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in height: the leaves are fmall, narrow, elliptical, often illghtly ] 

 dented at the edges, befct with fmall glands, and (land in pairs up 

 very fhort foolRalks : the flow^ers terminate the branches in who 

 round clufters : the calyx is tubular, ftriated, clofed at the mouth with 

 fmall hairs, and divided into tv/o lips ; of thefe the uppermoll: is cut 

 into three teeth, the lowermdfl: into two : the corolla is monopetalous 

 confifting of a tube, v/hich is about the length of the calyx, and 

 divided at the brim into two lips, of a pale purple colour ; the \p/)er 

 Up is erea, or turned back, and notched at the end ; the under 

 longer, expanding, and divided into three fegments ; of thefe ^the 

 middle fegment is the broadefl : the fdaments are two long, and two 

 fliort : the antheras fmall and round : the germen is divided into four 

 parts, from the centre of which ifKies the ftyle, which is thread- 



ihaped, and furniilied with a bifid ftigma : the ittd^ are four, fmall, 

 roundiffi, and lodged at the bottom of the calyx. It is a native of 

 the South of Europe, and flowers from May till Auguft.- 



According to C. Bauhin, this plant is the <svi^s of Diofcorides and 



Theophraftus/ It grows wild abundantly in the mountainous parts of 

 Italy and Spain ; we are therefore the more induced to hippofe it to 

 be the plant of this name fo frequently mentioned by the Latin poet.'' 

 It^was cultivated by Gerard, and ufually finds place in our gardens 

 with the other pot-herbs. 



This herb has an agreeable aromatic frnell, and a warm pungent 

 tafte. " To water it imparts, by infufion, its aromatic odour, but 

 only a weakjafte: in diftillation, it gives over an eiTential oil, in 

 quantity about an ounce, from thirty pounds of the herb in flower; 

 of a gold yellow colour if diftilled by a gentle lire, of a deep brownifli: 

 red if by a ftrong one, of a penetrating frnell, refembling that of the 

 Thyme itfelf, in tafte exceflively hot and fiery : the remaining decoc- 

 tion infpiflated, leaves a bitt'erifh, roup-hifh, fubfaline extrad. The 



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«;//.« quod iis qui animi deliqulum patiuntur adhlbeatur r alii xno r-^s ^vi^xasos km rvs^vy>? 

 deducunt, quod hoc veteres in facris, quae igiie accenfo fiebant, primuin ufi iint, ut apud 

 Rhodiginum, L 3. c. 23. legere eft." 



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