The Ufeful Family Herbal, - 21 
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| “MELISSA. 
A Piant common in our Gardens. It grows to 
two Feet in Height, and the Stalks are ro- 
buft, fquare, and hairy. The Leaves are oblong, 
broad, pointed at the End,-and dentated about the 
Edges, and they ftand two ata Joint ; the Flowers 
are {mall and white, but they have large rough 
Tops, which remain after they are fallen. They 
ftand in circular Clufters round the Stalk at the 
upper Joints; the whole Plant is of a fragrant 
Smell. The Root creeps and fpreads abundantly, 
the Plant is in Flower in Fuly. . ‘ 
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taking it is in Tea; it it sock ir Dilotery OF 
the Head and Stomach, ~ , ? 
The Batm or GILEAD SHRUB. 
BALSAMUM SYRIACUM RUT 
FOLIO. 
THs is an eaftern Shrub ; it grows to five or 
fix Feet high, and the Branches are very ~ 
tough, and, when broken, have a fragrant Smell. 
The Leaves are like thofe of Rue, only larger 
and of a deeper Green, the Flowers are moderately 
large, and like Pea-Bloffoms ; they are of a pale mn 
oe oe Hue mixed with white. The Seeds are _ 
yeliow and very fragrant, they are contained in a 
kind of aS ee | | 
No Part of the Shrub is ufed, but or 
Pe Balfam which is seaoee it; the 
