the BRETT 6 Hon hop Beka, 
1. Smooth Molucca Baurn. 
Molucca levis. 
The root is compofed of long, crooked fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, firm, two feet high, 
redith in the lower part, and fomewhat fquared ; 
but not fo exa@tly as in many of thefe plants. 
The leaves ftand in pairs; and they have long, 
flender footftalks: they are large, broad, and 
fhott, deeply indented, and of a dark green. 
The flowers furround the joints of the up- 
per part of the ftalk; and they are fmall and 
purplith. Their cups are moft confpicuous from 
their vait bignefs; and they are of a yellowith 
colour. 
The feeds are large, and irregularly fhaped : 
four fucceed every flower. , 
The whole plant has a very agreeable fmell, 
fomewhat refembling that of baum. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of the world, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Molucca Levis odorata. 
Others, Meliffa moluccana odorata, and Molucca 
Syriaca levis. 
GE. wou 
2. Prickly Molucca Baum. 
Molucca fpinofa. 
The root ig compofed of numerous, long; 
flender, and tough fibtes, 
The ftalk ig {quare; upright; two feet high; 
and branched. 
The leaves ate placed ji pairs: they have long 
footftalks, ahd they hang drooping: they ate 
broad, fhort, and deeply ferrated + their colour is 
a faint green; and they have a very difagreeable 
fmell. 
_ The flowers furround the ftalks at the upper 
Joints: they are {mall and white ; and they are 
fometimes more or lefs ftained with red, or fome- 
times are red entirely. The cups are not fo open © 
or large as in the former kind but they are edged 
with harp pricktes. ; 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in Au- 
guft. 
C.Bauhine calls it Meliffe Moluccana fatida, 
Others, Molucca fpinofa. . 
The virtues are not known: 
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BAUM. 
AEE Pgs 4 
MpHE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. ‘Thé tubular part is of a cylindrick form, 
The upper lip is fhort, and of an arched figure : it is roundifh, and placed erect, and is nipped 
at the extremity: the lower lip is divided into three fegments ; of which the middle one is largeft; — 
and it is of a heart-like thape. The cup is tubular, and divided like the flower into two lips. The 
feeds are four after every flower ; and they ftand naked in the cup. poeakenta 
Linneus places this among the didyzamia gymnofpermia; the Aowet having two longer and two 
fhorter threads, and the feeds ftanding naked: 
Corhmon Bautt. 
Meliffa. 
The root is compofed of innumerable long 
fibres, joined to an oblong head. wes 
The ftalks are fquare, upright, flender, branched; 
and two feet high. : 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they have 
flender footftalks: they are broad, fhort, and in- 
dented. Their colour is a freth and pleafant 
green: they have alight and foft hairynefs ; and 
they are of a very fragrant fmell. 
The flowers are {mail and inconfiderable : they 
are white ; and they ftand in clufters in the bo- 
foms of the upper leaves. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is @ native of Germany, and flowers in Au- 
itech ey : 
C. Bauhine €alls it Méeliffa bortenfis. Others; 
Meliffa vulgaris, 
It is a Cordial and fadorifick ; but it is more 
ufed by the country-people than in regulae 
practice. 
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