3<^3 



.atter tliaii the former. This plant has the fame fenfible qualities as 

 thofe of the garden thyme, but has a milder, and rather more grate- 

 ful flavour. " Its eflential oil is both in fmaller quantity, and lefs 

 acrid, and its fpirituous extrad comes greatly ihort of the penetratinp; 

 warmth and pungency of that of the other. "^ From this it appears 

 that the Serpyllum, though poffeffing fimilar qualities, is evidently 

 lefs medicinal than the foregoing fpecies.'' ^ 



* Lewis, M. M. p, 651. ' 



« Ifthls is the fame as the Serpyllum, of _Diofcorides, he Is of a difFerent opinion, 

 as he fays, "Jylveftre ad medendi ufum aptius quam fit hortenfe." E.,r.xxov, ab zeJ 

 ...r.r.A\r.rr f^ Pim.r wl... r^omrr.^,.^s its ufc iH various difcafcs. L. XX. c. 22. See Diofc' 



L,iiLc^4-6. Iheoph. 6» hiji. 7 



f 



Theft vlis et rar 



by 



Allia ferpyllumque herbas contundit olentes., E 



n. 10. 



LINUM USITATISSIMUM, • COMMON FLAX. 



STNONTMA, Linum. Pharm. Lond. '^ EdinL Linum arvenfe 



y, Bauh. Hifl. in, p, 451., HalL Slirp. Helv, n, ^76, 



Bauh. Pin. p, 214. ' Linum fativum. Gerard^ Emac, p, ^^6 

 Part T/jeaL p. 1335. Rail HiJi. p. 1072. , Synop, p, 362, 



Linum. 



L. ufitatifTimum. Hudf. Flor. Ang, p, 133. Withering, B 

 Arrang. p, ^2^, Curt, Flor, Lond, A;... Biofcor. Z. 2. c, 125; 

 neoph, ^^ Hift, 7, 



J 



I 



<^H' Pentandria. Ord, Pentagynia. Un, Gen, Plant, 389. ^ ' 



M^Gen, Ch, Cat, 5-phyllus. Petala $^ -Caps, 5-valvis, i o-locularis. 



Sem, folitaria. 



r q 



F' Gh, L. calycibus capfulifque mucronatis, petalis crenatls, foliis 



ianceolatis alternis, caule fubfolitario. 



No 



23 



4 H 



THE 



