(.354.) 
ORl'GANUM * *. 
Linncan Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, GTymnospe'rmia +. 
Natural Order. Labia'tac§, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 1 10. — 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. — 
Verticillatai of Linnaeus. — Syhingales ; subord. Primulos.e; 
sect. Mentiiinas; type, Menthace.e or Labiate; subtype, 
Saturid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 968, & 97 1. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum of numerous, imbricated, egg-shaped, 
flat, coloured, permanent leaves, one under each flower (see fig. 2, a.) 
longer than the calyx, forming a 4-angled spurious catkin. Calyx 
(fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, with a bluntly angular tube, 5-toothed ; 
when in fruit closed up with hairs. Corolla (see fig. 2, c.) of 1 pe- 
tal, ringent, tube rather longer than the calyx, a little compressed ; 
upper lip erect, nearly flat, blunt, notched ; lower lip in 3, deep, 
nearly equal, simple lobes. Filaments (see fig-3.) 4, didynamous, 
thread-shaped, the 2 longest longer than the corolla. Anthers dis- 
tant, egg-shaped, 2-lobed. Germen 4-lobed. Style (see fig. 3.) 
thread-shaped, ascending. Stigma very slightly notched. Seeds 
(see figs. 4, 5, & 6.) 4, egg-shaped, in the bottom of the closed, per- 
manent calyx. 
Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order, by 
the involucrum of numerous, dilated, flat, bracteas, 1 to each flower, 
collected into a spurious catkin ; the 10- to 13-nerved, somewhat 
unequally 5-toothed calyx ; and the straight, notched, upper lip of 
the corolla. 
One species British. 
ORl'GANUM VULGA'RE. Common Marjoram. English Wild 
Marjoram. Grove Marjoram. Common Organy. 
Spec. Char. Heads of Flowers roundish, panicled, crowded, 
upright. Bracteas egg-shaped, obtuse, smooth, longer than the 
calyx. Calyx with 5, pointed, unequal teeth ; throat hairy. 
Engl. Bojt. t. 1143. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 338. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. iii. p. 451. 
t. 164.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 824.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 262.— Willd. Sp. PI. 
v t iii. pt. l. p. 135. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 639. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 106. — With. 
(7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 718. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 380. — Lindl. Syn. p. 206. ; 2nd. 
ed. p. 201.— Hook. Brit. FI. p. 272.— Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 181.— Light. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 317. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 188. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 132. — Thornt. Fam. 
Herb. p. 575, with a figure. — Davies’ Welsh. Bot. p. 58. — Purt. Midi. F. v. ii. p. 
749. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed. ) p. 245. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 184. — Grev. FI. Edin. 
p. 133. — FI. Devon, pp. 101 & 146. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 134. — Winch’s FI. 
of Northumb. and Durh. p. 40. — Loud. Encycl. of Gard. (new ed. ) p. 873. paragr. 
4570. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 765. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A separate Flower; a. the braetea ; b. the calyx ; c. the 
corolla. — Fig. 3. Vertical Section of the Corolla, showing the {stamens and Pistil. — 
Fig. 4. The 4 Seeds. — Figs. 5 & 6. Single Seeds. — All, except fig. 5, magnified. 
* Said to be derived from oros, Gr a mountain ; and ganos, Gt.joy; the de- 
light of the mountain. Don. 
+ See folio 31, note t. { Ibid, note t. § See folio 94, n. 
