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each Joint: They are fmall, in Shape very like 
thofe of Thyme, ahd of a pale green Colour on _ 
the upper Side, and white and hoary underneath. — 
The Flowers are fmall and red: They grow.in.a 
Kind of little Spikes, or oblong Clufters at the 
Tops of the Stalks, and have hoary white Cups. 
The whole Plant has a very penetrating, but plea- 
fant Smell, and an aromatic Tafte. Cats are fond 
_ of this Plant, and will rub it to Pieces in their 
Fondnefs. It is good for all Diforders of the 
Head and Nerves: It may be given in Powder, 
but the moft common Way, is to take it in Snuff, 
MASTERWORT. 
IMPERATORITIA. 
’ A Plant of no Beauty, kept in our Gardens for 
: its Virtue. It grows two Feet high. The 
_ Stalks are round, ftriated, hollowed, upright, 
‘Not very ftreng. The Leaves are each compofed 
Of three finaller: They are of a dark green Co- 
lour, blunt at the Points, and indented about the 
Edges, The Flowers are {mall and white: They 
_ ftand in little Umbels at the Tops of the Branches. 
The Roots are long, brown, divided, of a ftrong 
Smell, and a fharp aromatic Tafte. ae 
~The Root is the Part ufed: It is goodin Fe=- 
Vers, in Diforders of the Head, and of the Sto- 
~ Mach and Bowels. It is beft taken up frefh, and 
_. §iven ina light Infufion: It promotes Sweat, and 
1s a better Medicine for that Purpofe, than moft 
__ f the foreign Roots kept by Druggifts. 
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