ti 
extract being ftronger in tafte than the fpirituous;* though the quan- 
tity of both extraGs, according to Cartheufer’s experiments, is very 
nearly alike. . : 
. The Chamedrys has been efteemed chiefly in the charafter of a . 
mild aperient and corroborant : it is recommended in uterine obftruc- 
tions,” intermitting fevers,*and in the rheumatifm and gout, Of the 
laft mentioned complaint, Charles the Vth is faid to have been cured 
by a vinous decoétion of this, with fome other herbs, taken daily 
for fixty fucceflive days.* | | 
_ Other and lefs equivocal evidence of the good effects of the 
Chamzdrys, in this diforder, are recorded by different authors, who 
appear to have employed it in various forms and combinations, of 
which the celebrated. antiarthritic, or Portland powder, is an’ 
inftance. , : : : 
According to Murray the virtues of this plant fhould be nearly 
allied. to thofe of the Marrubium, and therefore promifes to be 
equally ufeful in afthinatic affeCions, coughs, and infarctions of the 
Jungs. However, while we admit this conclufion, we contider the 
virtues of both as fomewhat problematical, 
~§ Lewis, be ce... > See Ray. I. ¢. 
© Alpinus. Med. Hegypt. p. 316. Riverius, Obferv. Cent.4.—82.. Chomel. Us, ii, 
339. Seguier. Pi. Veron. T, i. p. 319. * Veal. Rad. Chin. 111, 
Many other medicinal plants of the order VER TICILLATA fil} remain ubnoticed ; 
but confidering the great number of this clafs figured in our former volumes, it has 
been thought that the medical reader will not regret the fuppreffion of the following; _ 
Lan. Name, ~- OwricinaL.  ENa@uisn. 
Ajuga pyramidalis. Confolida media Mountain Bugle 
Teucrium creticum » Polium creticum Poley of Candia 
osueeers _Chamepitys Chamapitys _ Ground pine 
....-.-- Montanum Polium montanum Mountain poley 
Melittis Meliffophyllum — Melifflophyllum Battard balm 
Meliffa Calamintha alamintha Calamint _ 
~_ Lavendala Stoechas — Stoechas é _ French Lavender 
Satureja hortenfis se feaban eo 2° 3c: _ Sammer Savory 
_ Nepeta Cataria Nepeta ‘ Catmint , 
Origanum creticum Origanum creticum | Marjoram of Candia 
Leonurus Cardiaca _ Cardiaca Mother. wort 
Prunella vulgaris Prunella Selfheal 
Lamium album Dead-nettle 
Lamium album 
ERYSIMUM. 
