice — Hisopo. 



Root perennial. Stem 13 inches to 2 or 3 feel high, subterete, fruticose at base, 

 minutely pubescent, brown, much branched; branches virgatt, quadrangular, 

 pubescent, green. Leaves 3 fourths of an inch to an inch and half long, and 1 eighth 





