150 FAMILY HERBAL. 



are good in most chronic disorders. The powder 

 of gentian will cure ague?. 



Germander. Chamcedrys. 



A little plant, native of many parts of Europe, 

 but with us kept in gardens. It grows a foot 

 or more in height, but rarely 9tand3 quite up- 

 right. The stalks are square, green, and a little 

 hairy. The leaves stand two at each joint. They 

 are oblong, deeply indented at the edges, of a 

 firm substance, green on the upper side, but hairy 

 underneath. The flowers are small and purple, like 

 the flowers of the little dead nettle. They stand in 

 clusters about the upper joints of the stalks, and 

 appear in July. 



Germander is an herb celebrated for many 

 virtues. 'Tis said to be excellent against the 

 gout and rheumatism : however that be, it pro- 

 motes urine and the menses, and is good in all 

 obstructions of the viscera. The juice is the 

 best way of giving it, but the infusion is more 

 frequent. 



Water Germander. Scordium. 



A little mean looking plant, wild in some 

 parts of England, but kept in gardens also for its 

 virtues. The stalks are square, hairy, of a dusky- 

 green, and so weak, that they seldom stand 

 much up. They are eight or ten inches long. 

 The leaves are short, broad, and indented about the 

 edges, but not sharply or deep as those of the other 

 germander : they arc of a sort of woolly soft ap- 

 pearance and touch, and of a dusky deep green 

 colour. The flowers are very small and red, and 



