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those which resemble insects, as forming only one species, which he terms Ophrys insectifera. See English Botany.

Blue bells wave tremulous.—"  (Campanula rotundifolia.) The mountain thyme Purples the hassock of the heaving mole."

Thymus serpyllum. "It is a common notion, that the flesh of sheep which feed upon aromatic plants, particularly wild thyme, is superior in flavour to other mutton.  The truth is, that sheep do not crop these aromatic plants, unless now and then by accident, or when they are first turned on hungry to downs, heaths, or commons; but the soil and situations