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SBE flower is formed of a ingle petal, and is | 
The upper lip is fplit into two fegments, 
parts ; of which the middle one is largeft, and of a roundifh figure. 
into five fegments at the rim, and {welled on one fide at the bafe. 
four: and they ftand naked in the cup. 
Linneus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia 5 
abiated. ‘The tubular part is cylindrick and thort. 
and ftands ereét: the lower lip is divided into three 
The cup is tubular, divided 
The feeds after each flower are 
the flower having four threads, of which 
two are longer than the others, and the feeds remaining naked in the cup. This author joins many 
other genera with the Zeucrium under its common name; 
but we have feparated them, They have 
been already treated of in their proper places 5 ‘and what we have here to confider, is the proper 
teucrium only. 
1. Tree-Germander. 
Teucrium latifolium. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a 
great many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, firm, up- 
right, two feet high, and confiderably branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs: they have no 
footftalks : they are broad, fhort, fharp-pointed, 
dented at the edges; and of a beautiful green on 
the upper fide, and hoary underneath. 
The flowers are large, and of a pale yellow: 
they grow from the bofoms of the leaves all along 
the upper parts of the ftalks. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Teucrium. Others, Teucrium 
latifolium, and Teucrium vulgare. 
It is a cordial and alexipharmick, operating by 
{weat ; and is efteemed good in putrid and pef- 
tilential fevers. 
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2. Spanith Tree-Germander. 
Teucrium Beticum folio undulato. 
This is a tall and beautiful plant. 
The root is woody, long, and divided into 
numerous parts, and furnifhed with many fibres, 
The ftem is woody, five feet high, and divided 
into many branches. ; 
The leaves are placed in pairs: they are ob- 
long, confiderably broad, not at all dented at the 
edges, obtufe at the end, and joined to the ftalks 
without footftalks. Their colour is a dark green 
on the upper fide, and they are greyifh under- 
neath. 
The flowers are numerous, large, and beauti- 
ful: they are of a fnow-white. 
It is a native of Spain and Sicily, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Teucrinm peregrinum folio 
Sinuofo. 
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GERMANDER. 
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EIE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is fhort. The upper 
lip is fplit deeply into two parts; and the lower part is divided into three fegments; of which 
the middle one is largeft, and is of a rounded figure. 
five nicks at the edge. 
The cup is tubulated, and lightly divided by 
The feeds are roundifh, and four follow every flower. The flowers grow 
from the bofoms of the leaves, not in tufts, terminating the branches. 
Linneus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia the flower having two longer and two 
fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked. He does not allow it to be a diftingt genus; but 
places it among many others under the name zeucrium. 
Common Germander. 
Chamedrys vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of long, flender, tough 
fibres. 
The ftalks are fquare, and hard: they lie in 
part upon the ground: they are confiderably 
branched, and a foot or more in length. 
The leaves are placed in pairs; and they are 
oblong, broad, indented at the edges, fharp- 
pointed, and of a fine green. 
The flowers are fmall and red: they rife from 
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the bofoms of the leaves all over the upper pare 
of the plant. 
The feeds are {mall, roundifh, and of a dark 
brown, 
It is common in France, and moft other parts 
of Europe. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Chamaedrys minor repens. 
Others, Chamedrys vulgaris. 
It is celebrated} for many virtues, ‘but is very 
much neglected in the prefent practice. It ope- 
rates by urine, and is good againft obftructions 
of the vifcera. It is alfo good in fevers. - 
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