51 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Ca lamint. Calamintha. 



A COMMON wild plant of great virtues, but 

 too much neglected. It is frequent by our 

 hedges, and in dry places, and is a very robust 

 herb. It is eight, or ten inches high, and has 

 roundish dark green leaves, and white iiowers. 

 The 'stalks arc square, and very much branched : 

 the leaves are of the bigness of a man's thumb- 

 nail, somewhat hairy, and slightly indented about 

 the edges. The iiowers stand m lid in clusters 

 surrounding the stalks, and arc of a '-hitish co- 

 Jour, a lit* le tinged with purplish. The root is 

 composed of a few fibres. Calamint should be ga- 

 thered when just coming into flower, and careful* 

 1) dried ; it is afterwards to be given in the man- 

 ner of tea, and it will do great service in weak- 

 nesses of the stomach, aid in habitual colics. 

 I have known effectual and lasting cures performed 

 by it. 



Penny-roval Calaviint. Calamintha odorz 



pulcgh. 



A LITTLE plant of the same kind with the 

 ether, and found in the same places, but more com- 

 mon. It is a foot high : the stalks are robust 

 ami firm ; the leaves are small, and of a w hitish 

 green colour, and more/hairy than in the other : 

 the iiowers are small and white, with a tinge of 

 purple ; the plant grows more: erect and is less 

 branched than the other ; and it has a very strong 

 and not a very atrreeable smell: the other is strong- 

 scented and pleasant. 



This u to he preserved dry as the other, and 

 taken in the same, manner. It is excellent against 

 stopages of the menses, and, if taken constantly, 

 will bring them to a regular cow---' 



