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aration is used more as a flavor to other reme- 
dies than as a remedy. The flowers occur in 
axillary racemes and are white, with ten or 
more stamens and one pistil; fruit a small drupe, 
with a one-seeded putatum, and resembles the 
small black cherry. 
Rosmarinus, Rosemary, Rosemarinus Offi- 
cinalis.—Natural order Labiatz. This little 
perennial shrub is found growing along the 
shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and is culti- 
vated in the central and northern portions of 
Europe, also in the United States. The shrub 
has ash-colored branches, with numerous oppo- 
site sessile leaves, which are broad and obtuse 
at their extremities; the upper surface presents 
a handsome green, whilst the under side is pu- 
bescent and a shade or two lighter in color; 
they are about 1 inch (25 millimeters) long and 
% inch broad through the middle, have an 
agreeable balsamic odor, and a bitter camphor- 
like taste. The flowers are a mixture of white 
and blue, and arise from the axil of the leaves; 
corolla unequal, the upper lip being bifurcated; 
Stamens two, with one pistil, and each flower 
having four seeds, which lie naked at the bottom 
of the calyx. The tops, leaves and flowers are 
the parts used in medicine and from which the 
oil is obtained. The Rosemarinus contains resin, 
tannin, extractive matter and one per cent. of 
volatile oil, which is the oil of Rosemary of the 
Stores, and will be described under the proper 
head. The plant is stimulant, nervine, carmin- 
ative, emmenagogue in its effects, and given 
in form of an infusion, one ounce of the material 
to one pint of water, the dose of which is from 
