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The llippiiri<>. 



Ilipptiris Vulgaris, or Marestail. Class ^lonandr. Monog, 



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 The Verheiia. 



\erbena Officinalis, or Vervain. Class Diandr. jMonog. In 

 former times the Verbena seems to have been held sacred, and 

 wjus employed in celebrating the sacrificial rites. It was worn 

 suspended about the neck as an amulet : this practice, thus found- 

 ed in superstition, was, however, in process of time, adopted in 

 medicine, and therefore, in order to obtain its virtues more effect- 

 ually, the Vervain was directed to be bruised before it was sus- 

 ])ended to the neck. Mr. Morley, who has written an Kssay on 

 Scrofula, directs that the Vervain be tied with a yard of satin 

 ribbon round the neck, where it is to remain till the patient shall 

 have recovered ! ! 



There are said to be hedges of Vervain at Florence. \\e are 

 ir.formed that the poor in some Roman Catholic countries, hold the 

 \'ervain in such high estimation, that they gather it on their knees. 



