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THYMUS Lmnai Gen. PL Didynamia Gymnospermia» 



Calycis bilabiati faux villis claufa» 



Rail Synop. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et HeRb^e verticillat;e. 

 THYMUS Acinos caulibus adfcendentibuSj foliis dentato-ferratis, calycibus bafi ventricofis* 

 THYMUS Acinos floribus verticillatis, pedunculis unifloris caulibus ere&is fubramofis, foliis acutis, 



,ferratis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 452. Flor. Suecic. p. 209. 

 CLINOPODIUM foliis ovatis acutis ferratis, flore foliis breviore. Haller. hjl. heh. n. 237. 

 THYMUS Acinos. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. p. 426. n. 735. 

 CLINOPODIUM arvenfe ocimi facie. Bauhin. pin. p. 225. 

 CLINOPODIUM minus five vulgare. Parkin/on. 21. 

 OCYMUM fy lveftre. Gerard, emac. 6j$. 

 ACINOS multis. Bauhin. hjl. 32. 259. Rati Syn. p. 238. Wild Bafil. Hudfon PL Angl p-. 236* 



RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. 



CAULES adfcendentes, femipedales, tetragon!, ramofi, 



hirfuti, purpurafcentes ; Rami cauli fimiles 



longi, patentes, imi oppofiti. 



FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovato-acuta, medium interi- 

 us petiolo proximum integrum, exterius mu- 

 croni proximum dentatum, margines paululum 

 reflexi, ciliati, nervo medio venifque fubtus 

 hirfutis, fnperne vix hirfuta, impun&ata, ve- 

 nis quam in ferpyllo profundius exaratis. 



FLORES pedunculati, verticillati, fpicati, plerumque 

 fex in fingulo verticillo. 



CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, 

 bafi ventricojum, ftriatum, hirfutum, quinque- 

 dentatum, dentibus tribus fuperioribus brevio- 

 ribus, reflexis, inferioribus fetaceis, fauce villis 

 claufo, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa, purpurea, bilabiata, 

 labium fuperius brevius, obtufum, reflexum, 

 emarginatum, inferius trifidum, laciniis fubro- 

 timdis, medio produdtiore fubemarginato, 'macula 

 alba, lunulata, prominente, not at a, fig. 3, 4, 5. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo lon- 



giora, Corolla breviora ; ANTHERiE parv^e, 



rubrae, fig. 6. 

 PISTILLUM : Germen quadripartitum ; Stylus fili- 



formis longitudine Staminum; Stigma bifi- 



dum, acutum,.^-. 7. 

 PERICARPIUM nullum 

 SEMINA quatuor oblonga intra Calycem, fig. 8, 9. 



ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous^ 



STALKS adfcending, about fix inches high, fquare* 

 branched, hirfute, purplifh ; Branches like 

 the ftalk, long, fpreading, the bottom ones 

 oppolite. 



LEAVES oppofite, ftanding on foot-ftalks, of a pointed 

 oval fhape, the inner middle part of them next 

 the foot-ftalks entire, the outer middle 'part 

 next the point indented, the edges turned a little 

 back and ciliated, the midrib and veins on the 

 under fide of the leaf hirfute, the upper furface 

 of the leaves fcarcely hairy, without any dots, 

 the veins deeper than in the common Wild 

 Thyme. 



FLOWERS growing on foot-ftalks, in whirls, forming 

 a fpike, generally fix in each whirl. 



CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, belly- 

 ing out at bottom, floated, hirfute, having five 

 teeth, the three uppermoft of which arefhorteir. 

 and turned back, the lower ones flender and 

 tapering, the moth clofed up with fhort hairs, 



fig- I- 



COROLLA monopetalous, tubular, purple, having two 

 lips, the uppermoft of which is fhorteft, blunt, 

 turned back, with a flight notch in it; the 

 lowermoft divided into three roundifh fegments, 

 the middle one of which is longer than the 

 others, very flightly notched in, and marked 

 with a raifed white femilunar /pot, jig. 3 , 4, 5 . 



STAMINA : four Filaments, two long and two 

 fhort, within the Corolla ; Anthers fmall 

 and red, jig, 6 . 



PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts ; Style 

 filiform, the length of the Stamina ; Stigma 

 bifid and acute, fig. 7. 



SEED-VESSEL none. 



SEEDS. Four oblong feeds within the Calyx, fig. 8, 9. 



As there are only two fpecies of Thyme growing wild in this Kingdom, and thofe very different from each other, 

 the young Botanift cannot be at a lofs in diftinguiihing them ; with the Thymus alpinus, (figured by that accurate 

 Botanift Jacquin, in his Fl. Aujiriac, who has contributed much to the advancement of botanic knowledge,) 

 this plant has a much greater affinity, but may be diftinguifhed by attending to the fize of the flowers and the fhape 

 of the Calyx : the flowers of the alpinus are nearly twice as large as thofe of the acinos, and the Calyx of the latter has 

 a protuberance at its bale which we do not find either in the alpinus or jerpyllum ; a white circular mark in the 

 mouth of the flowers, makes the blofloms of this fpecies ftrikingiy different from thofe of Wild Thyme. 



The moft common place of growth for this plant is in uncultivated fields, particularly where the foil is chalky 9 

 about Charlton it is found in abundance, flowering in July and Auguft. 



A variety with a white flower fometimes occurs. 



The fame agreeable aromatic flavour predominates in this fpecies as in the Wild Thyme, whence it is pro- 

 bable that their virtues are very fimilar. 



