399 
, 
alse of the leaves, a 
d appear in June and July 
th 
p 
blong, notched, hairy, and placed at the p 
ul 
th 
3:ex are 
x con 
lifts of one tubular pentangular leaf, divided at the brim into two 
lips, of thefe the upper is lai 
three fegments -, the under is ihoi 
an 
divided 
a 
t th 
Qity 
b ui 5 
and cut into two 
teeth : the corolla is monopetalous, bilabiated, tubular : the upper lip 
the fhorter, with a notch at the 
i 
the lower is cleft into th 
parts, of which the middlemoft is the lanreft r the fi 
t» 
two 
g 
and two fh 
d furnilhed with oblone antherae : the 
germen divides into four parts, from the centre of which \ 
Sender ftyle, crowned with a cleft ftigma : the feeds are 
lhaped, and lodged at the bottom of the calyx. 
f 
b 
OU 
nt 
5 
eg 
• 
Schultz, who has profefTedly written on this plant,* was unable 
fay by what name it was known to th 
Xlie MeXicrcroQvMov fp 
Mtfcrnwa, of Diofcorides, which has been by fome fuppofed to b 
MelifTa, is by Nicander referred to the Marrubium. 
our 
The Balm is a native of the fouther 
>. 
mountainous lituations. but 
parts 
of Europ 
was cultivated 
herb 
that of Gerard 
ery com 
J Cll 
I 
to 
y 
dc 
59 6 
? 
a 
7 
d 
Th 
, in its recent ftate, has a weak rouehifh aromatic tafte, and a 
pleafant fm 
omewhat of 
been named MelifTa od 
d, and hence this ft 
s 
« 
On diftilling the frefh herb with water, it impregnates the firft 
runnings pretty nrongly with 
fubjeded to the oper 
rateful 
when large qu 
once, there fep 
furface of the aqueous fluid a fmall portion of effential oil, in 
yellowifh, and of a very fragrant fine 
" a 
Balm was formerly efteemed of great ufe in all compl 
afTed 
proceed from a difbrdered ftate of 
y generally recommended in melancl. 
s 
d 
the 
of Par 
c 
If us 
: th 
poch 
primum ens MeliL 
promifed a complete renovation of man : even Hoffman and B 
haave, who were probably biaffed by the Arabian phyficians, dee 
* J. Hen. Schultz, De Meiifa, anno 1739. 
I Theriac. v. 554.. 555 
Lewis, M. M. p, 417. 
It 
