LABIAT A. 
“habe ate Piss Ls 
N’. 74, 
HEDEOMA PULEGIOIDES. 
Prnnyroyat, Tick-aweed, Squaw-mint, ke. 
Place—North America. 
Quality—Aromatic. 
Power—Stomachie, stimulating, emmanagogue. 
Use—Nausea, flatulence, obstructed menstruation. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Labiate—L. J. 
Crass XIV. Didynamia. Orpver Gymnospermia. 
Persoon Synop. ii. 131. Beach Fam Ph. 677. Loudon Ency. Pl. 500. Barton Veg. 
Mat. Med. ii. 165. Raf. Med. Flor.1. 231. Lind Med. Flor. 491. Griff. Med. Bot. 
508. Kost. Mat. Med. 328. Wood. Class Book, 422. 
Genus. HEDEOMA. 
Ae Greek jd:a, sweet, or agreeable, ovum, smell, on account of the fe 
of the plant 
Synonymes.—Menthe peuliot(F.), Polei j vk Dutch, Dan.) , Pulija (Swedish ) , Poley 
(Pol.}, Puleggio (J.), Paleo (S.), Poejo (Port oe 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Caryx. Tubular, regularly five-toothed or cleft, or bilabiate, 
persistent. 
Corotua. Bilabiate, (rarely regular, five-toothed ,) the upper lip 
bifid or entire, os in wstivation the lower three- 
cleft one. 
Sramens. Four, aidyniitboass ot sometimes only two, the upper 
pair being abortive or wanting, situated on the corolla tube. 
Anthers. seats two-celled. a 
pigs Free, deeply four-lobed, the nate oe arsng from : oe 
the —_ of the lobes. ; 
