TIjc Ufeful Family Herbal , 5 7 



the I^ut itfelf may be put into Eleftuaries, It is 

 very nourilhing and reftorative. / 



Calami NT. 



CALAMINTHA. 



A Common wild Plant of great Virtues, but 



"^^ too much Jiegle£led. It is frequent by our 

 Hedges, and in dry Places, and is a very robull. 

 Herb. It is eight or ten Inches high, and has 

 xoundifh dark green Leaves, and white Flowers. 

 The Stalks are Jquare, and very much branched : 

 The Leaves are of the Bignefs of a Man's Thumb- 

 nail, fomewhat hairy, and flightly indented about 

 the Edges. The Flowers ftand in little Clufters 

 furrounding the Stalks, and are of a whitilh Co- 

 lour, a little tinged with purplifh. The Root is 

 compofed of a few Fibres. Calamint fhould be ga- 

 thered when jufl coming into Flower, and careful- 

 ly dried •, it is afterwards to be given in the Man- 

 ner of Tea, and it will do great Service in Weak- 

 nefles of the Stomach, and in habitual Cholicks. 



I have known efFeftual and iafling Cures perform- 

 ed by it. 



Pennyroyal Calamint. 

 CALAMINTHx\ ODORE PULEGIL 



A Little Plant of the fame kind with the other, 

 -^ and found in the fame Places, but more com- 

 mon. It is a Foot high; the Stalks are robuft 

 and firm ; the Leaves are fmail, and of a whitifh 

 green Colour, and more hairy than in the other : 

 The Flowers are fmall and white, with a Tinge 

 of Purple i the Plant grows more ere£l and is iels 

 branched than the other ; and it has a very ftrong 

 . and not a very agreeable Smell j the other is ftrong- 

 fcented and pleafant. 



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