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rlie BRITISH HERBAL. 
Bafc Hoarhound. 
Siachys I'ltlgaris. 
The root is a tuft of thick, Hiort, crooked, 
brown fibres. 
The ftalk is iquare, firm, and two feet high : 
it is not much branched, and it ofcen droops at 
the top. 
1 he leaves fland in pairs -, and they are ob- 
long, confiderably broad, dented in a peculiar 
manner at the edges ; fo that the dents feem to 
lie over one anotheri and of a whitifh colour, 
and hoary. 
The flowers furround the upper pnrts of the 
n-alks in thick clufters ; and are fmail and 
purple. 
'J he feeds are ova!, angulated, and brown, 
We have it in dry grounds in our fouthern 
counties, but not frequent. Ic flowers in Aiiguft. 
C. Bauhine> calls it Slacbys r-wjor GcnitaiJicc;, 
Others, Siachys Fiichfii. 
GENUS XIII. 
W I L D B A S I L. 
A C I N 0 S. 
'TpHE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is of the length of the 
cup, and the mouth is fmall. The upper lip is fmall, obtufe, nipped at the end, and placed 
ereifl : the lower lip is longer, and is divided into three fegments ; the middle one of which is the 
largeft, and is nipped at the end. The cup is tubular at the bafe, and divided into two lips at the 
rim. The feeds are fmall and roundifh, and four of them follow each flower. 
LiniifEus arranges this among the didynamia gymnoffermia ; the flower having two longer and two 
Ihorter threads, and the ft:eds being naked. 
He takes away the received name ac.nos^ and joins it with thyme ; but it is truly diftinft, not only 
in the g^-neral form and afpeft of the plant, whence the earlier writers were induced to give it a fe- 
parate name, but even in the ftrudture of the flower ; the middle fegment of the lower lip being 
larger and rounder in acinos than in thyme^ and being always nipped or emarginated in this - 
whereas in thyme it is entire. 
Oui- Englifli name is an ill-conflruded one. 1 have preferved it, becaufe generally received; 
but it is better to ufe the other, ncims. 
Wild Bafil. 
Acinos foliis oblongis ikntalis. 
The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed 
with a few fibres. 
The flalks are numerous and weak : they lie 
in part upon the ground, and frequently fend out 
fibres, and root as they trail : they are fquarc, 
flender, and redifli and they arc lightly hairy. 
The leaves are fmall, oblong, hairy, and in- 
dented : they Hand in pairs j and they have no 
footflalks. 
The flowers are fmall, but they are not with- 
out their beauty : they ftand in little clufters in 
the bofoms of the leaves \ and they are red ; but 
they have a white fpot in the middle of the under 
lip, 
The feeds are very fmall and black. 
It is common in our weflern counties, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Clinofodiim arvenfe ocymi 
facie. Others, Acinos. J. Bauhine, Acinos multis. 
It is an excellent medicine in nervous cafes. A 
tea of it is not unpleafant, and will take great 
efled. 
GENUS XIV. 
S E L F H E A L; 
PRUNELLA. 
T>HE flower is compofed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. Tlie tubular part, at the bottom, is 
flioit, and the opening is oblong. The upper Kp is entire, and ftands ere6t : the under lip 
is turned backwards, and is divided into three fegments ; the middle one of which is broader than 
the others, and is nipped at the end, and ferrated. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and is in 
the fame manner divided into two Hps ; and the feeds are four after each flower, and fl:and in the cup: 
Linnrcus places this among the didynamia gymnofpcrmia ; the flower having four threads, of which 
two are longer than the others, and the feeds fl:anding naked. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Selfheal. 
Prunella vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, con- 
nected to a fmall head. 
The firft leaves are numerous ; and they are 
placed on flender footflalks : they are fliort, 
broad, obtufe, and fometimes a little waved at the 
edges. 
The fl:a!ks are fquare, brownifh, and eight 
2 inches 
