By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



05 



1. 0. vulgare, (Linn.) common wild Marjoram. Engl. Bot. t, 

 1143. St. 13, 3. 



Locality. On banks by roadsides, also dry hilly and bushy 

 places, especially where the substratum is chalk or limestone. P. 

 Fl. August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts. Stems about 1 foot high, hairy, of 

 a reddish or purple hue. Leaves often slightly toothed, very con- 

 spicuously dotted with glands. Flowers rose-colour, rarely white. 

 Whole plant powerfully fragrant and aromatic. 



" The Thyme strong-scented 'neath one's feet, 

 And Marjoram so doubly sweet." 



Calamintha, (Moench.) Calamint. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 



Name. From (halos) sweet, and (mentha) mint. 



1. C. officinalis, (Moench.?) Common Calamint. Thymus Cala- 

 mintha, Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 1676. C. menthcefolia Host. 



Locality. Hedge-banks and borders of fields, particularly in 

 chalky and gravelly soils. P. Fl. July, September. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Tn all the Districts but sparingly distributed. Leaves stalked, 

 ovate and toothed. Flowers very variable in size, usually turned 

 to one side in loose cymes. Calyx tubular, ribbed, the teeth finely 

 pointed, those of the lower lip finer and longer than the upper 

 ones. Flowers purplish. Larger in all its parts than the next 

 species. 



2. C. Nepeta, (Clairv.) Lesser Calamint. Engl. Bot. t. 1414. 

 St. 70, 3. Thymus Sm. 



Locality. On dry banks and by waysides on a chalky soil. P. 

 Fl. July, August. Area, * * * 4. * 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, "By the roadside near Lacock Abbey," 

 Dr. Alexander Prior. 



This is the only locality recorded at present for C. Nepeta in 

 "Wilts. Other plants so named by several correspondents are 

 merely small-leaved examples of C. officinalis, growing in dry and 



