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Dittany of.Crete. 



DICTAMNUS CRETICUS. 



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Very pretty little Plant, Native of the Eafl, 

 and kept in fbine of our curious People's 

 Gardens. It has been famous for its Virtues, but 

 they fland more upon the Credit of Report than 

 Experience. It is fix or eight Inches high, the Stalks 

 are fquare, (lender, hard, woody, and branched. 

 The Leaves are fhort, broad, and roundifli, they 

 fland two at every Joint, and are covered with a 

 white woolly Matter. The Flowers are fmall and 

 purple : They grow in oblong and (lender fcaly 

 Heads, in the Manner of thofe of Origanum ; 

 and thefe Heads are themfelves very beautiful, be- 

 * ing variegated with Green and Purple. The whole 

 Plant has a fragrant" Smell. 



The Leaves are ufed, our Druggifts keep them 



dried. The old Writers attribute ^Mi^acles to it 

 in the Cure of Wounds •, at prefent it is feldom 

 ufed alone j but it is good in nerv'ous Diforders, 

 and it promotes the Menfes, and ftrengthens'thc 

 Stomach. 



White Dittany.- 



FRAXINELLA. 



A Very beautiful Plant, Native of many of the 

 "^ warmer Parts of Europe -, but with us kept 

 only in Gardens. It is three Foot high, very 

 much branched and very beautiful. The Stalks 

 are round, thick, firm, and of a green or purplifli 

 Colour. The Leaves fland irregularly on them, 

 and are like thofe of the Aih Tree, only fmaller. 

 The Flowers are large and elegant: They are of 

 X pale Red, white or ftripped ; and they fland in 



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