DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
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CALAMINTHA. 
Calyx defloratus 
villis clausus. Corol- 
la fa uce inflata, labio 
superiore emarginato, 
mieriore tripartito ; la- 
cinia intermedia inte- 
gra, subemarginata, 
aut crenulata. 
1. Grandif lo ra. 
C. suffruticosa; fo- 
lds oval is. obtiisis,cre- 
natis, Iaevibus;verticillis 
multi flor is, subpedun- 
culatis, folio breviori- 
bus. 
Pursh 2. p. 414. Nutt. 2. p. 39. 
Thymus Carolinianus. Mich. 2. 
Calyx after flower- 
ing closed with hair. 
Throat of the corolla 
inflated, the upper lip 
emarginate, the lower 
3-parted, with the in- 
termediate segment 
entire, slightly emar- 
ginate, or crenulate. 
Suflruticose; leaves 
ovate, obtuse, crenate, 
smooth; whorls many 
flowered, on short pe- 
duncles, shorter than 
the leaves. 
p. 9 
A small sufiruticose plant, growing from 12 — 18 inches high, the stem, 
round and a little pubescent. Zfeaves slig'lifTy" toothed, somewhat ribbed, 
dotted. Flowers in opposite dichotomous clusters. Peduncles about as 
long as the calyx. The calyx tubular, ribbed, glabrous, the upper lip 3- 
toothed, the lower 2-cleft, the throat of the calyx closed with hair. Co- 
rolla pale rose colour, spotted on the lower lip with purple, pubescent, the 
tube longer than the calyx, the upper lip erect, slightly emarginate, the 
segments of the lower obtuse, equal. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 
Anthers two lobed, somewhat crescent shaped, hollow and purple at each 
summit. Styles longer than the stamens Stigmas two, acute. 
Grows in the drift sand along the margins of rivers in the middle and 
Tipper country, abundant near Columbia, S. C. 
Flowers June — August. 
CERANTHEKA. E. 
Calyx bilabiatus, j Calyx two lipped, 
labio superiore emar- the upper lip emargi- 
ginatojinferiorebifido. mate, the lower 2-cleft. 
