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Cassidony, or Arabian St^chas. 



STiECHAS ARABICA. 



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A Very fragrant and pretty Shrub, Native of 

 -'^ Spain^ and many other warm Parts of EyL- 

 rope. It grows much in the Manner of Laven-* 

 der, to a Yard or more in height, and is not un- 

 common in our Gardens. The Branches are firm 



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and woody : The young Shoots are pli.^l^le and 

 fquare, and are naked to the Top. The Leaves 

 iland upon the BraQches two at each Joint, they 

 are Ipng, narrow, and white. The Flowers Hand 

 in little Clufters or Heads, like thofe of Laven- 



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der ; and there are two or three large and beautiful 

 deep blue Leaves upon t^e Tops of the Heads, 

 which give them a very elegant Appearance. 



The Flowers are the only Part ufed : They are 

 of the Nature of thofe of Lavender, but more 

 aromatic in the Smell : They are very ferviceable 

 in all nervous Complaints, and help to promote 

 the Menfes. They are beft taken dried and 



powdered 



The Cassumu^ar Plant. 



CASSUMUNAR. 



Common Plant of the Eaji-Indies, but of 

 which we do not feem to have yet fo perfect 

 a Defcription as might be wiflied. Its Leaves are 



large, long, and like thofe of our Flags, and they 

 involve one another in a fingular Manner about 

 their Bafes. The Flowers are fmall, and they 

 are in a Shape fomewhat like thofe of certain of 

 our Orchifes. They are mottled with purple and 

 yellow: The Seed is little and brown, the Root 

 creeps under the Surface of the Ground, and is of 



