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A'CINOS * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymnospe'rmia 
Natural Order. Labia't.t§, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 110. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Bentham, in Bot. Regist. 
(1829.) — Lindl. Syn. p. 196. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 665. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 209. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 415. — Verticillatai: of Linnaeus ■ — 
Syringales ; suborder, Primulosas; sect. Menthina:; type, 
Menthace.e or Labiat.e; subtype, Saturid.e; Burn. Outl. of 
Bot. v. ii. p. 900, 958, 968, & 972. 
Gen. Char. Whorls few-flowered. Calyx (tig. 1.) of 1 sepal, 
tubular, 13-ribbed, gibbous at the base below, 2-lipped, closed at 
the throat with converging hairs; upper lip broadish, flattish, with 
3 sharp teeth ; lower lip of 2 longer, equal, narrow, awl-shaped 
teeth. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, ringent ; tube as long as the 
calyx ; throat short, but little dilated ; upper lip shortest, flat, erect, 
blunt, with a small notch ; lower lip longer and broader, spread- 
ing, in 3 deep blunt lobes, the middle lobe the broadest, slightly 
emarginate. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 4, didynamous, shorter than 
the corolla, slender, incurved. Anthers distinctly 2-lobed. Germen 
(see fig. 4.) 4-cleft. Style thread-shaped. Stigma in 2 acute 
segments. Seeds (see fig. 5.) 4, small, roundish, in the bottom of 
the closed calyx. 
The few-flowered whorls ; the 2-lipped, 13-ribbed, tubular 
calyx, gibbous at the base below, with 5 unequal teeth, and a 
hairy throat ; and the corolla with the upper lip nearly flat, and 
the lower one 3-lobed, with the middle lobe nearly entire ; will 
distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
It differs from Thymus (t. 127.) in the stamens being ascending 
and incurved, not distant ; and from that and Calaminlha in the 
gibbous base of the calyx. 
One species British. 
A'CINOS VULGA'RIS. Common Basil-Thyme. Small Wild 
Basil. Basil Balm. Stone Basil. 
Spec. Char. Stems ascending, branched. Leaves on short 
petioles, egg-shaped, acute, slightly serrated, more or less ciliated 
at the base. Flowers about 6 in a whorl, on simple stalks. 
Pers. Syn. PI. v. ii. p. 131. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 383. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 
279. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 40. — Irv. Lond FI. p. 134. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 52. — Leight. 
FI. of Shropsh. p. 289. — A'cinos Thymoides, Moench. Meth. p. 407. — A'cinos 
multis, Ray’s Syn. p. 238. — Bauh. Hist. v. iii. pt. ii. p. 259. f. — Melissa 
Acinos, Benth. Lab. p. 389. — Lindl. Syn. (2nd ed.) p. 201. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 4. Germen, 
Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 5. A Seed. — All, more or less, magnified. 
* From akinos, the Greek name of a balsamic plant now unknown. Don. 
•f See fol. 31, n. t. f See fol. 31, n. t. $ See fol. 86, a. k 94. a. 
