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with many-celled hairs. Flowers blue, two-lipped, three 

 or four together in the axils of the upper leaves, which 

 often have a purplish tint. Taste, bitter and acrid. 

 Odour, strong, aromatic. 



GROUND PINE, EUROPEAN. 



Ajuga Chamaepitys, Schreb. 

 N.O. Lcibiata. 

 Part used Leaves. 



Action Stimulant, diuretic, emmenagogue. Forms 

 a good remedy, combined with other suitable herbs for 

 gout and rheumatism. Also useful in female disorders. 

 The infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling water is 

 taken in tablespoonful doses, frequently repeated. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, -2 drachms. 



Distinctive character Herb bushy, 3-6 inches 

 high, very hairy, with deeply trifid leaves having linear 

 entire segments, with single flowers in the axils of the 

 leaves. Corolla yellow, with dark spots. Lower leaves 

 lanceolate, scarcely divided. Taste and odour, aromatic 

 and turpentiny. 



GROUND PINE, AMERICAN. 



Lycopodium complanatum, Linn. 

 N,O. Lycopodiacect. 



Distinctive character Stem long, creeping, yellowish 

 green, scaly, about A inch diameter, giving off at inter- 

 vals erect, fan-shaped forked branches, with minute, 

 scale-like leaves, leaving only the sharp tips free, the 

 branches bearing fructification in the form of a stalked 

 tuft of four to five cylindrical spikes consisting of spore 

 cases in the axils of minute bracts. Stem rooting below 

 at long intervals, the roots pale, wiry, and slightly 

 branched. Taste, slightly turpentiny. Odour, aromatic. 



Properties similar to the foregoing. 



