Order I. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMI A. 
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839i? Leaves ovate acute serrated, Spikes clustered in umbels 
8393 Spikes on long stalks aggregate, Bractes the length of calyx 
8394 Spikes roundish panicled clustered, Bractes longer than calyx ovate colored 
8395 Spikes oblong aggregate hairy. Leaves cordate downy 
8396 Leaves stalked ovate pubesc. Spikes clustered prismatical, Bractes imbricate ovate smooth ciliated at edge 
8397 Leaves stalked ovate acute subserrate hairy, Spikes prismatical, Bractes dense ovate acute 
8398 Leaves subsessile ovate acute subserrate hairy. Spikes oblong bluntish 
8399 Spikes roundish thin compact stalked. Leaves stalked ellipt. blunt smoothish 
8400 Spikes roundish several clustered stalked. Leaves stalked ellipt. blunt downy 
8401 Flowers capitate. Stems decumbent, Leaves flat blunt ciliated at base 
8402 Flowers capitate, Stems creeping hairy. Leaves blunt villous 
8403 Leaves ovate smooth with the smell of common balm 
8404 Flowers capitate. Stems procumbent, Leaves cuneate linear ciliated at base 
8405 Erect, Leaves revolute ovate, Flowers in whorled spikes 
8406 Leaves oblong more ciliated than in T. serpyllum, Cor. with a more obscure spot in the orifice 
8407 Stem shrubby. Flowers in whorled spikes, Lvs. linear lane, bluntish flat about 3-nerved ciliated at base 
8408 Erect, Leaves revolute linear-lanc. hairy. Head few-flowered axillary stalked 
8409 Flowers capitate. Stems creeping. Leaves linear nerved and furrowed beneath, Bractes ovate 
8410 Fl. whorled somew. spiked, Fed. 1-fl. Stem shrubby erect, Lvs. ellipt. entire acute smooth shining above 
8411 Flowers in whorled spikes, Cal. woolly with very long setaceous segments 
8412 Flowers in whorled spikes, Spikes oblique. Fed. l-fl. Lvs. ov. obtuse very entire and calyxes nearly naked 
8413 Flowers in whorled heads. Stems filiform, Leaves roundish flat hairy nerved ciliate at base 
8414 Flowers in whorled spikes, Cal. woolly with setaceous teeth, Lvs. ellipt. entire downy on each side 
8415 Flowers in whorled spikes, Stein erect, Lvs. linear very blunt nerveless revolute at edge ciliated at base 
8416 Pedun. about 3-fl. axillary, Lvs. ovate blunt nerved entire sess. Cor. twice as long as calyx, Stem villous 
S417 Heads laxly imbricated, Bractes broad ovate colored not dotted. Leaves linear entire 
8418 Heads imbricated large, Bractes toothed. Leaves setaceous hairy 
8419 Flowers whorled. Stem half-shrubby erect, Leaves hispid acuminate 
8420 Flowers axillary subsolitary stalked. Leaves cordate acute entire. Stems filiform 
8421 Stem erect branched at base. Leaves ovate acute serrated forwards. Whorls 6-flowered 
8422 Hirsute villous larger than the last, Stem much branched. Leaves ovate 
8423 Whorls 6-fl. Leaves nearly blunt roundish concave subserrated 
8424 Nearly smooth. Whorls 6-10-fl. Leaves ovate subserrate. Stem ascending 
8425 P'ls. whorled, Pedunc. 1-flow. Stem branched spreading. Leaves roundish acute subserrate at end Iiairy 
8426 Pedun. axill. 3-4-fl. Bractes lane, sessile, Leaves ovate acute finely serrated 
8427 Leaves rhomboid oval obsoletely toothed upwards. Whorls somewhat stalked about 10-fl. shorter than leaf 
8428 Stem weak, Pedun. axill. many-fl. dichotomous, Lvs. ovate blunt serrated hairy dotted 
8429 Pedunc. axill. many-fl. in dichotomous corymbs, Lvs. ovate blunt subserrate smoothish 
8430 Leaves ovate somewhat toothed glaucous, Pedunc. axill. dichotomous, Segm. of calyx equal 
8431 Racemes terminal. Peduncles solitary very short 
8432 Branches thin twiggy. Leaves downy beneath 
8433 Villous, Leaves cordate crenate-toothed. Branches axillary elongated flowering 
8434 Whorls halved subsessile, Bractes oblong stalked. Leaves ovate acute serrated 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
these aromatic plants, unless now and then by accident, or when they are first turned on hungry to downs, 
heaths, or commons ; but the soil and situations favorable to aromatic plants produce a short sweet pasturage 
best adapted to feeding sheep, whom nature designed for mountains, and not for turnip grounds and rich 
meadows. The attachment of bees to this and other aromatic plants is well known. 
Few plants are subject to more varieties than wild thyme. In its most natural state, on dry exposed downs, 
it is small and procumbent ; but when it grows among furze or other plants, it runs up with a slender stalk to 
a foot or mure in height. It dilFers also very much in the smoothness or liairiness of its leaves. The flowers 
are sometimes larger than ordinary, and of a paler purple color, or even white. 
T. vulgaris has the aromatic qualities common to lavender, sage, rosemary, and other Verticillata?. It yields 
a species of camphor in distillation with water. In Spain they infuse it in the pickle with which they preserve 
their olives. Before the oriental spices were common, it was much used in cookery. 
1276. Acynos. The Greek name of a balsamic plant, which probably was related to Thymus. This genus 
was included in Thymus by Linnaeus. 
1277. Calamintha. From 7cix.Xog, beautiful, and fj.iv^r., mint. An ancient Greek name of a plant supposed 
to caase away serpents. 
1278. Melissa. This is the Greek name of the bee, from /jaXi. honey, which is sought by bees in these 
flowers with avidity, as indeed it is in all the plants of the order. The recent plant has the agreeable odor of 
