T 15 U G R I U M M A RUM. 
occasion flatulence and nausea. It is now however rarely given bufc 
in conjunction with some more powerful laxative, as neutral salts, 
senna, or jalap : Its purgative quality is said to be remarkably pro- 
moted by manna. We are of opinion with the late Dr. Cullen,* that 
the pulp of prunes might he employed with equally good effects as 
this expensive drug. We are told by Sennertus, Boerhaave, Lewis, 
and others, that by the repeated use of cassia the urine becomes of 
a blackish green colour ; but this effect is denied by Bergius and 
Gmelin, the former of whom relates an instance of a person having 
taken an ounce on three successive mornings, without producing the 
least change in his urine.f 
Off. The Pulp, 
Off. Pp. Confectio Cassia, L. E. D. 
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TEUCRIUM MARUM 
Marum Germander, or Syrian Herb Mastic^ 
Class DiDYNAMiA.— Order Gymnospermia. 
Nat. Ord. Verticillat^, Linn. Labiat^e, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Corolla no upper lip, but a fissure in place of it. 
Stamens protruded. 
Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, pointed, entire, petioled, downy 
beneath. Flowers in racemes, one ranked. 
This species of germander § is a native of Syria, Egypt, and 
Spain. It was first cultivated in Britain by Parkinson, in the year 
* Vide Cullen, M. M. vol. ii. p. 506. 
t Bergius Mat. Med. p. 341. 
X Fig. a, the flower, somewhat magnified, b. Tbe caljx. 
§ Forty-two species of the genns Teucrium, natives of both warm and cold climates, 
are cullivaled in our botanic gardens, many of which are hardy and thrive in the open 
ground, but others require the greenhouse or store. 
