48 I. VEGETABLES^LABiATiK. 



into tea with honey, they are diaphoretic, discussive, expectorant: 

 some are slightly astringent ; ground ivy is the most commonly 

 used ; dittany of Crete was a celebrated vulnerary and astringent 

 among the old physicians : several are used as spice. 



*Spotted archangel, Milzadella, TJrtica lactea^ Lamium 

 maculatum. Herb esteemed specific in scrofula and fluor albus. 



Jamaica wild hops, Clinopodium rugosum. Used as a gargle 

 with honey and alum. 



Moldavian mint, Dracocephalum Moldavica. Similar in 

 quality to mint. 



*HoREHOUND, Prassium^ Marrubium^ M. aHum, M. vulgare. 

 Pectoral, used in coughs and colds, 3j of the leaves powdered, or 

 ^ij of the expressed juice, or Mss. infused for tea. 



Bastard dittany, Marrubium pseudodictamnus ; — Galen's 

 mad icort, Alyssum Galeni, M. alyssum ; — * Black horehoimd, M. 

 nigrum, Ballote nigrum ; — Jamaica spike-nard, Ballote suaveolens 

 (infusion used in dropsy and gravel) ; — *Cloicns all-heal, Panax 

 coloni, Stachys palustris ; — * Stinking dead-nettle, S. sylvatica ; — 

 '* Smooth-leaved iron-tcort, Sideritis aj'vensis latifolia glabra , Stachys 

 arvensis ; — "^ Common hemp-nettle. Bastard hemp, Galeopsis tetrahit 

 (the seeds of which yield oil); — * Narrow-leaf all-heal, G. ladanum; 

 — * Yelloic archangel, Lamium luteum, G. galeobdolon ; — * Water 

 horehound, Marrubium aquaticum, Lycopus EuropcBus ; — * Mother 

 icort, Cardiaca, Leonurus cardiaca ; — Bastard horehound, L, 

 marrubiastrum ; — Sage-leaf mullein, Phlomis lychnitis. All of 

 these are strong-scented plants, more or less disagreeable, emme- 

 nagogue, antihysteric, antiepileptic, expectorant, and, for the 

 most part, vermifuge ; externally they are vulnerary. 



Virginia penny royal, Cunila Mariana^ Ziziphora Mariana, 

 Leaves, cunila, P. U. S., diaphoretic, distilled for their oil. 



Monarda punctata. Root, monarda, P. U. S., emmena- 

 gogue. 



Oswego tea, Monardo Kalmiana, Leaves used as those of tea. 



*Germander, Scordium, Teucrium scordium ; — *TVood sage, 

 scorodonia, Salvia agresfis, T. scorodonia. Used instead of hops. 



Jagged germander, Teucrium botrys ; — Syrian hei'b-mastich. 

 Cat thyme, Marum Syriacum, T. marum. Have similar qualities: 

 this last plant is emmenagogue, 3j to 3ss ; cats are very fond 

 of it. 



^Creeping germander, Chamcedrys, Trissago, Teucrium 

 chamcedrys ; — Ground pine, ChamcBpitys, Iva arthritica^ Teucrium 

 chamcBpitys. Bitter, tonic, febrifuge. 



PoLY-MouNTAiN, PoUum moutanum, Teucrium capitatum. 

 Lavender-leaf poly, T montanum ; — Cretan poly-mountain, Polium 



