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Show TISH HERBAL. HERBAL. BRITISH over one another; and of a whitith colour, and hoary. The flowers furround the upper parts of the and ftalks in thick clufters ; and are f ‘purple. The feeds are oval, angulated, and brown. , fhort; crooked, The root is a tuft of thick 5 . brown fibres and two feet high : Theftaikis fquare, firm, it often droops at it is not much branched, and , the tap. they are obThe leaves ftand in pairs 5 and: d in a peculiar long, confiderably broad, dente the dents feem to manner at the edges; fo that' July. C. Bauhine cz Others, £ |, piles. mouth, andblackith. SION G- EN S U WiKkLD d Prunella. BASIL 5 lacini. A GC. IAW. 0-6, The tubular part is of the length of the i fidweris formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. obtufe, nipped at the end, and placed fmall, is lip upper The fmall. mouthis the and cup, ; the middle one of which is the fegments three into divided is and longer, is lowerlip the erect ; and divided into twolips at the largett, andis nipped at the end. The cup is tubular at the bafe, follow each flower. rim. The feeds are {mall and roundifh, and four of them having two longer and two Linnzus arranges this among the didynamia gymnofpermia , the flower naked. being feeds andthe threads, fhorter it is truly diftiné, not only He takes away the received name acinos, and joins it with shyme; but were induced to give it a fein the neral form and afpeét of the plant, whence the earlier writers the lowerlip being parate name, but even in the ftru@ture of the flower; the middle fegment of TT}. and The roctapie: is ilct and toleler: has many crooked fibres annexedto it. The leaves are numerous, and fupported on Jong foottta they are deeply divided in two or more places down to the ; fo that they relemble in fome xs hor @’s horn. fquare, tolerably firm, upright, The leaves on thefe ftand in pairs at diftances : this, Jarzer and rounder in acios thah in thyme, and being always nipped or emarginated in whereas in ¢bymeit is entire. Our Englifh name is an ill-conftru€ted one. but it is better to ufe the other, acinos. the bofoms of the leaves; and they are red ; but | they have a white fpot in the middle of the under lip. The root is long; lender, white, and furnifhed The feeds are very {mall and black. with a few fibres. It is common in our weftern counties, and The flalks are numerous and weak: they lie flowers in Auguft. in part upom the ground; andfrequently fend out C. Bauhine calls it Clinopodium arvenfe fibres, dnd root as thiey trail: they. are fquare, facie. Others, Acinos. J. Bauhine, Acinos mullis. flender, and redifh and,they are lightly hairy. The leaves are fmall, oblong, hairy, andinIt is an excellent medicine in nérvous cafes. A dented: they ftand in paits; and they have no tea of it is not unpleafant, and will take great footftalks. effect. The flowers are fmall, but they are not with- E'5N U;,,S XIV. Pp Baal aN ph dad, ARR Dry tsi ow bk White Horehound: The ftalks are b FAHE, flower is compofed of fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part, at the bottom, is 1 : grog Rie = sna “ay ed 7 fhoit,.and the opening, is oblong. The upper lip is entire, and ftands erect: the under lip js turned backwards, and is divided into. three fegments; the middle one,of which is broader the others, and is nipped at the end, and ferrated. The cup is formed of ‘a fingle piece, and is are four after each Hower, and ftandin the cup: the fame mannerdivided into two Tips ; and th Linnets places this among the didynamia g fpermia , the flower having four threads, of which rous, upfight, fquare, of ith: colour, anda footandhalf higt ; and theyare The leaves are plac 1 of a firm roundifh, indented alittle at the fice, and of a whitifh colour. The flowers ftand in thick clufters round the t every joint where the lea two are longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding naked. DIVISION I BRITT SH Common Selfheal. The root is compofed of many fibres, connected to a fmall head. veral indéntings. n ftrily exarhined, thofe fl he found to grow fromthe bofoms: of the leaves, SP E°C PES. The firft leaves are numerous; and theyare placed on flender footftalks: they are fhort, broad, obtufe, and fometimes a little waved at the edges, The ftalks are {quare, brownifh, and eight 2 inches UB XV. 10 MM, Boel) hore aft he root is compofed of a vaft 2: §S at the formedof a fingle petal, and is of thelabiated kind. The tubular part, upper lip is very fhort; and the opening at thé mouth is long, and gaping. The and is divided tly divided at the tip 5 and it ftands upright: the ldwer lip is broader, ’ ar back. The cup is tubular, into three fegments; of which the middle one is largeft, and this turns larger and fmaller, and fpread- at the mouth: there are ten indentings at the edge, alternately placed naked in the cup. Four oblong feeds follow every flower ; andthey are is amongthe didynamia gymn afpermia; the flower having four threads, two of Linneeus | an the others, andthe feeds being naked. whichare lo crooked, andentangled fibres, joined to a fmall head head, Sf. Lik Bel Ls the moft ufual numberis only two pairs on each Rane. ain , r at a fall talk, difpofed as in the Jetony, one diftance from the ground, the other near the top: thefe refemble thofe from the root; but they are lets. : The flowers ftand in a fmall tuft at the top of the ftals, and are moderately large: they are ale red, but more ufually white. fometimes of The feeds are > and blackihh. It is frequent in pafture-grounds in the warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in June. C.Bauhine calls it Prunella folio laciniato; a nameothers have copied. U Boo! SP BC Pes; HOREHOUND. M Acinos foliis oblongis dentatise PLS Aut G; Gs I have preferved it, becaufe generally received; out their beauty: they ftand in little clufters in Wild Bafil. REDLGN I. XIII. it Pranella mejor folio n i ila, and Prunella e principlant is cooling 1 is a good medicine in the € juice cures inflammations im the We have it in dry grounds in our fouther: counties, but not frequent. It flowers in Augutt, C. Bauhine calls it Stachys major Ge Others, Stachys Fuchhi. 363 common by way fides, and flowers in high: they are not m theylie in part up SPECIES. though they join round the flalks The whole plant Has 4 very ftrong fmell. It is found in dry paftures, and byroad-fides in many parts of the kingdon, and flowersin June. C. Bauhine calls it Marrabium album vulgare. Others only Marrubivin album. It is celebrated againft diforders of the breaft. The beft way of giving it, is in form of a fyrup le of the juice preffed from the leaves and with honey. This is a form as old as Dioup {corides ; and the common method of boiling coma decoétion of an herb with fugar, is not This fyrup le to it on fuch occafions. borebound is excellent againft coughs, and forenefs of the breaft. deThe leaves reduced to powderare faid to we {troy worms in the inteftines; but for this | have not the fame authority. |