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Show Th HERBAL. BRITISH Gea The flowers grow in the bofoms of all the upper leaves, and furround the ftalks: they are {mall and white. Thecups are very wide at the mouth, and the prickles upon themare ftrait ; not hooked, as in the common horehound. It is not uncommon in Spain andItaly, and Spanifh Horehound. Marrubium albumcalycibus patentibus. furnifhed with The root is long, thick, and many fibres. two feet The ftalk is {quare, upright, and fh colour. high, very little branched, andof a whiti fh "Theleaves ftand in pairs, and are of a whiti flowers in June. Bocconecalls it Marrubium fubrotundofolio are roundifh, colour, and thick fubftance ; they and verylightly indented. Gian AB Re lel 7 Se aN S VU XVI. MOTHERWORT. name. The flowers are fmall, and have a purplih tinge: they grow in thicktufts at the joints. The feeds are brown, and rounded onone fide. It is commonin waite places, and flowers inJ C. Bauhine calls it Marrubium cardiaca diftum, Linneus, Leonurus foliis caulinis trilobis lan- The root is compofed of a multitudeof thick, brownfibres. The firft leaves are placed on long footftalks ; and theyare large, broad, and fhort: they have ceolatis. three principal: divifions, and their colour is a It is a good medicine in hyfterick cafes. It promotes the menfes, andis very ufeful againft fits. The beft way of giving it is in form of a fe conferve, made of the frefh tops. dark green. The ftalkis fquare, hollow, upright, branched, anda yard high. Theleaves on this are placed in pairs; and they are oblong, indented at the edges, and fharp-pointed. Ne taken in wayof tea; but that wayic is unpleafant. US BUETED Grito, Ob? XVII. BASTE, OD «1 “Uae HE, floweris formed of a fingle petal, and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part is fhort, andit fpreads out into a mouth: the upper lip ftands erect; and is hollowed, obtufe at the end, andnipped in the middle: the lower lip is divided into three fegments ; andofthefe the middle one is largeft. The cup of each flower is tubular, little crooked, and divided into twolips: but befide thefe, there is a kind of general cup or covering to the whole clufter of Aowers growing [0 gether; and this is formed of a vaft multitude of hairs.. The feeds are four after every flower ; and they ftand naked in the cup. Linnaeus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia , the flower having two longer and two fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked. Our Englifh name is a very imperfect one; for which reafon it is more proper to ufe the Latin, clinopodium. Great Wild Bafil. Clinopodium majus. PES 2. B The rootis fibrous, and runs a great way under the furface. The firft leaves are placed on flender footftalks ; and they are roundith, obtufe, hairy, and of a pale green. The flalks are {quare and weak: theyare a foot or more in length, but fearce ‘able to fupport U themfelves: they are not much branched; and their colour is a pale green. The leaves are placed in pairs on the ftalk ; and theyare fhort, broad, obtufe, and a little indented. The flowers are of a pale red. It is common under hedges, and flowers # Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Clinopo Others, Acinos. Its virtues are not known. S XVULI. LAMIUM, ee floweris labiated, andis formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part at the bafe is very fhort : the opening of the mouth is wide, andis formed into two lips and a palate. The upip is of an arched form, and undivided, and turns in a kind of arch: the lower lip is fhorter, ce i ve > and nipped at the end; andit turns back. The palate is inflated, compreffed, and terminated each way bya little jz The cup is tubular, andic is terminatéd by five briftles. The feeds are four after every flower; andtheyy are naked in the cup. P Eee places. this among the didynamin gymnolpermia 5 the flower having two threads longer than the other two, and feeds remaining nakedin the cup without any capfule or particular covering. yT. SPECIES; BRITISH The feeds are brown. 1. Lamium aloum vulgare. /*¢ Shut The root is fibrous and creeping. The flalk is {quare, hollow, upright, not branched, and a foot andhalf high. The leaves are placed in pairs; and they are of a fine bright green: they are oblong, broad, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated. The flowersftand in the bofoms of the leaves and they are large and white, a little hai diftinguifhedvery prettily by the bla the buttons on the filaments, which in ical figure 8 ower ; and they nt has a fingular, It is common about gardens, and whetever ground has been dug. It fldwets from April to Oétober. C. Bauhine calls it Lamium purpureum fatiduin folio fabrotundo: Others only Lamium rubrum. 3. Red Deadnettle with divided leaves. Lamiumrubrumfoliis diffeetis, (C32 The root is fibrous and browa. The firft leaves are placed on flender footftalks ; and they are broad, fhort, and deeply divided by about five irregular indentings. The ftalk is of a pale green, and not very fitm; ten inches high, andhollow. The leaves are placed in pairs on fhort foot It is common under hedges, and in all cultivated ground, It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Lamium album non fetens folio oblongo. Others only Lamium album, Our common people call it Deadnettle, and Archangel. The whole herb is fubaftringent. GE N DEA.DN EP Dida. 1. White Deadnettle. the upper HE. flower is formed of fingle petal, and is labiated. ‘The tubular part is flender: the lowerlip is turned back, and lip is long, and of an arched form, and rounded at the end; The cup is oblong, tubular, angulated, and is divided into three equal, or nearly equal fegments. and they ftand nakedin the formed of a finele leaf. The feeds are four, not mia gymnofpermia, as the preced ing ; but he does Linnzus places this among the di the /eonurus, and takes awayits received andar it to be a diftinét genus. He jo ins it with Cardiaca. BLSL« Bou DIVPSTOn C 4 RD AC A. Motherwort. HERBAL SPECIES. FOREIGN Drv 1S tO Neu The The roots, dried and powdered, are good in s; but the i : thefe are at sent and balfamick. A conlerve m with fugar is excellent againft the It is a family-medicine, but very eceived in the fhops. I have performedinthis troublefome 2. Red Deadnettle. Lamiuim vulgare rul The rootis a The firft leaves are fimall, roundifh, ahd indented: they ftand on flender redith footftalks ; and are of a duf een. The ftalks are fquare and hollow:’ they are a t long, but they do not ftand upright : they and trail in the lowerpart’ upon the ground: ve ufually a few leaves about the bottom, tofe from the root; and about two pairs of s, placed at diftances, one pair near the bottom, the other near the top. At the fummit there are two or three other pairs, among whichrife the flowers Thefe aré fmall and N° 36. red. ftalks ; and they are broad, fhort, and deeply di+ vided. ‘The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves 5 and they are fmall and red. The feeds are brown. It is not uncommon on plowed land, and it flowers in May. Ray calls it Lamium rubrum minus foliis pro- fande incifis, 4. Great Henbit: . + . Lamiumfolio caulem ambiente. be m-an F’C3 The root is frhall and fibrous. The firft leaves are fupported on flender foot ftalks ; and they are broad, fhort, and waved at the edges: frequently alfo there rife a kind of fuckers from the root, each fupporting fix or eight ofthefe leaves. The ftalks are numerous, fquare; hollow; and about five inches in length: they are not much sranched, and they trail upon the ground. he leaves on thefe are unlike thofe from the root: two naturally grow at a joint; but they inite, and form a kind of fingle roundith leaf, through which the ftalk runs in a perfoliate manner. The flowers are fmall, and of a pale red: they ftandin the bofoms ofthe leaves. The feeds are oblong and brown, It is common on groundthat has been plowed or dug. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Laminifolio caulem ambiente. Authors fpeak ofa leffer fpecies 5 but it is only a variety. SA 5. Xelow *" |