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kind. The fame thing is frequently obvious in 

 the Veronica cham^drys^ Cerajlium^ (3 Glecoma. 



The flowers of thyme are commonly of a bright 

 purple, but they vary much both in fize and 

 color. 



It has a pleafant aromatic fcent, and is eileemed a 

 good nervine. An infufion of it by way of tea 

 is reputed to be an almoft infallible cure for that 

 troublefome diforder, the Incubus^ orNight-mare» 



acinos I. THYMUS floribus verticillatis, pedunculis uni- 

 floris, caulibus eredtis fubramofis, foliis acutis 

 ferratis. !./«. Jyjl, nat, 399. 5p. ph 826. (Gsr^ 

 m. 675. /. I. Rivin. /. 43. PcL herb, t. ^1. f. 

 10. Moris, hiji.f, 11. /. 18./. u ordinis fufmorh) 



Small wild Bafil, Anglis. 



In dry mountainous places, and gravelly foiJs, but 

 not common. G. VJIf. 



The ftalk is rigid and branched : the leaves are oval 

 and acuminated, indented above the middle, but 

 entire at the bafe : the Calyx on the under fide 

 bulges at the bafe, and is ftreaked with elcveii 

 ciliated ridges. They grov/ from five to eight 

 in a whirl. The fiower is violet-color'd, The 

 middle fegment of the lower lip fpotted with 

 white or yellow. 



The whole plant has a pleafant aromatic fmell. 



SCUTELLARIA. Gciu pL 754. 

 C<ilyx ore integro, pod florefcentiam claufo, oper- 



culato. 



SCUTTELLARIA 



