120 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
DiTTANY oF CRETE. 
DICTAMNUS CRETICUS. 
A Very pretty little Plant, Native of the Eaft, — 
and kept in fome of our curious People’s — 
Gardens. It has been famous for its Virtues, but 
they ftand more upon the Credit of Report than 
Experience.  Itisfixoreight Incheshigh, the Stalks 
are fquare, flender, hard, woody, and branched. 
The Leaves are fhort, broad, and roundifh, they 
ftand two at every Joint, and are covered with a 
white woolly Matter, The Flowers are fmall and 
purple: They grow in oblong and flender fcaly 
Heads, in the Manner of thofe of Origanum; 
and thefe Heads are themfelves very beautiful, be- 
ing variegated with Green and Purple. The whole 
' Plant has a fragrant Smell. 
The Leaves are ufed, our Druggifts keep them 
dried. The old Writers attribute Miracles toit 
in: the Cure of Wounds; at prefent it is feldom 
_ fed alone; but it is good in nervous Diforders, 
: praca romotes the Menfes, and ftrengthens the 
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