T h ymu s a c i n o s . B a s i l T h y m e ,
TfîYMÜS Linnoei Gen. PI. DidynàMiA Gymnospermia.
Calycis bilabiati faux villis claufa.
Rail Synop. Gen. 14. Stjffrutîces et Herbæ verticillatæ.
THYMUS Acinos caülibus âdfcèndentibus, foliis dentatö-ferratis, calycibüs bafî véntricofié.
THYMUS Acinos floribus vei ticillatis, pedunculis ünifloris caulibus eredlis fubramofis, foliis acutis, ferratis,
Linn. Syft. Fegetab: p. 452. Flor. Suède, p. 209.
CL1NOPOD1UM foliis bvàtis acutis ferratis, flore foliis breviore. Haller: hiß. helv. n: 237.
THYMUS Acinos. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. p. 426. «; 735.
CLINOPÖDIUM arvenfe ocimi facie* Bauhin. Pin; p. 225;
CL1NOPOD1ÜM minus five vulgare. Parkinfon. 21.
OCYMÜM fylveftre. Gerard, emac. Ô75.
ACINOS multis. Èauhin. hiß. 32. 259.’ RaiiSyn.p. 238. Wild Bafil. Hudfon.Fl. Angl. p. 230.
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. | ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous.
CAULES adfeendentes, femipedales, tetragoni, ramofi, | STALKS adfeending, about fix inches high, fquare,
hirfuti, purpurafeentes; R ami cauli fimiles, | branched, hirfute, purplifli; Branches like
longi, patentes, imi oppofiti. ‘ | the ftalk, long, fpreading, the bottom ones
¥ oppofite. ,
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovato-acuta, medium interns! LEAVES oppofite, ftanding.on foot ftalks, of a pointed
petiolo proximum integrum, exterius mucroni § *. oval fliape, the inner middle part of them next
- proximum dentatum, marginespaululum reflexi, f the foot-ftalks entire,'the outer middle part
ciliati, nervo medio venifque fubtus hirfutis, | . next the point indented, the edges turned a little
fuperne vix hirfuta, impunflata, venis quam in | 1 back, and ciliated, the midrib and veins On the
ferpyllo proftmdius exaratisj 1 ' 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.
FLORES pedunculati, verticillati, fpicati, plerumque I FLOWERS growing on foot-ftalks, in whirls, forming
fex in fingulo verticillo. t a fpike, generally fix' in each whirl.
CALYX: P e r i a n t h iu m monophyllum, tubulatum, | CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, bcVy-
iafi vtntricofum, ftriatum, hirfutum, quinque-| mg out at bottom, ftriated, hirfute, having five
dentatum, dentibus tribus fuperioribus brevio-| teeth, the three uppermoft of which are Ihorteft
ribus, reflexis, inferioribus fetaceis, fauce villis | and turned back, the lower ones {lender and
claufo, fig. i. ¥ tapering, the mouth clofed up with fl-.ort hairs,
I fig-1- . .
COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa, purpurea, bilabiata, * COROLLA monopetalous, tubular, purple, having two
labium fuperius brevius, obtufum, reflexum,| . lips, the uppermoft of which is Ihorteft, blunt,
emarginatum, inferius trifidum laciniis fubro- f turned back, with a flight notch in it ; the lowtundis,
medioprodu&iore fubemarginato, macula ¥ ermoft divided into three roundifh fegments,
alba, lunulata, prominent e, notata, fig. 3, 4, 5. | the middle one of which is longer than the
s others, very flightly notched in, and marked
I with a raifedwhite femilunar fipot, fig. 3, 4,5.
STAMINA: F ilamenta quatuor, quorum duo Ion- ¥ STAMINA: four Filaments, two long -arid two.
giora, Corolla breviora ; A nthers parvas,| fhort, within the Corolla; A n t h e r s f a l l
rubrae,^. 6. % ar)d red, fig. 6. _ _ •
PISTILLUM : Germen quadripartitum ; Stylus fill-1 PISTILLUM : Germen divided into four parts,; . Sty le
formis longitudine Staminum ; Stigma bifi-| filiform, the length of the Stamina; Stigma
■ dum, acutum,J%. 7. ¥ bifid and acute, fig. 7.
PERICARPIUM nullum. I SEED-VESSEL none.
SEMINA quatuor oblonga intra Calycem, fig. 8, 9. ¥ SEEDS. Four oblong feeds within the Calyx, fig. 8. 9.
As there are only two fpecies of 'Thyme growing wild in this Kingdom, and thofe very different from each other,
the young Botanift cannot be at a lofs in diftinguifhing them ; with the Thymus Alpinus (figured by that accurate
Botanift Jacquin, in his FI. Auftriac, who has contributed much to the advancement of botanic knowledge) this
plant has a much greater affinity, but may be diftinguifhed by attending to the fize of the flowers and the fliape 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 bafe which we do not find either in the Alpinus or Serpyllum ; 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 flower predominates in this fpecies as in the Wild Thyme, whence it is probable that
their virtues are very fimijar.