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The BRI Ti] gy HERBAL, 
At is a native of Spain, and other of the warmer 
parts of Europe, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Trago origanum angufifo- 
fium. Others, Trago origanum Hifpanicum, 
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It is a warm and aromatick plant, and is re- 
commended for promoting the menfes ; but it is 
little regarded, 
Gar Ee Nic Usa Ss Ix, 
POLEYMOUNTAIN, 
P.O BTUs Vs 
cpre flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The t 
2 top a little bent. The upper lip ftands ereét, and is fplit into two fegments, 
der. The lower lip is divided into three parts ; 
of which the middle one j 
at the end. The cup is tubular, divided lightly at the rim into five fegm 
which gape afun. 
fide at the bafe. The feeds are four after every flower ; and they ftand naked in the cup. The flowers 
are collected into fhort clufters, which terminate the branches. 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia: the threads in the flower 
which two are longer than the others, and the feeds remaining naked in the cup. 
This author does not allow it to be a diftin& genus; but calls ita kind of sewerium. It is fuffi- 
ciently diftinguithed from. teucrinm by the difpofition of the flowers, and has a right to retain its 
old name. 
1. Yellow Poleymountain. 
Polium flore flavo. 
The root is long, divided, and furnifhed with 
numetous fibres. 
The ftalks are firm, fquare, and ten inches 
high : part of them lie upon the gfound for half 
their lengthy others ftand tolerably ereét, and 
the plant ufually feen in large handfome tufts. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they are 
oblong, confiderably broad, obtufe, and dented 
at the edges: they are of a faint green colour ; 
and are covered with a white, downy matter, 
The flowers are fmall and yellow: they are 
placed together in fhort fpikes at the tops of the 
ftalks and branches; and, before they open, the 
whole tops look yellowifh. : 
The feeds are {mall, roundifh, and dark-co- 
loured. 
It is a native of Italy, and fome other parts of 
Europe. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Polium montanum luteum. 
Others, Polium luteum. Some, Polinm vulgare. 
2: White Poleymountain, 
Polium flore albo folio anguftiore. 
The root is compofed of many long and flender 
fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous; and they {pread 
themfelves into a circular tuft, the greater part 
lying upon the ground, and the beft of them not 
being very upright. 
The leaves are placed in pairs; and they are 
oblong, narrow, woolly, and white: they are 
fharp-pointed, and a little indented; but it is 
not feen unlefs they are examined nearly. 
The flowers are {mall and white: they ftand in 
‘thick fpikes at the tops of the ftalks; and thefe 
fpikes or heads are woolly. 
The feeds are fmall and blackith. 
It is anative of France and Italy, and flowers 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Polivm ereéfum maritimum 
Monfpeliacum, Others, Polium album. 
3. Purple Poleymountain, 
Polium flore purpurafcente. 
The root is long, thick, woody, divided, and 
furnifhed with numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are hard, but weak : they lie upon 
the ground, and are very much branched, - 
The leaves ate oblong, narrow, obtufe at the 
end, and indented at the edges : they are covered 
with a white, woolly matter; as are alfo the 
ftalks, 
The flowers are fmall, and of a lively purple: 
they are collected in thick, woolly tufts at the 
tops of the ftalks and branches, 
The feeds are fmall, roundifh, and black, 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in Augutt. 
C. Bauhine calls it Polinm maritimum Vene. 
tum 
4. Lavender-leaved Poleymountain. 
Polium folio longiore angufto integro. 
The root is long, flender, and hung about with 
fibres, 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, and in pare 
procumbent. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and undivided 
at the edges: they are placed in pairs upon the 
ftalks ; and are of a lively green on the upper 
fide, and white and hoary underneath, 3 
The flowers are large and white: they are col- 
lected into thick tufts or heads at the tops of the 
ftalks. 
The feeds are large and roundith. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Polinm montanum lavandule 
folio; a name moft other writers have copied. 
All thefe poffefs the fame virtues; but the 
white kind has them in the greateft perfec- 
tion. 
It is a warm cordial medicine, and is good 
| againft obftructions of the vifcera. It works by 
fweat and urine. 
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GENUS 
ubular part is fhort, and at the 
s largeft, and is rounded - 
ents, and fwelled on one 
being four, of 
