Cunila Mariana. 473 
PHARM. 
Cun1L# Marian. Herba. 
‘Qua. Fragrans, spirans, odore ocymum referens. 
Vis. excitans, nervina. 
Usus. febres intermittentes; cephalalgia; succus expressus cum lacte ad morsura ser- 
pentum. Schoepf. 
DESCRIPTIO UBERIOR. 
Raprx fibrosa perennis. Caulis acute quadrangulatus, ramosus, fulvus. Folia sub- 
sessilia, ovata, acuta, serrata basi sub-cordata subtus pallida. Corymbi termi- 
nales et axillares dichotomis, pedicellis capillaribus, bracteolis linearibus. 
Cal. cylindric, five-fidus, laciniis brevibus equalibus acutis ; 10-striatus, pilis 
nitentibus. Os calicis villosum: semina quatuor. Habitat in montosis siccis, 
et sylvis aridis umbrosis, florens Julio. 
Tue genus* to which this handsome little plant belongs, is peculiar 
to America; and it contains properly, now that Hedeoma is separated 
from it, only the single species here figured—the second species, C. 
capitata of Vahl, being more nearly allied, it is said, to Ziziphora. 
The root of dittany is small, fibrous and yellowish, resembling that 
of the common pennyroyal. The stem is delicate and slender, four- 
* Cunila is the MOViAN, of Plin. Nicand. 
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