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TEUCRIUM CHAMEDRYS, . COMMON GERMANDER. 
SYNONYMA. Chamedrys. Pharm. Geoff. iii, 296.° Dale. 145, 
Alfton. ii, 105, Lewis. 219. Cullen, it. 82. Ed, New. Difpenf. 
169. Murray. ii. 119. Bergius. 506. Chamzdrys minor repens. 
Baub. Pin. 148. Ger, Emac, 656.. Chamedrys vulgaris. Park, 
Theat. 104. Ray. Hift. 527. Synop. 2 31. Hudfon, Flor. dag, 
| 248. With. Bot. Arr. §92. ‘Ie. Flor. Dan. p. 448. | 
Didynamia Gymnofpermia. ~ Lin. Gen. Plant. 706. 
een Ch. Corolle \abium fuperius (nullum) -ultra bafin 2-partitum, 
divaricatum ubi ftamina, # tne | 
Sp. Cb. 'T. foliis cuneiformi-ovatis incifis crenatis petiolatis, floribus 
‘ ternis, caulibus procumbentibus fubpilofis, = 
ROOT perennial, branched, fibrous. Stalk about a foot in height, 
decumbent, roundifh, branched, rough. Leaves in pairs, on foote 
ftalks, ovate, narrow, irregularly toothed, veined, hairy. Flowers — 
purple, placed in whorls at the ale of the leaves. Calyx rough, 
- quinquifid. Segments pointed. Corolla confifts of a fhort curved tube, 
at the limb divided into two lips, of which the upper is fhort, and 
cut in the middle in fuch a manner as to difappear: the lower lip 
feparates into fpreading lobes, of which the middlemoft is large, 
and of a roundifh form. Filaments two long and two fhort, flender, 
white, and furnithed with fimple antherz. Germen four, parted. 
Style filiform. Stigma bifid. Seeds four, enclofed in the calyx. 
It is a native of England, flowering in June and July. The annexed 
figure is taken from a garden fpecimen. : 
The leaves and tops of Germander have a moderately bitter tafte, © 
accompanied with a weak aromatic flavour, which is diminifhed but 
not totally diflipated when the plant is dried, They give out their 
-virtues both. to watery and fpirituous menftrua. Water feems to 
diffolve the bitter matter more perfeQly than pure {pirit, the watery 
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