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lum, M. cervina. Are all stomachic, promoting digestion, 

 iuretic, and approved emmenagogiies, either in powder or infii- 

 Vion ; they all yield, on distillation, oil. 



♦Ceyloxian plant, Ear icorf, Marlow, Auricidaria, Mentha 

 syhestrisy M, villosa. Used for deafness. 



•Balm, Melissa, M. officinalis ;—* Common Calamint, Cala- 

 mintha vulf^aris, C, montanat Mentha calamintha ; — Mountain 

 calamint^ Calamintha maqno Jlore, Melissa grandijiora ; — * Lesser 

 calamint, C. odore pidegii, Mentha nepefa. Cephalic; used in 

 nervous and hysteric cases. 



*Bastaiid balm, Melissa luichsiif Melittis melissophyllum. 

 Diuretic, opening. 



♦Sweet basil, Basilicuin, Oeymum hasilicum. Strong-scented, 

 cmmenagogue ; gave the peculiar flavour to the original Fetter- 

 lane sausages. 



Java potatoes, Ocijmum tuberosum. Tubers eaten. — Toohie 

 tea, O. album. Leaves used as tea. 



SuMMEE SAVOEY, Sotureja hortensis. More acrid, and hotter 

 than sweet basil, dyes a yellow colour. 



WiNTEE savoey, Satureja durior, S, frutescens, S. montami. 

 Used as spice. 



*RocK SAVORY, Satureja spicata, S. Juliani. Herb agrees 

 with other savories. 



Teck Thuymba, Thrymba vera^ S. thrymba. Herb emme- 

 nagogue, used with honey in coughs. 



•Teue THYME, Thymum veru?n, Satureja capitata; — Mountain 

 hyssop, Thymbra spicata. Vermifuge. 



•Hyssop, Hyssopus, H. officinalis. Leaves cmmenagogue, 



pectoral, used as tea; soaked in water or wine, and applied as a 



cataplasm, used as a discutient for black eyes and other contusions. 



•Thyme, Thymus, T, vulyaris ; — * Mother of thyme, JVila 



thyme, I^emon thyme, Serpylluin, T. serpyllum; — Herb mastich, 



MariUHy T, mastichum ; — Hi Id thyme, T, sylvestris, T, zyyis ; — 



Wild basily Poly mountain, Acinos, T, acinos ; — *Pot marjoram, 



Majorann oleracea, Oriyanum onites ; — Bastard marjoram, Ori- 



yannm Ilerarleoticum ; — * Winter marjoram, Oriyanum, (). rulyare 



(the tops of which dye purple) ; — *Sweet marjoram, Majorana, 



Amarncus, Samps?tci/s, Oriyanum majorana ; — Dittany of Crete, 



Dictnmnus ('rrtieits, O. dicfamnns : — * Ground ivy, Hedera. terres- 



tris, ChamcEcisjius, Glechom/i hcderacea ; — *Cat mint, Nepefa y 



Mentha rataria, N. cataria (highly alluring to cats); — *Wood. 



betony, Befanica sylvestris, B, vulgaris, B. officinalis ; — Dead nettle. 



White arrhanyel, Urtica nwrtua, Ijumium album; — * Great wild 



hnxil, Orymnm sylvestrr, Clinopodiiim rulyarc ; — Purple archanyrl, 



Ijamium orvaln ; — * Bed archanyel, L. purpureum. All of these 



have analogous qualities, being heating and strengthening ; made 



