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Flsacs flower is formed of a fingle petal; and is labiated. ‘The tubular 
upper lip is undivided, rounded at the end, and placed ereét: 
“three nearly equal fegments.. The cup is general; containing many flower 
fcaly head, which hangs drooping. *The feeds are four after every flower 
of a roundith figure. 
part is comprefied. The 
the lower is divided into 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gyinnofpermia; the flower having four threads, of which 
two are longer than the others, 
and the feeds ftanding naked in the cup: But he does‘not a 
be a diftinét : he genus calls it a kind of origanum. 
llow it to 
The loofe compofition of the general cup; and its drooping pofture ori the plant, are fufficiedtt: 
diftinétions from origanum, and give it a right to retain its antient name. 
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Dittany of Crete. 
Diftamnus Creticus. 
This is a very fingular and very elegant plant. 
. The root is compofed of 4 great many long, 
flender, and tough fibres, conneéted to a fmall 
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The ftalk is fquare, upright; of a’ purplifli co- 
lour, and firm fubftance: it is a foot high; and | 
it fends out numerous branches. 
The leaves ftand in paits, and at fmall dif 
tances; and they are of a fingular appearance + 
they are broad, fhort, and fomewhat rounded ; 
but they have a:point at the end; and they are 
of a greyith colour; and. covered with a thick; 
woolly matter. 
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The flowers are fmall and purple : they are 
collected into oblong, loofe heads; and thefe hang. 
dtooping dt the extremities of all the branches, 
The feeds are fmal]. r 
It is a native of the Greck ifands, and of fome 
of the warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in 
July. P 
C. Bauhine calls it Distamnus Creticus, Others, 
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Diéiamuus Creticus acris. 
“Tt is celebrated among the vulnerary plants by 2 
the antients ; and many incredible ftories are re- 
lated of its effects, j 
It is in reality cordial and deobftruent ; and ig 
good in all obftruétions of the vifcéra. 
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SWEET MARJORAM. 
AMARACUS.' 
HE flower is formed. of a fingle petal; and is labiated/ The ‘tubular part is thott and co 
prefled.. The upper lip is undvided,) rounded at the end, and placed ereé&t: the lower lip is 
divided into three equal fegments.. The commion cup is formed of fcaly leaves, and is of a fquare 
ficure. The feeds are four after every flower ; and they aré roundifh. ; $ 
Linnzus. places this among the didynamia gymno/permia ; the flower having four threads ; of which’ 
two are longer than the-others; and feeds remaining naked in the cup. : 
This author does not allow it to be a diftin& genus; but makes it a fpecies of origanum. The 
fquare fhape‘of the head or general cup is a fufficient diftinétion of this plant from origanum, and - 
gives it a right to retain its antient name. 
Common Sweet Marjoram. 
Amaracus vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous; long; 
tough, brown fibres. } ae 
The ftalk is {quare, upright, branched, and a 
foot high: its colour is brown, and its fubftance 
brittle. : 4 
The leaves are placed in pairs at fmall dif- 
tances ; and they are oblong, broad, obtufe at the 
énd, ‘and of a light green. 
The flowers are {mall and white: they are 
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placed in gteat numbers in oblong, {quare heads 
at thé tops of the ftalk and branchés, | 
It is a native of Spain, and other warmer parts . 
_ of Europe; and flowers in July. 
C, Bauhine calls it Majorana vulgaris. Others, 
Amaracus bortenfis. 
s, and is a kind of loofe . 
and they are {mall, and 
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It is common at our tablés; and it has vir. 
tuesias a medicine. It warms and ftrengthens” 
the ftomach, and is: good in vertigoes; giddi= 
nefs of the head; ‘and other nervous complaints. 
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