508 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMI A. 
Class XIV. 
8.393 
8394 
H395 
8396 
8397 
8398 
8399 
8400 
1275. 
8401 
8402 
8403 
8404 
8405 
8406 
8407 
8408 
8409 
8410 
8411 
8412 
8413 
8414 
8415 
8416 
8417 
8418 
8419 
8420 
1276. 
8421 
8422 
8423 
8424 
8425 
1277. 
8426 
8427 
8428 
8429 
8430 
8431 
8432 
1278. 
8433 
8434 
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smyrnEE'um W. 
heracleoticum IV. 
vulgare IV. 
on'ites W. 
megastachyumLzw/f. 
hirtum Link. 
oblongatum Liti/c. 
Majorana TV. 
majoranoides W. 
THY'MUS. L. 
serpyllum TV. 
lanuginosus W. 
oitriodorus P. S. 
angustifolius P. S. 
vulgaris W. 
pannonicus W. en. 
Marschallinus W. 
ericEetolius Eoth. 
acicularis P. S. 
lucidus W. en. 
Mastich'ma W. 
montanus W. 
nummularius Bieh. 
tomentosus W. en. 
Zygis W. 
croaticus P. S. 
cephalotes IV. 
villosus W. 
Tragorlganum W. 
filiformis W. 
A'CYNOS. Pers. 
vulgaris Pers. 
Thymus A'cinos W. 
villosus Pers. 
alpinus Pers. 
patavinus Pers. 
graveolens Bieb. 
CALAMIN'THA. 
grandiflora Pers. 
caroliniana Sweet. 
Smyrna 
winter-sweet 
common 
pot 
large-spiked 
hairy 
oblong 
knotted 
shrubby-sweet 
Thyme. 
wild 
woolly 
Lemon 
narrow-leaved 
garden 
Hungarian 
Marsc hall's 
Heatli-leaved 
needle-leaved 
shining-leaved 
Mastick 
mountain 
round-leaved 
tomentose 
Spanish 
oval-leaved 
great-headed 
hairy 
goat's 
Minorca 
ACYNOS. 
Basil-leaved 
£ lA) or 
:^ A cul 
^ A cul 
A cul 
^ A un 
:^ A un 
^ /\ un 
£ cul 
tt. I or 
Jt>, or 
JU, or 
or 
1U or 
tt. cul 
S~ or 
ts. or 
n. or 
JL. or 
*t. or 
sa. I or 
^rr A or 
1U. or 
SSL or 
O or 
:^ A or 
HSL , I or 
tL I or 
tt- I or 
)tv 1 I or 
O or 
Thymus grandifiorus B. M. 
villous O or 
Alpine or 
Marjoram-lvd. ^ Q) ox 
strong-scented tL or 
Ph. Calami NT. 
great-flowered A or 
Carolina £^ _AJ or 
vulgaris Sweet. 
Nepeta Ph. 
marifolia Pers. 
cretica Pers. 
fruticosa Pers. 
MELIS'SA. W. 
cordifolia Pers. 
officinalis W. 
romdna 
8394 
common A or 
lesser A or 
Marum-leaved A or 
Cretan tL | or 
shrubby ti. | or 
Balm. 
heart-leaved ^ A 
common A ^ 
hairy 
8399 
lA in.jl W Smyrna 1722. C r.m 
1 jn.n W S. Europe 1640. D s.I Lob. ic. 492 
2 jn.o Pk Britain cb.wo. D s.I Eng. hot. 1143 
1 jl.n Pk Sicily 1759. D co Bocc. mus. t. 38 
lijl.n Pk S. Europe 1823. Deo 
n jl.n Pk Levant 1823. D co 
lAjl.n W D CO 
1 jn.jl Pk Portugal 1573. S r.m Moris. s.ll.t.3.f.l 
1 jn.jl Pk C CO 
Labiates. Sp. 20—32. 
ijn au Pu Britain heaths. C s.p Eng. bot. 1514 
5 jn.au Pu ... C CO 
5jn.au Pu C CO 
^ jn.au Pu C CO 
1 my.au Pu S. Europe 1548. C r.m 
5 jn.au Pu Hungary 1817. C co 
I jn.au Pu Crimea 1817. C co 
ljn.au Pu Spain 1806. C co 
i jn.au Pu Hungary 1806. C co PI. rar.hu. 2. 1. 147 
1 jn.au Pu 1816. C co 
1 jl.s Pa.pu Spain 1596. C co Blackw. 1. 134 
^ jn.jl St Hungary 1800. D s.p PI. rar.hu. 1. 1.71 
jn.jl Pu Crimea 1822. C co 
1 jn.au W Spain 1816. C co 
1 au Pu Spain 1771. C r.m Barrel, ic. 777 
1 jl.au Pu Hungary 1802. D co Pl.rar.hu.2.t.l56 
fjl.au Pu Portugal 17.59. C co H:of.etL lus. 1.1.3 
f jn.jl Pu Portugal 1759. C co Hof.etLin.l.t.M 
1 my.jn Pu Candia 1610. C co Alp. exot. t. 78 
I jn.jl Pu Minorca 1770. C co 
Labiata;. Sp. 5—1. \ 
ljn.au V Britain dryh. S co Eng. bot. 411 
jn.au R Germany 1817. S co 
i jn.s R Austria 1731. S s.I Jac. aust. 1. t. 97 
fjn.au F S. Europe 1776. C s.I Bot. mag, 2153 
1 jn.au Pu Crimea ... C co 
Labiata: Sp. 7—9. 
1 jn.s Pu Italy 1596. D co Bot. mag. 208 
1 jn.jl F Carolina 1804. D co Bot. mag. 997 
2 jl.au V England bor.fi. D s.I Eng. bot. 1676 
lijl.o B England ch.hil. D co Eng. bot. 1414 
11 jn.jl Pu Spain 1788. Deo Cav. ic. 6. t. .576 
A jn.jl Pu S. Europe 1596. D r.m Barr. ic. 1166 
f jl.s Pu Spain 1752. C r.m 
Ldbiatce. Sp. 2. 
1 jn.o W.pu Italy ... D co 
1 jn.o V S. Europe 1573. D co 
8401 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
farriers ; a little cotton moistened with it, and put into the hollow of an aching tooth, frequently relieves the 
pain. The country people use the tops to dye woollen cloth purple. It also dyes linen of a reddish brown 
color. For this purpose the linen is first macerated in alum water and dried ; it is then soaked for two days in 
a decoction of the bark of the crab-tree ; it is then wrung out of this, boiled in a ley of ashes, and then 
suffered to boil in the decoction. According to the Svvedi.sh experiments, goats and sheep eat it/ horses are 
not fond of it, and kine refuse it. 
(). onites and marjorana are culinary aromatics ; the latter being principally in use under the name of 
knotted marjoram, from the flower coming in Whorls at the joints. O. vulgare and marjorana are both retained 
in the Materia Medica as tonics and stomachics, though scarcely ever used. In quack medicine, the leaves 
dried and powdered form an ingredient in cephalic snufi! Marjorana is so called from marjamic (nidryamych), 
its Arabic name, according to Forskahl, p. 59. 
1275. Thymus. Yvom ^v/u.oi, courage, on account of its balsamic smell, which revives the spirits of animals. 
T. serpyllum, from i^voj, to creep, is fragrant, and yields an essential oil that is very heating. It has the 
same sensible qualities as garden thyme, but the flavor is milder, and rather more grateful. lis essential oil 
is both smaller in quantity and less acrid, and its .spirituous extract comes greatly short of the penetrating 
warmth and pungency of the other. It is a common notion that the flesh oV sheep that feed upon aromatic 
plants, particularly wild thyme, is superior in flavor to other mutton. The truth is, that sheep do not crop 
