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stalked, cal. rather bellshaped obscurely 2-lipped its teeth shortly 
cilinte all nearly of the same shape the upper ones slightly 
shorter, cynie niany-tiowered its common stalk about as long as 
^ pritnari/ jmrtiai stalk. — -B. -B. 1414. 70. 3. Thymus Sm. 
, — St. usuaUy many from the crown of the root, 12 — 18 in. high. 
Fl. purplish. Hairs iu the throat of the cal. protruded. — Dry 
banis, rare. P. VH. VIII. Lesser Calamint. E. 
2. C. officinalis (Moench?) ; 1. broadly ovate slightly serrate 
green on both sides on longish stalks, cal. tubular distinctly 2- 
lipped its teeth with lung cilia those of the upper lip triangular 
and ascending of the lower twice as long and subulate, lower 
lip of the cor. with distant segments the middle one longest, 
cjTne scarcely forked few-flowered its common stalk not 3 as 
long as the primary partial stalk. — Thymus Calamintha Sm., 
E. B. 1676. C. nimthaifolia G. & G. — St. usuaUy solitary, or 
few from the root, 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. piu-plish. Hairs in the 
throat of the cal. included. Larger in all its parts than the 
preceding. — Dry banks, rare. P. VH. — IX. Common Calamint. 
E. I. 
3. C. sylvat'ica (Bromf.) ; 1. broadly ovate sharply serrate, cal. 
tubular distinctly 2-lipped, teeth with long cUia those of the 
upper lip patent or reflexed, loiver lip of the cor. with overlap2)ing 
segments all nearly equally long, cyme many-Jlowered its cotnmon 
ttalk about as long as the jmmary partial stalk. — E. B. S. 2897. 
C. officinalis G. & G. — Hairs in the throat of the cal. few, 
included. St. about 2 ft. high. L. large. Cal.-teeth tinged 
with purple. Cor. pui-plish, veiy large, tube much protruded, 
middle lobe of lower lip short and broad. — Isle of Wight. P. 
VIH.— X. E. 
** Whorls of Q simple separate peduncles. AciNOS Moench. 
4. C. -4 'ciwos (Clairv.); 1. ovate subserrate acute with revolute 
margins, cal. tubular gibbous beloio distinctly 2-lipped, upper 
lip with short triangular teeth lower with subulate teeth all con- 
verging in ixmt.—E. B. 411. St. 70. 5. Thymus Sm.— St. 6—8 
in. long. Fl. blue. — Dry gravelly places and limestone rocks. 
A. ? VH. Vin. Basil. ■ E. S. I. 
•** Fl. in dense branched axillary clusters. The many setaceous 
bracts forming a kind of involucre. Clinopodium Linn. 
5. C. CUnopddium (Benth.) ; 1. ovate rounded below slightly 
crenate-serrate, clusters equal many-flowered. — E. B. 1401. 
Clinopodium vulgare L. — St. 1 — 1| foot high. Fl. purple in 2 
or 3 dense whorls, the uppermost terminal. — Dry bushy places. 
P. VH. VHI. Wild Basil. E. S. I. 
