This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...throat villous. Corolla with the upper lip erect, nearly flat, emarginate, --the lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe longer. Anthers 2-celled; cells parallel or finally diverging. Humble shrubby or suffruticose plants. Leaves small, entire. Cymules few-flowered, --sometimes all remote, --sometimes in loose terminal heads, or interrupted spikes. 1. T. Vulgaris, L. Stems erect or procumbent at base; leaves oblong-ovate or lance-ovate, revolute on the margin, fasciculate in the'axils; cymules in terminal interrupted leafy spikes. Benth. Lab. p. 342. Fl. Cestr. p. 347. Common Thymus. Vulgo--Garden Thyme. Standing Thyme. Fr. Serpolet. Germ. Der Thymian. Span. Tomillo. Root perennial, woody. Stems 4 to 0 inches high, numerous, slender, rather erect, much branched and matted together at base, suffruticose, clothed with a short cinereous pubescence. Leaves one fourth to half an inch long, abruptly narrowed to a petiole, punctate, slightly pubescent beneath, fasciculate in the axils by reason of abortive branches. Calyx hirsute; strongly ribbed, punctate; segments of the lower lip subulate, pectinately cihate. Corolla pale purple. Gardens: cultivated. Native of Southern Europe. Fl. June--Aug. Fr. Aug.--September.., Obs. A favorite condiment in culinary processes, --and generally cultivated, in kitchen gardens. The creeping Thyme (T. Serpyllum, L.)--a species nearly allied in properties and appearance--is naturalized in many places. 120. SATUREJA. L. End/. Gen. 3611. A name supposed to be derived from the Arabic. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 10-nerved, deeply and nearly equally 5-toothed, or obscurely bilabiate; throat naked, or nearly so. Corolla bilabiate, --the upper lip erect, flat--the lower one spreading, 3-lobed, lobes nearly equal. Stamens 4, diverging; anther...