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the Nut itfelf may be put into Eleétuaries. Tris is 
very nourifhing and shies: 
CALAMINT. 
CALAMINTHA. 
A Common wild Plant of great Virtues, but 
too much neglected. It is frequent by our 
Hedges, and in dry Places, and is a very robuft 
Herb. It is eight or ten Inches high, and has 
roundifh dark green Leaves, and white Flowers. 
The Stalks are fquare, and very much branched: 
The Leaves are of the Bignefs of a Man’s Thumb- 
nail, fomewhat hairy, and flightly indented about _ 
the Edges. The Flowers ftand in little Clufters 
furrounding the Stalks, and are of a whitifh Co- 
four, a little tinged with purplifh. The Root is 
compofed of a few Fibres. Calamint fhould be ga- 
thered when juft com into Flower, and careful-— 
_ ly dried; it is sina oree given in the Mai " oa 
ner of Tea, and it will ac greater ‘Service in Weak- 
neffes of the Stomach, and in habitual Cholicks. 
I have known effectual and lafting Cures pertone 
ed a it, 
 PennyRovat CALAMINT. — | 
ek sa CHA ODORE PULEGIL. a - 
A Little Plant of the fame kind with the . other, eae 
= and found in the fame Places, but morecom- 
mon. Itis a Foot high; the Stalks are robuft — 
and firm; the Leaves are fmall, and of a whitifh 
green Colour, and more hairy than in the other: 
The Flowers are fmall and white, with a Tinge 
of Purple; the Plant grows more ereét and i is lefs 
recone a very ft 
1d Not av eeable 3 the other 
