150 
afford a fimllar glutinous juice, wlilch is fitted to anfwer tlie flune 
purpofes as thofe of marfh -mallow, and are therefore principally ufed 
in fomentations, cataplafms, and emollient enemas ; but the internal 
ufe of thefe leaves feems to be wholly fuperfeded by the radix althxos/ 
^ ^' Alth^^ in omnibus fupra di£lis efficacior radix." Plln. Nat. Hift. vol. 2. p. 662. 
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LAVANDULA' SPIC A. COMMON LAVENDER. 
SY N NT MA, Lavendula. Fharm. Lond. ^ Ed'mb, Laven- 
dula anguftifolia fiore cscruleo. Bauh. Pin. p, 216. Lavendula 
minor five fpica. Gerard. Emacp, 584. Rail Hijl.p. 513. Park, 
Theat, p, 73. Pfeudo-nardus quae Lavendula vulgo. J, Bauh. 
' Htft, vol. ill. p. 282. Lavandula foliis lineribus, fpicis nudis. 
Hal. Stirp. Helv. ?u 0.^2, 
Variet at es flint. 
« Lavandula ans-uflifolia flore cseruleo. Bauh. Pin. p. 2 1 5, 
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Narrow-leaved blue flow^ered common Lavender. 
+ 
/3 Lavandula anguftifolia flore albo. Bauh. I 
Narrow-leaved white flowered common Lavende 
y Lavandula latifol 
Bauh. I 
Broad-leaved common Lavender. Vide Aiton: Hort. Kew 
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Clafs Didynamia. Ord. Gymnofpermia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 711. 
Ef.GeJt. Ch. Calyx ovatus, fubdentatus, bradea fuflultus. Corolla 
refupinata. Stamina intra tubum. 
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Sp. Ch. L. foliis feflllibus lanceolato-linearibus margine revolutis, 
fpica interrupta nuda„ : 
THE root is perennial, thick, fibrous, and woody: the flalk is 
flirubby, much branched, and often rifes to the height of five or lix 
feet : the bark of the younger fhoots is of a pale-green colour, but 
