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Labiatse. 
lip very small. —Varied with fls only half the size 
(v. parviflora).—Dry fields, slopes; everywhere. 5 
pratensis L. 1729. 
439. Origanum. Marjoram. XIY, 8. 
1. Cal. almost reg. 5-toothed. Bracts oblong-oval, red 
(green in white-fid examples).—b. prismaticum Gaud. 
Spikes elongated.—Thickety, stony places, wood-sides; 
distrib. b. W. (Lower Rhone-valley as far as Loueche). 
V. 7.vulgare L. 1730. 
— Cal. 2-lipped, cleft almost to the base on one side. 
Bracts almost orbicular. Marjoram.—Cultivated. 7 
f Majorana L. 1731. 
440. Thymus. Thyme. XIY, 11. 
1. Branches almost erect. Ls much rolled up at the edges, 
with clusters of ls in their axils.—Uncultivated hills; sub- 
spontaneous near Neuveville and in some other places. 6 
f vulgaris L. 1732. 
— Branches prostrate or ascending. Ls flat or slightly 
rolled. Type of Th. Serpyllum . ... 2 
2. Branches almost cylindric above, and equally hairy 
all round. Ls rather hard, narrowed insensibly at the 
base, and distinctly ciliate, strongly nerved underneath. 
FI.-clusters crowded in a head. PI. rather tufted; branches 
elongated, decumbent, stolon-like, with short erect, 
seriate fl.-branchlets. Th. angustifolius auct. not Pers. 
—Grassy places, sandy hills; gen. rarer than the follow¬ 
ing; G. W. V. J. O. Z. U. 6 . Serpyllum L. 1733- 
— Branches distinctly quadrangular above, covered with 
long hairs at the angles. Ls thinner, suddenly contracted 
to the petiole, faintly nerved underneath. Clusters ar¬ 
ranged in a spike. PI. forming a dense tuft.—b. lanu- 
ginosus SchJc. PI. rougli-villous.—Slopes, hills; every¬ 
where. 6 .Chamaedrys Fr. 1734. 
— Branches quadrangular, rough-villous, as also the ls, 
with long white hairs. Ls rather hard, insensibly nar¬ 
rowed at the base, with deep spots underneath. Clusters 
arranged in a spike. — Tess., central and lower Wall. G 
pannonicus All. 1735. 
441. Satureja. Satureja. XIY, 20. 
1. Ls narrow-lanceolate, entire. Fls small, bluish white. 7 
f hortensis L. 1736. 
442. Micromeria. Micromeria. XIY, 20. 
1. Middle and upper ls linear-lanceolate. Fls rose-coloured. 
— T. (Gandria; now very scarce). 6 graeca Benth. 1737. 
