382 140. Thymus. 32. LABI ATiE. PL ex. car i 
XXII. 140. THYMUS. Theophrastus. Thyme. 
Calyx bellshape, or ovate, 2-lipped; 3 upper lobes broad, 
recurved ; 2 lower lobes awlshape, bent in, fringed ; mouth 
closed with hairs ; corolla short, lipped : galea nicked ; lip 
8-lobed ; side lobes ovate ; middle lobe oblong, broad, en- 
tire. — Stem undershrubby ; leaves small; flowers glomerate, 
axillary or terminal ; plant odoriferous. 
1 . Thymus campestris. Field thyme . 
Stem lying down ; leaves flat, blunt, fringed at bottom ; 
flowers capitate. 
Serpyllum vulgare, Raii Syn. 230, 1 ; Ger. em. 570, 1. 
Serpyllum minus vulgare, Park. 8. 
Serpyllum flore minore, Rivinus Mon. 42. 
Thymus Serpyllum, Lin. S. P . 825. 
Thymus campestris, Salisb. Prod. 85. 
Wild thyme. Mother of thyme. Pulial mountain. Running thyme . 
Creeping thyme. 
Dry sandy heaths, and cultivated; peren.; July, August. 
Stem branched; leaves petioled, edge not nicked; heads 
leafy ; flowers pedicelled ; corolla purplish ; galea upright. 
— Aromatic, used as a pot-herb in soups. 
0. alius . Flowers white. 
y. grandiflorus . Flowers large. 
Serpyllum vulgare flore amplo, Raii Syn. 230,2. 
citratus. Leaves yellow-green ; odour like that of le* 
tnon-peel. 
Serpyllum citratum, Raii Syn. 231,4; Ger. em. 571, 7. 
Serpyllum Pannonicum Clusii, Park. 8. 
Lemon thyme. v 
2 . Thymus lanuginosus . Woolly thyme. 
Stem creeping, hirsute ; leaves ovate, obtuse, villous ; 
flowers in heads. 
Serpyllum vulgare hirsutum, Raii Syn. 231, 6. 
Thymus Serpyllum, Lin. S. P. 825; a variety. 
Thymus lanuginosus, Pers. Syn. 133. 
Serpyllum montanum hirsutum, Riuinus Mon. 421. 
Hoary wild thyme. 
Sandy heaths; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem undershrubby; leaves roundish, every where hir- 
sute; corolla purple. — Infusion relieves headach after 
drinking. 
13. minor . Stem creeping, small; plant scentless. 
Serpyllum hirsutum minus repens, inodorum, Raii Syn. 231,8. 
