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tlie fame manner as the lobes -, they are of ii gray co- 

 lour. The fiowers are, produced in pretty 



fpikes, which arife from between the leaves toward 

 the top of the ftalks ; they are of a brown or chocolate 

 colour, and are formed like the lip fiowers, but have 

 four narrow petals, in which it differs from the other 

 plants of this ciafs with lip flowers ; thefe are fuc- 

 ceededby oblong four-cornered capfules, divided by 

 a central partition into four cells, each containing one 

 roundift feed •, this plant flowers in June, but unlefs 

 the feafon proves warm, they are not fucceeded by 



feeds in England. , , . 



This plant was formerly preferved in green-houfes as 



, a tender exotic, but if planted in a dry foil and a 

 v/arm fituation, it will endure the cold of our ordi- 

 narv winters very well; and if in a fevere froft the 

 tops of them fliould be deftroyed, yet the roots v/ill 

 abide, and put forth again the fucceeding fpring, fo 

 that there is no great clanger of lofing it ; and the 



. plants w^hlch^roy/ in the open air always flower much 



, better than thoie which are preferved in the green- 

 houfe, as they are lefs drawn, which always is hurt- 

 ful to the flowering of plants ; for it rarely happens 

 that any of the plants of this fort, which are placed 



. in the green-hpufe^do,^ower, for they are apt, to 

 drav/ up tall and weak, which prevents their flower- 

 .ing, and thofe bri^nches .which produce fiowers, ge- 



. nerally decay foon after j fo that although the items 

 become woody, yet they are not of long duration, 

 but the roots fpread where they have room, and fend, 

 .out; a crreat number of fl:alks annually ; and when the 

 plants grov/ in the full ground, mofl: of thofe ftalks 

 which are not injured by froft, feldom fail to flower 



over, and covered clofe with bell or hand-ghfiVs to 

 duvle the air, .will take root pretty frcetyVthcfc 

 may be planted in pots, and flickered in the winter 

 under a common frame for a year or two till they 

 have obtained fl:rength, then they may be planted i 



border, and treated in the fame way us the 

 former fort, with which management I have fecn thcra 

 flower much better than any of thofe which have been 

 treated more tenderly, and thefe plants haveperfeded 

 their feeds in good feafons. 



M E L I C O C C A. See Sapindus. 



M E L I L O T U S. See TRicor^ELLA. 



MELISSA. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 193. tab.9r. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 647. [fo called of jusxt, honey, becaufe 

 the bees procure it from this plant ; it is alfo called 

 Meliflx)phyllon, juiAt, and gvx?^ovj a leaf, q. d. Ho- 

 ney Leaf] Baum. ' . 



The Characters are. 



The empale?nent of the Jlowcr is of the open, hell-Jkape^ 

 angular kind^ freaked %vith C7ie leafy ivhofe brim is form- 

 ed into t'VJo lips ; the upper lip is indented in three parts ^ 

 which are fpread open and refiexed \ the under tip is 

 Jhort, acute, and indented in tzvo parts. The fozver is 

 of the lip kindy having a cylindrical tube ; the 



.the fpring follQwjpgrf9 ^af. tl]e furefl; method to have 



therp. flower, is to^cqver the,%9t^ of thefe pl^nts^ip 



I frofty weather with Reeds or ^nats, to prevent their 



; , tops being killed byii:he cold: therefore 4c is the bcfl: 



.:,.), way to plant thqrT) cloleto a good afpected wall, and 



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CfMps art 

 gaping, the upper lip is fhort, ereSl, forked, and round- 

 iflj, indented at the end. The under lip is trifd, the mid- 

 dle part being the largefi. 'it hath four awUfloaped fia- 

 mina, two of which are as long as 'the petals but the 

 other are but halffo long-, they are terminated by [mall 

 fummitSy which join by pairs. It hath a' quadrifd gcr- 

 , men., fupporting a jlender ftyle the length of the pttaU 

 . which, with the fiaminay arefituated under the upper lip^ 

 ^^ cud ij^ crowned by a Render, bifid^reflexed fiigma. The 



.£^K^^^f^?t^^^^^ ^^^^^ '^^ /^"^^'?" ' ^^^^^^ fi^^h fi^ ^^ng in the 



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r.,.on a dry rubbifti, in which they^^H ))Qf fta^^ 

 /:; goroti^'a? }ngp,9dgrQHnd,Xp;wiU^be ie^^ jtuccujent, 

 lu.c^Gd.therefoj;e.j?oj fqjiabk ^cold ; but if 



.7u^c*\yinter proves fevere, the ftalks may be fafl:ened 



b up to th<^jyvall, and covered ^^f 6, protect the'm^ for 



^ru*\^antoCtl^j:^rs;,th^^,^^^^ fi;^quently k,iU?^d to 



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o that there is feldom any 



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■ his genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 

 "^ Lmn^us's f<Surteerith clafs; v/hich includes theplants- 

 ^|'^wh6f6'1fif6v^fsTuve two fongand two Ihort flamina, 

 ^"^ whole feed^^ haked '^^ ^ ^iv - :-^i b^Krri^-r-' ' 



x lie o^^'"''"^^ 11-/=^ ...../- ^h tii f .^-.i 



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PECiEs are. 



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Melissa 



fficinalis) racemis axillaribus verticlllatis. 



^pecJicenis^hrnplicibusJ^Liiir' S Plant. 592. Mourn 



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wi(b 'V^horJed bunches "of flowers proceeding from the fiies 



ifa horien- 

 ■/ Baum, \ 

 {Komana) flonbus verticillatis ftffilibus, 



is. 

 Melissa 



fohis hirfuti 



to 



lis hirlutis. Baum with whorls of fuwersjltling dofe 

 the ftalks, 'and hairy leaves. Mehfla Romana, 'fiiol- 



liter hirfuta & ^raveolchs. H, R. Par. 



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oft hairy leaves^ and afrong fmelL 



Rclnan Baum 



the eround in winter, 

 .flowers produced. ;;^.. J j^.(^ 



■fThis plant may be propagated By 'taking off its fuck- 

 ers or fide fl^.oots, any time from March to Septem- 

 ber, obfcrvini^; to chufefuchas are furniflied with fibres, 

 andafttr tliey are planted ,and taken root, they will 

 require no farther care but to keep them clear from 

 ..w^ccds : they may be alfo propagated by planting 

 cuttings, during any of the fummer months, which, 



if \yatdred "and (haded, will take root very well, and are divided in forks., and are the length cf the fhwers. 

 may ^(;?rj.Y§fd5„, bj^ tranfplanted vyhqre they jrg de- I Calam/ntha magno flore, C. E. P. 229. C^damnih "ivitb 



r- :* : I, a lar^e flower. - ■ ■■■ - • ^ ■■ - •- r ^-"» -' 



4. Melissa (Calamintha) peduncuhs axillaribus dicho- 



'^\'"tomis longitiidine foliorum. Lin. Sp." Plant. S9r 



-Baum with foot 'ftalks arijing frcm the wings' of theftalk ^ 



which' are forked, and'aslbnz as the /t'^i-fi.' ■ Calamin- 



Melissa [Grandiflcra) pedunculis axiilaribus dicho- 

 tomis longitudihe florum. Lin. Sp. Planf. 592. Baum 

 with foot -ft alks arifing from the wings of'the'ftalk.^'wticb 



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The fecond fort is alfo a native of the^ country about 

 the Cape of Good Hope, from whencelt wasVrought 

 to Europe •, this rifes with round, foft,'ltgneous fl:alks 

 five or fix feet high, which fend out two Of,, three 

 branches from their fide, earniflaed with winged 

 leaves like thofe of the fo^-mer fort, but^not half fo 

 large '; thefe have two difl:in£t fliipiltas' adhering to 

 ; their foot-fl;alks ;' they areoFa deep greeri oh their 



./.lupper fide, and whitifhpn their yn^er... The lowers 



■■- - V cpme out froffi, the fide of the fl:alks in joofe hanging 



. ■ V; pai;ycle.5, each fi^iftaining fix or eight ^owers,^ which 



■ *. are fliaped like thofe of the firfl: fort,' but fmaller j 



'.. the lower part of the petals are green, their upper 



-. ■ part are of a Safiron colour, and on the outfide, in the 



*■ c,feelling part of the petals, is a blufli of fine red ; 



^•H thefe have two lon^r and two fl^orter fl:amina, which 



-> are terminated by yellow fummits. . The flowers are 



fucceeded by four-cornered ieed-vefl[els, which are 



fhbrlef than thofe of the firfl: fort, in which are lodged 



four Qxal feeds in feparate apartments ^ this flowers 



' at the fame feafon^ wi^h the former. , 



This fort 3oes not fpread its roots as the firfl:, fo is 

 not propagated with fo great facility, but cutcipgs of 



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forked, and as long 

 tha vulgaris & officinarum^Germanias. C. B. P. 228. 



Common officinal Calamint cf the Germans. \ -'v-' ; . 



5.* Melissa '(?v^f/>^^^^^ pedunculis axillaribus dichotcmis 



y, folio Ibrimdribus, caule decumbente. Lin.'Sp. Plant. 



j ' 593^ Baum with f dot 'ftalks arijing from iB ivings of the 



^dlk, 'which are forked'," and longer than the, leaus,'v:itb 



^' a declining ftalk. CalafHintha pulegii odoVe five ne- 



" !peta. C. B. P. 228. Calamint with the 'fcent of Penny 



Royal, or Cat Mint. ■ 



6, Melissa {Creticd) racemis terminalibus, pedunculis 



folitariis breviflimis. Lin. Sp. Plant, s^^- ^'-^'^^^^''^ 

 fpikes of flowers terminating the ft alh, growing 'ipon 



Calamintha incana ocy- 



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ry fhcrt fingle foot-ftalks. 



mi foliis. C. B. P. 228. Hoary Cdariint 



leaves, . 



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fioribus 



labris, 



breviffimis 



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Melissa {Majcranifolia) foliis ovatis ^ 

 verticillatis feffilibus, peduntulis ibUtariis 

 Baum with oval fmooth leaves, and flowers g''^f'^^S^ 

 whorls, fltting clofe to the branches, Kvhich have veij 







this fort planted upon an old Iiot-bed, whofe heat is {- fljort Jingle ftalks. Calamintha. Romana, 



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