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The Characters are ; 

 It is one of the verticillate Tlants 

 veith a Lip-jlower, confifting of one 

 Leaf, whefe Upper Lip is hollow like 

 a Spoon, but the Louver Lip (or 

 Beard) is cut into three Segments: 

 Out of the Centre of the Flower rifes 

 the Tointal, attended, as it were, by 

 four Embryo's, which afterwards turn 

 to fo many roundifJj Seeds. To which 

 may be addedy The little Flower-cup 

 is cut into five fmall Segments, upon 

 yphich are produc'd fmall Spines ; and 

 the Flowers grow hi thick Whorles 

 round the Stalk. 



The Species are; 



1. Marrubiastrum ', njulgare, 

 Tourn. Common Baflard Hoire- 

 hound. 



2. Marrubiastrum ; fidtritidis 

 folio, caliculis aculeatis, fiore candi- 

 came. Tourn, Baftard Hore-hound, 

 with an Ironwort Leaf, and a 

 white Flower. 



5. Marrubiastrum ; fideritidis 

 folio, caliculis, aculeatis, fiore jlavo 

 cam limbo atro-purpureo. Tourn. 

 Baftard Hore-hound, with an Iron- 

 v/ort Leaf, and a yellow Flower 

 with a dark purple Edge. 



4. Marrubiastrum i foVo Cardi- 

 acs. Bocco. Muf. Baftard Hore- 

 hound, with a Mother-wort Leaf. 



The firft of thefe Plants is found 

 wild amongft the Corn in Kmt, 

 and Ibme other Counties in Lng- 

 landy and is feldom cultivated, ex- 

 cept in Botanick Gardens, for the 

 fake of Variety, where are alfo 

 ibme other Species of this Plant 

 preferved for the fame Purpofe. 



The other three Sorts are found 

 wild in the Southern Parts of 

 France and Italy, from whence the 

 Seeds have been fent to the Curi- 

 ous in Botany in divers Parts of 

 Europe, 



Thefe Plants may be all propa- 

 gated by ibwing their Seeds as 



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ibon as they are ripe, upoti a Bed 

 of light dry Soil, where they will 

 come up the fame Auturtin, and 

 abide the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters very well, and may be 

 tranfplanted out in the Spring where 

 they are to remain. In June they 

 will flower, and their Seeds will 

 be ripe in July or Aagufi. 



MARRUBIUM ; Hore-hound. 

 The CharaUers are ; 



It is a verticillate Flant -with a 

 Lip'FUwer confijling of one Leaf 

 whofe Upper-Lip (or Crejl) is up- 

 right with two Horns j but the Un^ 

 der-Lip (or Beard) is divided inta 

 three Farts : The Pcintaly which is 

 fix'd to the Hinder-Part of the Flow- 

 er, is attended by four Embryo's, 

 which become fo many oblong Seeds, 

 inclos'd in the Flower-Cup. 

 The Species are ; 



1. MARViV^iuu ; al^um^ 'vulgare. 

 C. B. P. Common White Hore- 

 hound. 



2. Marrubium ; album, latifoli- 

 um, peregrinum. C. B. P. Broad- 

 leav'd Foreign White Hore-hound. 



3. Marrubium; album, angu- 

 flifoliurri; peregrinum. C. B, P. Nar- 

 row-leav'd Foreign White Hore- 

 hound. 



4. Marrubium ; Alyjfon dicium, 

 foliis profunde incifis. H. L. Hore- 

 hound, call'd Madwort, with Leaves 

 deeply cut in. 



5". Marrubium ,• Hifpanicum, fu- 

 pinum, foliis fericeis argenteis. Tourtu 

 Low-Spanifli Hore-hound, with Sil- 

 ken Silver-coiour'd Leaves. 



There are fbme other Species of 

 this Plant, which are preierv'd ia 

 curious Botanick Gardens, for the 

 fake of Variety : but as they are 

 of no Ufe or Beauty, ib it would 

 be needlefs to enumerate them in 

 this Place. 



The firft Sort here mention'd is 

 us*d ia Medicine; This is found 



wild 



