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L O N G L E A V E D W I L D M IN T. 



MENTHASTRUM. 



Singular wild Plant, of the Mint Kind, but 

 not without its Beauty •, it is two Feet high, 

 and grows with great Regularity. The Stalk is 

 fquare, firm, and of a pale Green, very upright, 

 and at the Top full of young Shoots. The Leaves 

 are long and narrow-, they are of a whitifh Green, 

 deeply indented about the Edges, and pointed at 

 the Ends: The Flowers ftand in Spikes, at the 

 Tops of the youhg Shoots -, they are P fie, red 

 and large, and very numerous. The whole Plant 



has a ftrong Smell. 



The whole Plant is ufed freih or dried, and is 

 to be given in Way of Tea, for the diflilled Wa- 

 ter is difacrreeable. It ftrengthens the Stomach, 

 and promotes the Menfes. It is in this alter 

 Refped a very valuable Medicine, but the Ufe of 

 it mufl: be continued fome Time. 



The Myrtle. 



MYRTUS. 



A Little Shrub very beautiful in its Manner of 

 •^ Growth, a Native of Italy, but common m 

 our Gardens. The Trunk is covered with a 

 rough brown B*irk. The Branches are numerous, 

 (lender, tough, and redilh. The Leaves are very 

 beautiful, they are fmall, ihort, of a fine Green, 

 pointed at the Ends, not ferrated at the Ed 

 and they ftand in great Numbers, and in a beau 

 tiful Order upon the Branches. The Flower 

 ftand on fhort Foot-Stalks -, they are lar y 

 ^nd full of Threads: The Fruit is a round black 



^rry, as large as the biggeft Pe^> ^^-^, ^;f. ^^ 

 Crown at the Top. The Leaves when brai^a 



Ji^ve an extremely fragrant Smell. 1 i^e ^^^^ 



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