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eacK Joint : They are fmall, in Shape very like 

 thofe of Thyme, and of a pale green Colour on 

 the upper Side, and white and hoary underneath. 

 The Flowers are fmall and red ; They grow in a 

 Kind of little Spikes,' or oblong Clufters at the 

 Tops of the Stalks, and have hoary white Cups. 

 The whole Plant has a very penetrating, but plea- 

 fant Smell, and an aromatic Tafte. Cats are fond 

 of this Plant, and will rub it to Pieces in their 

 Fondnefs. It is good for all Diforders of the 

 Head and Nerves : It may be given in Powder, 



but the moft common Way, is to take it in Snuff. 



Masterwort. 



IMPERATORIA. 



Plant of no Beauty, kept in our Gardens for 

 its Virtue. It grows two Feet high. The 

 Stalks are round, ftriated, hollowed, upright, 

 not very ftrong. The Leaves are each compofed 

 of three fmaller : They arc of a dark green Co- 

 lour, blunt at the Points, and indented about the 

 Edges. The Flowers are fmall and white : They 

 Hand in little Umbels at the Tops of the Branches. 

 The Roots arc long, brown, divided, of a ftrong 

 Smell, and a fharp aromatic Tafte. 



The Root is the Part ufed : It is good in Fe- 

 vers, in Diforders of the Head, and of the Sto- 

 mach and Bowels. It is beft taken up frcfh, and 

 given in a light Infufion : It promotes Sweat, and 

 is a better Medicine for that Purpofe, than moft 



of the foreign Roots kept by Druggifts. 



Maudlin 



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