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in pairs; and they are fmall, and of an oblong, 
or fomewhat oval form: they are of a whitifh 
colour; and have a ftrong {mell, between that 
of the common calamint and pennyroyal. 
The flowers grow from the bofoms of the 
leaves at the tops of the plant; and they are 
fmall and white. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is common by way-fides with the former, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Calamintha pulegii odore five 
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nepeta, Others, Calamintha minor. Our peoples 
Field-calamint, : 
Both this and the former are excellent medi- 
cines in hyfterick complaints: they promote the 
menfes; and are good againft obftructions of the 
vifcera, : 
They may be taken dried and powdered 5 but 
the better method is in a ftrong infufion in the 
manner of'tea. A conferve may alfo be made of 
the tops, 
§ XXIl, 
GROUND-IVY. 
HEDERA TERREST RIS 
HE flower is labiated, and is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is flender and corti- 
prefled. The upper.lip is upright and fimple: it is obtufe at the end, and a little fplit: the 
lower lip is divided into three fegments ; and the middle one of thefe is larger than the others, and 
nipped at the end. The cup is formed of a fingle piece ; and is tubular, and divided into five parts 
at the rim. The feeds after each fower are four in number, and oval. 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia ; the flower having two longer and two 
fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked. 
He takes away the received name from the genus, and calls it glechoma. 
1. Common Ground-Ivy. 
Hedera terreftris vulgaris. 
The root is a tuft of long crooked fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, hairy, fquare, 
of a brown colour; and they trail upon the 
ground, and take root at the joints. There alfo 
rife with them a number of fmall, running fhoots, 
which root at their ends; and the plant is thus 
propagated in abundance. 
The leaves are placed in pairs; and they have 
flender foot{talks: where they firft fhoot they are 
redith, afterwards of a dufky green, and hairy : 
they are of a roundifh figure, crenated at the 
edges, and fomewhat pointed. 
The flowers are moderately large and blue: 
they rife from the bofoms of the leaves: they 
are followed each by four fmall oval feeds. 
The plant is common on ditch-banks, and 
flowers in April. That is the time where it has 
its full virtue. ‘ 
C. Bauhine calls it Hedera terreftris vulgaris. 
Others, Calamintha bumilior folio rotundiore. 
Tt is an excellent pectoral and deobftruent, A 
conferve of the frefh-gathered tops with fugar is 
good againft coughs. A fyrup made of the 
juice with honey is ufeful in afthmas. The juice 
preffed with white wine is alfo ferviceable in the 
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jaundice; and an infufion taken in large dofés 
operates powerfully and fafely by urine, bringing 
away gravel, and cleanfing the ureters. 
The juice fnuffed up the nofe is celebrated 
againft the headach. Malt-liquor in which this 
herb is put, is called gil/-ale, from gill, an Eng- 
lifh name of the plant. It has fome virtue from 
it, but is not comparable to the other forms. 
2. Purple-flowered Ground-Ivy. 
Hedera terreftris montana flore purpurafcente. 
The root is compofed of innumerable brown, 
flender, crooked fibres, 
The ftalks are numerous, thick, but weak, 
of a purplifh colour, and procumbent. 
The leaves have long footftalks: they are 
placed in pairs; and they are large, roundifh, 
dented, of a pale green, and very hairy. 
The flowers ftand in the bofoms of the leaves; 
and they are large and purple. 
It is not uncommon in woods in our northern 
counties, and elfewhere. It flowers in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it’ Hedera terreftris montana; a 
name moft others have copied. 
Some -have thought it only a variety of the 
common kind; but it appears to be a diftin& 
fpecies by fowing. ‘ 
XXIII. 
STINKING HOARHOUND, 
BUACEL DE Owe £, 
HE flower is labiated : it is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is cylindrick, and of 
the length of the cup. The upper lip is hollow, undivided, but dented at the tip, and ob- 
tufe: the lower lip is obtufe, and is divided into three fegments; the middle one of which is larger 
than the others, and is nipped at the end. The cup is tubular, and marked with ten ridges, and is 
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