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lethargy. 
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lib. i. cap. 2. ed. Boerh. p. 80. H. Pifo in Spkileg. curat. p. 6. 9. Languentis veneris 
incitamentum recentis Urticse olim fuere, quorfum refpicit Petronius, (Satiricon ed. De 
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«wtt; //?/?. 193. MelifTa vulgaris. Park. Theat. p. j^o. Melifla- 
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uni'floris, folio brevioribus, foliis cordatis ferratis... Hal. Stirp. 
Helv. n. 242. 
& MelifTa romana, floribus verticillatis feiTdibus, foliis hirfutis. 
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Roman Balm. 
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Clafs Didynamia. Ord. Gymnofpermia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 728. 
EJf. Gen. Cb. Gall aridus, fupra planiufculus : lab. fuperiore fubfaf- 
tigiato. Corolla: lab. fuper. fubfornicatum, 2-fidum ; lab. inf 
lobo medio cordato.. 
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Sp. Ch. M. racemis axillaribus verticillatis : pedicellis fmiplicibus 
THE root is perennial, fibrous : the ftems are erecl, quadrangular, 
imootn branched towards the bottom, and ufually rife two or three 
211a ZTll t j le *? av f® are heart or egg-fhaped, fpreading, rough, 
veined deeply ferrated, of a bright green colour, and 
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pairs upon footftalks, which of the lower leaves are very long : 
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