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at once large quantities of this fpice, or rather calTia, which is ufually 
employed in thefe operations ; and the oil thus feparated is fa 
extremely pungent, that on being applied to the Ikin it produces an 
efchar ; in dofes of a drop or two diluted, by means of fugaf, 
mucilages ; &c. it. is one of the moll immediate cordials and reftora- 
tives in languors, fmgultufes, and all debilities. This oil is imported 
from the Eafl-Indies, and a tindure, a fimple, and a fpirituous water^ 
are direded by the Pharmacopoeias to be prepared from this fpice.. 
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GLECOMA HEDERACEA. 
GROUND-IVY, Or, GILL 
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STNONTM^. Hedera terreftris.. Fhanm Edin.: Gerard: ^s^- 
Rati liift, voL r. ^6j, By nop, 243, Hedera terreflris vulgaris. 
X - J ■ 7 
Baiih, Pin, 306. Farh TheaL GyS', Chama^ciflus five Hedera 
terreflris. 
y, Bauh, vol. 3. ^$$* Cham^sclema caule procumbente 
radicato, foliis reniformibus, rotunde crenatis. Hal, St'irp, Helv.. 
No. 24 j^. Glecoma hederacea. 
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With, Bot, Arrang, 603. 
R dhati 
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Flor, Cant, 
225 
Curtis Flor,. Lond, Flor,. Dan,, t. 789 
Clafs Didynamia, 
Gymnofpermia. L, Gen, Plant, 714, 
F[f,Gen,Ch, AntBeramm fin^uliim i^d.r In formain crncls connivens.. 
Calyx 5-fidus. 
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G. foliis reniformibus crenatis 
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THIS plant has a fmall, perennial, creeping, fibrous root. 
puts forth ftalks from fix inches to a foot and a half in height ; thefe 
are fquare, procumbent, and at the knots of joints woolly; the leaves 
are of a roundifh kidney-ihape, fcolloped, hairy, and Hand in oppo- 
fite pairs upon channelled footilalks ; the flowers grow in verticilla, 
or whorls of three, four, or five together, on Ihort peduncles, placed 
about the footftalks of the leaves 
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the calyx is tubular, permanent, 
flriated 
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