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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
6. VlRGINICUM. 
F. pubeseens; fo- 
liis sessilibus, lineari- 
lanceolatis, integris, 
punctatis ; capitulis 
terminalibus, corym- 
bosis ; bracteis acu- 
minatis. 
Pubescent ; leaves 
sessile, linear lanceo- 
late, entire, dotted/; 
heads terminal, corym- 
bose ; bracteas acu- 
minate. 
Nutt. 1. p .33. 
P. lanceolatum. Pursh 2. p. 410. 
Thymus virginicus. Sp. pi. 3. p. 145. 
Stem erect, and the branches generally erect. The heads terminal, 
forming irregular clustered corymbs. The Bracteas and Calyx villous. 
The Corolla externally pubescent, white and spotted, the middle segment 
of the lower oblong, incurved at the point. 
Grows in damp lands in the middle and upper country of Carolina. 
Flowers July — August. 
7. Linifolidm. 
P. glabrum ; foliis 
linearibus, integerri- 
mis, nervosis, puncta- 
tis, acutis ; capitulis 
terminalibus, subco- 
rymbosis ; bracteis 
breviter aristatis ; sta- 
minibus vix corolla 
longioribus. 
Glabrous ; leaves 
linear, entire, nerved, 
dotted, acute ; heads 
terminal, somewhat 
corymbose ; bracteas 
with short awns; sta- 
mens scarcely longer 
than the corolla. 
Pursh 2. p. 409. Nutt. 2. p. 33. 
Brachystemum virginicum. Mich. 2. p. 6. 
Thymus virginicus. Sp. pi. 3. p. 143. 
Stem erect and much branched, branches fastigiate. Leaves generally 
clustered, terminal, capituli hemispherical and very compact. The 
bracteas ovate, ciliate and with the calyx awned. Flowers hairy, inter- 
nally spotted, the middle segment of the lower lip oblong and incurved at 
the point. Stamens about as long as the corolla. 
This and the preceding species which are very nearly allied, were both 
included by Linnaeus under the T. virginicus. They differ much in ap- 
