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whirl, continued into a long fpikc, dcftitiite of 

 leaves : the upper lip is downy, ered and coved, 

 and ftreakcd with three deepcr-color'd lines : the 

 middle fegment of the lower lip is v?riegatcd 

 with white and red waved lines. The whole 

 plant has a flrong foetid fmell. 



^alujms 2. 3^ verticillis fexfloris, folis lineari-lanceolatis femi- 

 atnplexicaulibus. Sp, pL 8ii. (Ger. em. 1005. 

 Rivin, /. 26. Blackzveli. t, 273. Loes, I*kr. Prtijf. 

 ic. 41. Moris, bift.f. u, t. lo. f. 16. Pet, herb, 



i' 33-/ 9O 

 Clown's All-heal. Angtis, 



By the fides of rivers and lakes, and in low moid 

 grounds not uncommon, and fometimes in corn 

 fields. %. VIIl. 



The roots are wh.te and tuberous : the ftalk two or 

 three feet high : the flowers are red, growing in 

 whirls, lengthened into a fpikc, commonly fix, 

 but fometimes ten or twelve in a whirl : the mid- 

 dle fegment of the lower lip of the Corolla is va- 

 riegated with fpots of a deeper color tiian the 

 reft of the flower. 



It has a foetid fmell and bitter tafte, and is reckon'd 

 a good vulnerary. Swine are fond of the roots, 

 which are fweet, and in times of neceility they 

 have been eaten by men, either boiled, or dry'd, 

 and made into bread. 



arvenfjs 3i STACHYS verticillis fexfloris, caule debili, foliis 

 obtufis nudiufculis, coroUis calyce vix longiori- 



faus. 



