Thymus 
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THYMUS Lintuei Gen . PL Didynamia GyMnospermia. 
Calycis bilabiati faux villis claufa. 
Ran Synop. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herbje verticillat.®. 
MUS Acinos caulibus adfcendentibus, foliis dentato-ferratis, calycibus bad ventricolis. 
THYMUS Acinos floribus verticillatis, pedunculis unifloris caulibus ereftis fubramofis, foliis acutis, 
ferratis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 452. Pior. Suecic. p. 209, 
CLINOPODIUM foliis ovatis acutis ferratis, flore foliis breviore. Haller, hif. helv. n. 2 37. 
THYMUS Acinos. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p. 426. n. 735. 
CLINOPODIUM arvenfe ocimi facie. Bauhin. pin. p. 225. 
CLINOPODIUM minus live vulgare. Parkinfon. 21. 
OCYMUM lylveftre. Gerard. emac. 675. 
ACINOS multis. Bauhin.hif. 32. 259. Raii Syn. p. 238. Wild Bafil. Hudfon Fl Angi. p-. 230, 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. $ 
CAULES adfcendentes, femipedales, tetragoni, ramofi, | 
hirfuti, purpurafcentes ; Rami cauli limiles | 
longi, patentes, imi oppofiti. 
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovato-acuta, medium interi- I 
us petiolo proximum integrum, exterius mu- * 
eroni proximum dentatum, margines paululum 
reflexi, ciliati, nervo medio veuifque fubtus 
hirlutis, fuperne vix hirfuta, impunttata, ve- 
nis quam in ferpyllo profundius exaratis. 
FLORES pedunculati, verticillati, {picati, plerumque 
fex in lingulo verticillo. 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, 
baf ventricofum , ftriatum, hirfutum, quinque- 
dentatum, dentibus tribus fuperioribus brevio- 
ribus, reflexis, inferioribus fetaceis, fauce villis 
claufo, fig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa, purpurea, bilabiata, 
labium fuperius brevius, obtufum, reflexum, 
emarginatum, inferius trifidum, laciniis fubro- 
tundis, medio productiore fubemarginato, macula 
alba , lunulata , prominente , notata , fg. 3, 4, 5. 
STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor, quorum duo lon- 
giora, Corolla breviora ; Antherje parvas, 
rubras, fig. 6 . 
PISTILLUM: G ermen quadripartitum; Stylus fili- 
formis longitudine Staminum; Stigma bifi- 
dum, acutum,. $?•. 7. 
PERICARPIUM nullum 
SEiMINA quatuor oblonga intra Calycem, Jig. 8, 9. ^ 
ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous. 
STALKS adfeending, about fix inches high, fquare, 
branched, hirfute, purplifh ; Branches like 
the ftalk, long, fpreading, the bottom ones 
oppofite. 
LEAVES oppofite, Handing on foot-ftalks, of a pointed 
oval Ihape, the inner middle part of them next 
the foot-ftalks entire, the outer middle part 
next the point indented, the edges turned a little 
back, and ciliated, the midrib and veins on the 
under fide of the leaf hirfute, the upper furface 
of the leaves fcarcely hairy, without any dots, 
the veins deeper than in the common Wild 
Thyme. 
FLOWERS growing on foot-ftalks, in whirls, forming 
a fpike, generally fix in each whirl. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, belly- 
ing out at bottom, ftriated, hirfute, having five 
teeth, the three uppermoft of which arelhorteft 
and turned back, the lower ones {lender and 
tapering, the moth clofed up with ftiort hairs, 
fig- I- 
COROLLA monopetalous, tubular, purple, having two 
lips, the uppermoft of which is fhorteft, blunt, 
turned back, with a flight notch in it ; the 
low&rmoft divided into three roundifh fegments, 
the middle one of which is longer than the 
others, very {lightly notched in, and marked 
with a raifed white femilunar fpot, fg. 3, 4 5. 
STAMINA: four Fi laments, two long and two 
fhort, within the Corolla ; Anthers fmall 
find red, jig. 6. 
PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts; Style 
filiform, the length of the Stamina ; Stigma 
bifid and acute, fg. 7. 
SEED-VESSEL none. 
SEEDS. Four oblong feeds within the Calyx, fg. 8, 9. 
As there are only two fpecies of fhyme growing wild in this Kingdom, and thofe very different from each other, 
the young Botanift cannot be at a lofs in diftinguilhing them ; with the fihymus alpinus, (figured by that accurate 
Botanift Jacquin, in his Fl. Aufriac, who has contributed much to the advancement of botanic knowledge,) 
this plant has a much greater affinity, but may be diftinguiffied by attending to the fize of the flowers and theftiape 
of the Calyx : the flowers of the alpinus are nearly twice as large as thofe of the acinos, and the Calyx of the latter has 
a protuberance at its bale which we do not find either in the alpinus or ferpyllum ; a white circular mark in the 
mouth of the flowers, makes the blofloms of this fpecies ftrikingly different from thofe of Wild Thyme. 
The moft common place of growth for this plant is in uncultivated fields, particularly where the foil is chalky, 
about Charlton it is found in abundance, flowering in July and Auguft. 
A variety with a white flower fometimes occurs. 
The fame agreeable aromatic flavour predominates in this fpecies as in the Wild Thyme, whence it is pro- 
bable that their virtues are very fimilar. 
