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ndo, ac educentlo, & hinc in tufli, afthmate, in cruditatibus ventricle 

 mendandis, ureteribus referandis, in^ pefte, contagiofifque morbis 

 arcendis, in fcabie."" Bergius alfo afcribes many virtues to this root 

 and from its fenfible and chemical qualities it promifes to be a medi 

 cine 0^ fome efficacy ; but in the difeafes in which it is principally re 

 commended, as dyfpepfia, pulmonary afFedions, and uterine obftruc 



we have no fatisfadory evidence of its medicinal powers.' Or 



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dram of this root in infufion, and from two drams to half 

 in decodion, is faid to be the dofe ufually given. 



^ p. 602. See JIfton*s M. M. vol, i. p 



See Cullen's M. M. vol. ii, p, 45 < 



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THYMUS VULGARIS. COMMON GARDEN THYME 



STNONTMA. Thymus. Pharm, Edinh. Thymus vulgaris 



Iblio tenuiore. -Bauh, Pi?i, p, 219. Tourn. IriJI. p, ip6. Thy- 



•mum durius. Dod, Perapt. p, 2j^, Gerard Emac, p, ^j^t- Rait 

 Hiji, p. S^^' Park, neat., p . 



« Thymus vulgaris folio teniiiore. C, B, 



Narrow-leav d Gardeii Thyme, 



^ Thymus vulgaris folio latiore.* €, B. 



Broad-leav d Garden Thyme. Hort, Kew. 



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Clafs Didynamia. Ord, Gymnofpermia. L!n,'Gen,Plant,j2j. 



PJj. Gen, Ch. Calycis bilabiati faux villis claufa, 



o/. Ch. T. eredus, foliis revolutis ovatis, floribus verticillato-ipicatis.. 



i HE root is perennial, woody, and fubdivided into fmall fibres : the 

 Items are numerous, round, hard, branched, and ufually rife about afoot 



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Ko. 



i his is the variety to which the figure and defcription here given apply 



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