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Show The poet on “hel. HERE AE. Bl Rt It THs He? TH YEL RA BLA ae, { Dt Visit ONDE Serpyllum repens inodorum. i The root is fmall and thr uponthe The fhoots that grow firlt from i ground, andtake root in differ nt places The ftalks which rife from thefe are weak, flender, purple, and often branched. The leaves are oblong, narrow, hairy, and of The ftalks are numerous, t 1. Common Motherof Thyme. Serpyllum vulgare. LCO58: e The root is fmall, fibrous, and hard. : The ftalks are numerous, weak, andtrailing they are of a purplifh colour toward the bottom, green at the top, and branched: they are fixor eight inches long ; and as they fpread every way from the root, they naturally form a large taf. Theleaves are fmall, and placed inpairs without footftalks: they are of an oval figure, but | pointed ; and their colour is a deep green. The flowers ftandin fmall tufts at the tops of all the ftalks and branches; and they are moderately large, and of a beautiful purple. The feeds:are finall; blackith, and round. It is cémrfon. on heaths in dry paftures, and by road-fides. so PE CT! of a pale green, andfive or uy procumbent, and partly 1 The leaves are oblong and broad, fharp-pointed and of a pale green. The feeds are finall, and The whole plant has y ag an aromatick, with a citron; of lemor We have it wild in our fouthern cc DIVISION Tt is excellent againft nervous diforders.- An and e Th Gre The flowers are numerous, andof afaint red. The feeds are larger than in moft of the pre| ceding kinds, and of ap slith brown. difeafe the nightmare. A gentleman afflictedterIt is found on heaths in Kent and Suffex, and ribly with that complaint took a ftrong infufion flowers in June. of this by way of remedy, and was free many C. Bauhinecalls it Serpyllum en: years. Afterwards the diforder returned, but albrum. ways gave way to the fame remedy. The flowers of the common mother of thyme are 5. Hairy Mother of Thyme. fometimes larger, and fometimes fmaller. Hence Serpyllumbirfutumfolio cblongo obtu/ fome authors have divided the plant into two The root is long, flender, and brown. fpecies; but I have often feen both in the fame The ftalks are very numerous, weak, {pot of ground, where they have plainly rifen from ing: they are of a purplifh colour, and very the fame feed. much branched. 2. Broad-leaved Mother of Thyme. The leaves are oblong, tolerably broad, and Serpyllum foliis latioribus. 7ZFOn9 The flowers at the tops The root is long, flender, and hard, and has of the ftalks in little hairy | S$; and are natumany very fmall fibres. rally of a faint red, but often The ftalks are numerous, tolerably upright, of The feedsare {mall and blackith. a woodyhardnefs, and of a brown colour. | We have it on the heaths in Surry. It flowers The leaves ftandin pairs; and they are oblong in July. and broad, obtufe at the ends, and of a deep Raycalls it Sexpyllum vulgarehi dufky green. The flowers ftand in longith ‘tufts at the tops 6. Broad-leaved great Mother of Thyme. of the ftalks; and are large, and of faint red, Serpyllumla win fruticofius. often white. Four feeds follow each ; and they are roundifh, The root is large and{preading. very fmall, of a deep brown, and glofy. The ftalks are thick, round, v The. plant is larger, and grows more ereét than much branched, and fix or eight ir the common mother of thyme. 3- Lemon Thyme, Serpyllum folio longiore citratum.7-200 The rootis long, thick, divided, and furnifhe d with manyfibres. they fpread themfelyes out into tufts a fhrubby afpect, The leaves are broad green, andhairy. The flowers are large, and the feeds are very black. We have it on the flowers in A C. Bauhine tum, , and flowers in June. birfutum repens m a0ruM. SPEC Tr s fervice of the kitchen in every garden. It flowers in June. C.Bauhine calls it Thymum vulgare. Others, Th imum durius. It is a good aromatick, ftrengthens the ftomach, difperfes flatulences, and does fervice in nervous complaints. The beft wayoftaking it is in infufion. If it were not fo common at our tables, it would be more regarded as a medicine. U is Il, M I NT. mM EN Taeee. It certainly cures that troublefome C. Bauhine calls it Serpyllu n vulvare majus. yllum i Others, Serpyllum latifolium, a ti It vis common in our fouthern counties, and flowers in June. kan of a deep green, head-achs and giddinefs, and other diforders’ of that kind. It is a native of Ir Raycalls it Ser, the tops of the and blackith. It is a native of Italy ; but we have it for the Alls0.LA The root is compofed of innumerable fibres. The ftalks are numerous, hard, woody, brown, very much branched, andten inches high. The leaves are fhort, broad, pointed, and of a dufky green. The flowers are fmall, very numerous, andof a pale red. The feeds are little, roundifh, brown, and glofly. It fowers in July. sat The feeds are fmall Garden- Thyme. Thymum vulgare. C. Bauhine calls it Serpy/lum vulgare Others, Serpyllum vulgare. Our people, Mother of thyme, and Wild thyme. jnfufion of it made, and drank in the manner of tea, is pleafant ; and is an excellent remedy for they ftand in c F.,0 RE TG N IL soe L y green: they have nothing ofthat fpicy 1 fo prevalent in the others. flower: = fmall, and of a faint 9. Creeping feentlefs Mother of Thyme. BR Tes 2 nipped at the end. four parts; the upper fegment of which is broader than the others, and DIVISLON It BRITISH 1. Hairy verticillate Water-Mint. Mentha aquatica hirfuta verticillata P&S Therootis fmall, flender, and creeping. "The ftalks are numerous and branched: they are a foot long, but not very upright ; and they are fquare, of a pale green, and lightly hairy. Theleaves have fhort, hairy footftalks: they are oblong, moderately broad, and dented at the edges. ‘heir colour is a faint green. The flowers ftand at the joints in clufters, furrounding the ftalk ; they are fmall, andofa, pale Ted. The feeds are minute and brown. It is commonabout waters, and often gets into corn-fields. It flowers in.April, and continues to Augutft. C. Bauhine calls it Cakamintha arvenjis verticiluta, and of afaint purples minute, roundifh, and The remains as a cocup is formed ofa fingle piece, divided into five flight fegments at the edge, and it vering forthe feeds; which are four in number, andfmall. in the flower beLinnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia, two of the four threads very iming longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding in the cup naked. _This author joins difting, properly under the fame name pennyroyal ; a plant of a genus perfectly lata, and fhort, of Welch mountains. into HE. flower is compoled of a fingle petal, tubular at the bottom, and divided at the edge Others, Mentha arvenfis verticillata hir2. Smoothverticillate Water-Mint. Mentha aquatica, verticillata glabra: Therootis fibrous. The ftalks lie upon the ground: they are SuP*hiC Tins, fquare, weak, fmooth, purplith, and‘fix or eight inches long, but rarely branched. The leaves have fhort footftalks: they are {mall, oblong, fmooth, dented at the edges, and fharp-pointed. Their natural colour is a dufky green; but they are often red. The ‘flowers are fmall, and of a faint purple: they grow at the joints in clufters, furrounding the ftalk. It is found in our midland counties by the fides of brooks, and flowers in Auguft. Lobel calls it Calamintha aquatica Belgarum et Matthioli. Others, Mentha aquatica exigua verticillata. 3. Round-leaved aromatick Mint. Mentha aromatica folio rotundiore. g, and The root is compofed of numerous, long, flender fibres. The ftalks are weak, {quare, partly procumbent, and partly upright; of a purplith colour, and a foot or morein height. The leaves have very fhort footftalks : they are broad, fhort, roundifh, fharp-pointed, and fharply. ferrated about the edges. 3 The |