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and two fhorter, and the feeds ftanding naked in the cup. He joins 
common genus; but the {piked flowers of the Javender are fufficientl 
by their plain, fimple ftruéture, and by the want of that fingular, 
the top. 
1. Common Lavender. 
Lavendula vulgaris. 
The root is woody, long, thick, and furnifhed 
with numerous fibres. i 
The plant rifes in form of a low, bufhy 
fhrub. The main ftem is covered with a rough, 
grey bark; and the long young fhoots are green. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and undivided 
at the edges, of a pale green colour, and of a 
very ftrong and aromatick fmell. 
The flowers grow at the tops of all the thoots 
in fpikes ; they are fmall, and of a beautiful 
blue: thefe tops, with the flowers, have an ex- 
tremely fragrant feent. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
We keep it in gardens for its fragrance and its 
virtues. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lavendula latifolia. Others, 
Lavendula vulgaris. : 
‘The tops of the plant, gathered juft as the 
flowers are opening, poffefs its full virtues : they 
are excellent in nervous diforders, good againft 
headachs and_paralytick complaints, and ex- 
tremely cordial and ftrengthening. 
In vertigoes it is of great fervice, and againft 
tremblings of the limbs. It alfo operates by 
urine, and promotes the menfes. 
A conferve of thefe tops is a very good me- 
thod of ufing them. The fpirit called Spirit of la- 
vender alfo pofleffes their virtues very fully; and 
has the advantage of many other good ingre- 
dients of the fame intention. This is beft taken 
on fugar. 
2. Small Lavender. 
Lavendula angufpifolia minor. 
The root is long, firm, woody, and hung 
about with innumerable fibres. 
The plant rifes like the common lavender in a 
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the fechas and this under one 
y diftinguithed from the others 
coloured leaf the Stechas has at 
The leaves are numerous ; and they are ob- 
long, very narrow, and of a frefh and lively 
green ; they have the {mell of Leven, 
lefs ftrong. 
The flowers ftand in thort fpikes at the tops of 
the branches ; and they are larger than in the 
common lavender, and of a pale blue, 
The feeds are fmall and dark. 
Tt is common in the fouth of France, and in 
all the warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in 
Augutt. ; 
C. Bauhine calls it Lovendula anguftifolia, 
Others, Levendula minor, and Spica. 
der leaves, but 
An oil made from this ufed to be brought over 
from Italy, and here called oi of Spike. 
It has the fame virtues with the former, but in 
an inferior degree, 
3+ Jagged-leaved Lavender, 
Lavendula foliis diffestis, 
The root is woody, irregular; and covered 
over with fibres. ; ‘ 
The plant is fhrubby, and a foot and half high, 
The ftalks are fquare, and of a pale green, 
often toward the bottom redith; 
The leaves are very beautifully divided in the 
pinnated manner ; and the {mall parts refembling 
pinnze are again divided or nicked at the edges - 
they are of a whitifh colour, and of an extremely 
fragrant {mell. : 
The flowers are blue, and very fragrant: they 
ftand in hort fpikes upon the tops of long, naked 
fhoots in the manner of thofe of the common laven- 
der; and they have the fame fragrant fell. 
The feeds are {mall and brown. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers early in the 
fummer. ee 
C. Bauhine calls it Zevendula Solio diffecto, 
Others, Lavendula multifido folio. 
Its virtues are the fame with thofe of common 
fhrubby form, 
lavender, but in an inferior degree, 
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Te flower is labiated, and formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is cylindrick, and 
longer than the cup. The upper lip is fplit into two parts, and is larger than the under. This 
laft is divided into three roundifh equal fegments. 
The cup is fmall, of an oval figure, and very ob- 
feurely dented at the edges. The feeds are four after every flowers and they are fimall and oblong. 
The flowers are collected into a {pike, formed of feveral regular feries, and terminated at its top by. 
a beautiful, coloured leaf. 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia kymnofpermia; the flower having two longer and two i 
fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked in the cup. i ; : 
This author joins it in the fame genus with /avender but it has its antient feparate name ; and. 
there is enough in Nature to fupport the diftinétion. 
x. Common 
