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\ \ 
i8o 
a 
the limb into five ihort ferments : at the radius the florets are fern 
5 
ufually five, fiat, fpreadin^', roundiih, cut at the apex into three teeth 
3 
and furnifhed with a cylindrical, greenifli, fi:riated tub 
the leneth of the cal 
3 
T-^T • 
th 
filaments are five, fhort 
? 
cli is ab 
d fiend 
the antherse are yellow, and unite into a cylindrical tube : the germe 
is oblong, comprefTed, and fupports a filiform fl)- 
reri 
d fi 
i 
ma 
ta. 
It IS common 
^^V ^^^^^" 
divided 
and flov 
fr 
om 
July till October. 
The leaves and 
fmelL and a bitteridi, rou 
X 
of this plant have an agreeable weak 
h 
d fomewhat pun 
t) 
of both is 
t> 
cilt 
pungenc 
the tv70. 
icy m 
yby 
"^ 
P 
(p-E 
r 
ri< 
aded,. by watery and fp 
dly by the former 
tafl 
menftru 
their aromatic 
The 
the 
and 
1 
d 
h of them 
qualiy py 
o 
The flowers, diftilled with water, yield a penetrating- eflen 
tial oil, poiTefTinff the 
fl 
of the M 
m 
»> 
er 
fedion, though 
* 
iier lefs agreeable than the flowers themfelv 
This plant appears to be the xr^xlic^rvis ^iXto<pvXKos \\ of the Greek 
J 
by whom it was efleemed an excellent vulnerary f 
d fly 
enerally employed 
was 
hemorrhagic compl 
lly ias an 
Inftances of its 
ful aftringent in 
nd 
all 
d efFed 
y 
b 
are 
lii 
ife mentioned by feveral of the German 
5 
P 
larly, by Stahl and HofI; 
who alfo recommend 
re 
g 
dy in various other difeafes : the former found it not only an aftrin- 
ent, but alfo a povv^erful tonic, antifpafmodic, and fedative. In proof 
f the laft mentioned quality, we may remark, that in fome parts^of 
weden it is ufed in making beer 
ord 
to render it mort m 
toxicatm 
this 
]^ 
purpofe 
d Sp; 
1 fom 
F> 
P 
has 
of 
ferved, that it is employed fo 
Afi 
T 
leaves 
d fi 
of 
viilfoil are both direded for medicinal ufe in the Edinburgh Pharm^ 
\ 
m 
th 
P 
fent 
practice 
hov/ever this plant, we believe, is wholly 
neelected. 
L 
p. 424 
Matthiol. in Dwfc 
t Vulneraria infuper habetur fub externo ufu, jam ab Achille, ut ferunt, fanatione 
Vulnerum fubjeaorum fibi militum, auaorato. Murray App. Med. vol. i. p. 167. 
b Hsmoptyfis, EpiPcaxis, Menorrhagia, et Haemorrhois. 
s 
Stahl Dijj: de Therap. paf hyp 
De praft. rem. §. 18 
Vide Linn. Flor. 8uec. p. 299 
HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS. 
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