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Verbena urticcefolia. Nettle-leaved Vervain. Roadside. Flowers 

 white. July and August; Properties similar to last. 

 Ord.— LABIATtE. 



This well known family is universally pervaded by an aromatic, vol- 

 atile oil, and a bitter principle, the former rendering them eminently- 

 tonic, cordial, stomachic ; the latter where it prevails, febrifugal. 



Mentha. 



Mentha (.'anademis. (M. Borealis. Michx.) Horsemint. Low 

 places. Flowers purple. June, July. Properties aromatic. 



Mentha Yiridis. Spearmint. Wet soils. Flowers pale purple. 

 July, August. Properties aromatic and stimulant. 



Mentha piperita. Peppermint. Officinal. Gardens, &c. Flow- 

 ers purple. Properties carminative and stimulant. 



Lycopus . 



Lycopus sinuatus. (L. Europaeus. Michx. L. Americanus. Muhl.) 

 Water Hoarhound. Wet places. Flowers white. August. Prop- 

 erties astringent. Dyes a permanent black. 



Lycopus Virginicus. Virginian Hoarhound. Bugle-weed Wet 

 soil. Flowers white. June, August. Properties mild, cathartic and 

 astringent. 



MONARDA. 



Monarda fistulosa. Horsemint. Wild Burgamot. Thickets, <fec. 

 Flowers pale yellow. July, August. Properties nervine, stomachic, 

 and deobstruent. 



Monarda punctata. (M. Lutea. Mchx.) Horsemint. Flowers 

 yellow. Sept. Properties stimulant, carminative and rubefacient. 

 Contains kind of camphor and an essential oil. 



Blephilia. 

 Blephilia hirsuta. (Monarda hirsuta. Ph.) Hairy Blephilia. 

 Woods. Flowers pale purple. June, July. Properties stimulant 

 and carminative. 



Pycnanthemum. 

 Pycnanthemum Incanum. Michx. Mountain Mint. Wild Basil. 

 Rocky Woods. Flowers pale red. July, Sept Properties aromatic. 

 Pycnanthemum pylosum. Nutt. Hairy Pycnanthemum. Low 

 grounds. Flowers white. June. Properties aromatic. 



Origanum. 

 Origanum Vulgare. Linn. Wild Marjorum. Officinal. Thick- 

 ets. Flowers white and purple. July, Sept. Properties tonic, exci- 

 tant, diaphoretic and emmenagogue. 



Cunila. 

 C'inUa Mariana. Dittany. Dry woods. Flowers pale red. An- 

 Properties arom;?ti- 



