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Bafe Hoarhound. 
Stachys vulgaris. 
The root is a tuft of thick, fhort, crooked, 
brown fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, firm, and two feet high:! 
it is not much branched, and it often droops at 
the top. 
The leaves ftand in pairs; and they are ob- | 
long, confiderably broad, dented in a peculiar 
manner at the edges; fo that the dents feerm to 
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lie over one another; and of a whitifh colour, 
and hoary. : 
The flowers furround the upper parts of the 
ftalks in thick clufters ; and are {mall and 
purple. 
The feeds are oval, angulated, and brown. 
We have it in dry grounds in our fouthern 
counties, but not frequent. It flowers in Auguft.. 
C. Bauhine calls it Stachys major Germanica, 
Others, Stachys Fuchfii. 
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cup, and the mouth is fmall. 
wer is forthed of a fingle petal, and'is labiated. The tubular part is of the length of the 
The upper lip is, fmall, obtufe, nipped at the end, and placed 
ereét : the lower lip is longer, and is divided into three fegments ; the middle one of which is the 
largeft, and is nipped at the end. The cup is tubular at the bafe, and divided into two lips at the 
rim. 
fhorter threads, and the feeds being naked. 
The feeds are finall and roundifh, and four of them follow each flower. 
Linnzus arranges this among the didynamia gymuofpermia ; the flower having two longer and two 
He takes away the received name acinos, and joins it with ¢hyme ; but it is truly diftinét, not only 
in th 
parate name, 
e general form and afpect of the plant, whence the earlier writers were induced to give it a fe- 
but even in the ftructure of the flower; the middle fegment of the lower lip being, 
larger and rounder in acinos than in thyme, and being always nipped or emarginated in this; 
whereas in ¢hyme it isentire. 
Our Englith name is an ill-conftruéted one. 
but it is better to ufe the other, acinos. 
Wild Bafil. 
Acinos foliis oblongis dentatis. 
The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed 
with a few fibres. Bons 
The flalks are numerous and weak: they lic 
in part upon the ground, and frequently fend out 
fibres, and root as they trail: they are fquare, 
flender, and redifh; and they are lightly hairy. 
The leaves are fmall, oblong, hairy, and in- 
dented: they ftand in pairs; and they have no 
footftalks. 
The flowers are fmall, but they are not with- 
I have preferved it, becaufe generally received 5. 
out their beauty: they ftand in little clufters in 
the bofoms of the leaves ; and they are red ; but 
they have a white fpot in the middle of the under 
lip. 
The feeds are very {mall and black. 
It is common in our weftern counties, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Clinopodium arvenfe ocymj 
facie. Others, Acinos. J. Bauhine, Acinos multis. 
Tt is an excellent medicine in nervous cafes. A 
tea of it is not unpleafant, and will take great 
effect. 
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“SELFHEAL: 
PPORe Ue NE hella As 
HIE flower is compofed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part, at the bottom, is 
fhort; and the opening is oblong. The upper lip is entire, and ftands erect: the under lip 
is turned backwards, and is divided into three fegments; the middle one of which is broader than 
the others, and is nipped at theend, and ferrated. ‘The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and is in 
the fame manner divided into two lips; and the feeds are four after each flower, and ftand in the cup- 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia , the flower having four threads, of which 
two are longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding naked. 
DE Vel sa ON Ser BRITISH SPECIES. 
The firft leaves are numerous; and they are 
placed on flender footftalks: they are fhort, 
broad, obtufe, and fometimes a little waved at the 
edges. 
The ftalks are fquare, brownifh, and eigh* 
2 inches - 
Common Selfheal. 
Prunella vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, 
con- 
neéted to a {mall head. ; 
