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Medica in the Pharmacopoeia of that country, it is but little 

 employed by the regular medical practitioner. Its properties do 

 not appear therefore to be very marked ; although it is reputed 

 to closely resemble the mints in its action, and to be mildly 

 stimulant, tonic, antispasmodic, and emmenagogue. It is com- 

 monly administered in the form of infusion, and has been used in 

 hysteria, chlorosis, amenorrhcea, flatulent colic of infants, and in 

 other affections. When chewed, or locally applied in other ways, 

 to a diseased tooth, it is said to relieve toothache. 



Gerarde's Herball, by Johnson (1636), p. 783; Miller's Gard. 

 Diet., vol. ii, pt. 1 ; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 240. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen collected by Mr. Britten at High Wycombe, Bucks, 

 flowering in August. 



1. Upper part of a flowering stem. 



2. A flower. 



3. A calyx. 



4. Corolla laid open. 



5. Anthers. 



6. Pistil. 



7. Section through gynophore. 



(2-7 enlarged.) 



