320 Z5^ "Ufeftd Family HerhaL 



2. great deal above the reft of the Surface of the 

 Plant, they are large and blue, and are of the 

 Figure of the dead Nettle Flowers, only they 

 gape vaftly more. The whole Plant has a plca- 

 fant Smell. The Leaves and Tops are ufed, and 

 they are beft frefh, the common Way of tr.king 

 them, in Infufion, or in Form of what is called 

 Sage-Tea, is better than any other : They are 

 cordial, and t^ood aeainft allDifeafes of the Nerves, 



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they promote Perfpiration, and throw any Thing 

 out which ought to appear upon the Skin. 

 The Jilice of Sage works by Urine, and promotes 

 tlic Menfes. 



Sage of Virtue. 

 SALVIA MINOR. 



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A Nother fhrubby Plant, very like the former in 

 ^"^ its Manner of Grov^th, but wanting its red 

 Colour. It is a Foot or two in Height, and very 

 bufhy. The Stem is woody. The Branches are 

 nnmerous. The Leaves are oblong, narrower 

 than in common Sage, and of a whitifh green Co- 

 lour : There is often a Pair of fmall Leaves at 

 the Bafeofeach larger. The Flowers grow in 

 the fame Manner as in the red Sage, but they are 

 Cnaller. The whole Plant has a pleafant Smell- 



The green Tops are ufed ; and their Virtues 

 are much the fame with thofe of the former, but 

 they are lefs. It got into Ufe, from an Opinion 

 that the other was too hot, but this was idle* 



Wood 



