in botany, a genus of the didynamia gymnospermia clas. The upper lip of the corolla is bipartite. There are 31 species, four of them natives of Britain, viz., the scordium, or water germander, the leaves of which are said to be deobstruent, diuretic, and sudorific; the chamedrys, or germander, the leaves, tops, and seeds of which are said to be sudorific, diuretic, &c.; the chamapitys, or ground pine, the leaves of which are recommended as aperient and vulnerary; and the scorodonia, or wood-sage.