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ripe, the Husk being always open, and commonly di« 
vided into Five Points, Adequating the Segmentsof each 
Flower. 
Now whereas the great^fl; Fertue of the Vmhelltfe» 
rous Trihe^ were fpecifitid tolyein the Seed^ and next to 
them the Roots, there are few or none as I have yet ob- 
ferved in this Genus famous for any extraordinary Fer* 
tues or E{Ied:s m thofe parts, but the Sovereign balm of 
thefe chiefly confift in their Leaves and Husks^ rather 
then the Flowers ; which laft, efpecially all Authors has 
hitherto given the preference to ; as for Example^ in the 
Flowers oi Rojemary^ Lavender and Sage^ particularly 
the firft, as the only part from which our btHQueen of 
Hungary s Water is extrafted. I will therefore take this 
occaXton to give my Reafons, for preferring that part 
which by ail others has been hitherto negled:edand 
flighted, or if uftd, has been by accident only orcafiial- 
ly by being contiguous to the Flower. 
I would not be thought to propofe this Hypothefis 
for €heapaefs fake» for if my affertion holds good, as 
1 doubt not to prove it, 1 fear they will quickly fell the 
Husks as dear as the Flowers, if they find a great vend 
or a frequent demand for them. 
My Reafons for giving the preference to the Hush 
of this Tribe, before the Flowers^are^ becaufel com- 
monly obferve the Calyces are the chiefeft, if not the 
only part on which I find it's Vifcous or Sulphureous Par- 
ticles to adhere, thts you may ^'ery eafily perceive, not 
. only by it's much ftronger and penetrating fmell, but 
by the Clamui nefsof this, far beyond the other parts, 
as is very apparent, particularly in the Husks of Sage 
and Clary, and if with Spirit of Winf you make a Di- 
flillation of thele alone,you will find them ; r jrh (Irongur 
then from a greater quantity of FUwers ■ ''v, winch 
I'being of finer and more Volatile parrs, ??re o^u , ^ mV-'^ 
