^ 
^ 
^ 
J 
>. 
ftriated, roiigli, and divides into five unequal pointed fegm 
V 
/ 
? 
tub 
lar 
blue 
petalous, bilabiated 
a. bi 
wi 
V^ 
the upper lip is cleft, er« 
divided into three lobes, of which the middle one is 
larp-eft, and is notched at the end ; the brakes are fmall 
th 
(lender compreffed 
the lov/er lip is expanded, 
the 
pering 
row from the ped 
the filaments are four, two long and 
{h 
fo 
fO 
V 
for 
d by the upper lip 
9 
the anthers of each pair approach 
m 
n 
J 
pointed ; the feeds are fou 
It is a well known 
flowering in April. 
the ftyle is filiform, the lligma is bifid, and 
oval, 
aked 
d lod 
d 
m 
caly 
growing comrnonlj under hedg 
d 
Ground-ivy has a peculiar ftrong fm 
d its tafle is bitterifh, and 
fomewl 
fiderable cftim 
It is one of thofe plants which was formerly 
? 
d fuppofed to poiTefs grea.t medicinal p 
but which later experience has been unabl 
difc 
P 
of of 
th 
Its name is 
omitted in the catalogue of the materia medica by 
the London College. The qualities of this plant have been defcribed 
by different author 
pedoral, deterg 
ap 
) 
d 
y 
> 
corroborant* errh 
czc. 
and it has been varioufly 
vul 
com 
mended for the cure of thofe difeafes to w^hicli thefe powers feemed 
moll adapted, but chiefly in pulmonary'' and nephritic'' compL 
In obftin 
probably exp 
g 
it is a favou 
emedy 
ith 
P 
5 
who 
:e its good effedis by ftill perfevering in its ufe 
Ray, Mead, and fome others, fpeak of its being ufefully joined ^with 
fermenting 
but Dr. Cullen obfer 
app e ar 
me frivo 
In fhort, in many cafes where I have feen it employed^ I ha^ 
had no evidence either of 
s 
d 
or of its perioral effects 
In 
^ 
w 
L 
^ Dr. Withering has obfervedj that the leaves are *^ befet underneath with hollow dots, 
in which are glands fecretlng an efientlal oil, and abov? with little eminences, but which^ 
ives out no peculiar' 
furf; 
fcent, whereas the under furface afFords^ a pleafant reviving fcent. 
?> 
^ 
^ Willis, Pharm. rat, fe6t. i. c 6. 
Nofol. Tom. 3- P. 2. cap de f 
lib. 2. p. 69. River. Prax. P 
I.e. 
3- Cap. 5 
g 
Ettmuller, Oper^ T. p. 639. Scardona Aphoris. 
2- p. 499 
p. 97. 
Quadrip. bot p. 74. 
Reufn. Obferv* M 
See alfo Ray, Gerard 
Oper. T. 3. p- 576 
others. 
"-r 
90 
Welch 
Mon. et prsc. med. 
Ale-hoof and Tun-hoof 
ufe of Ground-ivy, mixed with ale, &c, it acc^uired the name of 
common 
