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The Leaves are fhort, broad, and indented about 
the Edges, but not fharply or deep as thofe of 
the other Germander: They are of a fort of wool- 
ly foft Appearance and Touch, and of a dutky 
deep green Colour. The Flowers are very {mall 
and red, and. they ftand at the. upper Joints of 
the Stalks, in little Parcels together. The whole 
Plant has a ftrong and difagreeable Smell. 
The whole Plant is to be ufed freth or dried. 
It has been celebrated greatly as a Sudorific, and 
for it Virtues againft peftilential Fevers, but it is 
now little ufed. 
GINGER. 
ZINZIBER. 
AN Eaft-India Plant, found alfo in other places 
; and very fingular in its Manner of Growth. 
It produces two Kinds of Stalks, the one bearing 
the Leaves, and the other only the Flowers. The 
rft grow two or three Feet high, and are them- 
felves compofed in a Manner of the lower Parts of | 
ves; fo that they feem to be only Bundles of 
Leaves rolled together at the Bottom. Thefe are 
long, narrow, and in fome Degree refemble the - 
_ Leaves of our common Flags. The other Stalks 
are tender, foft, and about a Foot high: They. 
ave no Leaves ‘on them, but only a Kind of 
Films, and at the Tops they produce the Flowers, 
4M a Spike; thefe are fmall, in Shape like 
thofe of our Orchis, and of a mixed Colour, 
_ Purple, White, and Yellow. The Root fpreads 
_ Uregularly under the Surface. — 
The Root is the only Part ufed: We have it 
dry at the Grocers; but the beft Way of taking 
it, is as it comes over preferved from the Eaf- 
Indies, It is a warm and fine Stomachic,. and- 
Difpeller.of Wind. It afte Digettion; aad wpre- 
