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MINT (PEPPEK.)— ^ir«UAa Piperita,) 



Detcrip.-^The leaves of thia Mint are broader and lome- 

 what shorter than Spear-mint, growing on footstalks, half 

 an inch long, sharply serrated about the edges. The stalka 

 are square, about two feet high. The flowers are numer- 

 ous, and grow in loose obloug spikes on the tops of the 

 branches ; they are bigger than those of Spear-mint, but 

 ol the same colour, and more thickly set Both leaves and 

 flowers have a pleasant scent, and a hot biting taste, like 

 pepper. The root is slender and creeping. 



Place. — It grows in several places, tx)th on the banks ot 

 rivers, and is an inhabitant of almost every garden. 



Tims. — It blossoms in July and August, 



Virtues. — This herb has a strong, agreeable, aromatic 

 ■nelL, and a moderate warm bitterish taste; it is useful for 

 complaints of the stomach, such as wind, vomiting, &c. for 

 which there are few remedies of greater efficacy. It is good 

 in poultices and fomentations to disperse curdled milk io 

 the breajsts, and also to be used with milk diets. All Mints 

 are astringent, and of warm subtle parts ; great strength- 

 oners of the stomach. Their fragrance betokens them ce- 

 phalics ; they effectually take off nauseousness and retch- 

 mgs to vomit; they are also of use in looseness. The sim- 

 ple water given to children, removes the gripes; but these 

 Tirtues more particularly belong to Spear and Pepper-mint. 



MINT (WATEB,).-^ Mentha AquoUica.) 



Deeorip. — This Mint has square, hairy, brown stalks, a 

 foot high, or more, with two pretty large leaves at a joint, 

 set on short footstalks, broad at the basis, and narrower 

 at the edges, of a very strong smelL The flowers grow on 

 the tops of the stalks, in round spikes, with one or two of 

 the same a little lower on the stalks, at the setting on of 

 the upper leaves. They are larger than common mint, of 

 a pale purple colour. The root is astringent and fibrous. 



Place. — It grows in damp watery places, wild, and is cul- 

 tivated in most gardens for its medicinal qualities. 



Time. — The flowers appear in August. 



Virtuet. — The distilled water of this plant is well known 

 M a carminative and antispasmodic ; it relieves colic, and 

 other disorders of the stomach and bowels most instanta- 

 iMoaaly ; and is good in the gravel. It is a valuable medi- 

 «ia» in flatulent colics, hysteric depressions, and other < 



