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The BRITISH HERBAL, 
3. The Thyme of the Antients, 
Satureia foliis punGatis. 
This plant, though ufually called a kind of 
thyme, and diftinguifhed by that name in fome 
antient authors, is properly a {pecies of /avory. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and furnifhed 
with numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are upright, branched, hard, and 
woody. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, with numbers 
of fmall ones in their bofoms ; and they are 
fmall, oblong, narrow, hollowed, edged, and 
dotted: they are of a greyifh green colour, and 
of a warm aromatick tafte, 
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The flowers grow in fhort clufters, or little 
heads, at the tops of the branches; and they are 
fmall and purplith. ? 
The feeds are little, roundifh, and dark-co- 
loured. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and of the 
warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thymus capitatus qui Diofce-  . 
ridis. Others, Thymum legitimum, and Thymum 
antiquorum. 
It is a fine warm aromatick plant, and is good 
againtt obftrudtions of the vifcera, and in head- 
achs, and all nervous complaints, 
Gee a eS VII. 
HERB-MASTICK, 
M A R U-™M. 
PPHE flower is labiated, and is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular partis of a cylindrick form, 
and is fhorter than the cup. The upper lip is of the fame length with the lower, and is placed 
upright: it is obtufe, and nicked at the end. The lower lip is divided into three fegments, of which 
the middle one is fomewhat broadeft. The cup is tubular, ftriated, and terminated at the rim by five 
briftles. The flowers are collected in a kind of woolly heads; and four roundith feeds follow each, 
which ftand naked in the cup. 
_ Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; the flower having four threads, two of 
which are longer than the others, and the feeds ftanding naked. 
This author does not allow. it to be a diftiné genus, but calls it a kind of Satureia: it is however 
very fufficiently diftinguifhed by the briftles or hairs that terminate the cup; and properly retains its 
feparate name. 
Common Herb-Mattick. 
Marum vulgare. 
The root is long, flender, and hung about 
with fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, flender, brittle, 
upright, branched, and of a brownith colour, 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and have no foot- 
ftalks: they are oblong, moderately broad, 
fharp-pointed, not at all dented at the edges, and 
of a fine lively green. Their tafte is very acrid. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of all the branches 
in fhort, woolly heads, of a whitith colour. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Samp/uchus Jive Marum Maf- 
tichen redolens. Others, Marum vulgare. ; 
It is a warm aromatick plant, and is good in 
nervous diforders. 
The bark of the old fhoots is aftringent, and 
excellent againft the overflowings of the menfes. 
G E N U S VIII. 
GOATS MARJORAM. 
TRAGO ORIGANUM 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is of the fame length 
with the cup. The upper lip is broad, and divided at the top into three little points : the lower 
lip is longer, and is divided into three fegments ; 
others. The cup is in the fame manner divided in 
every flower. 
of which the middle one is broader than the 
to two lips. The feeds are fmall: four follow 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; the threads being four, two longer and 
two fhorter, and the feeds naked. 
Goats Marjoram. 
Lrago origanum folio oblongo angufto. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres. 
The ftalks’ are numerous, upright, fquare, 
~ branched, and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs at fmall dif 
tances, and with young fhoots in their bofoms ; 
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fo that the plant is very well covered with them: 
they are oblong, narrow, and of a whitifh co- 
lour; and they have a ftrong fmell, and an aro- 
matick tafte, 
_ The flowers are large and white: they ftand 
in a kind of fpikes at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches. 
The feeds are fmall, round, and black, 
It 
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