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The B E. I T I S H HERBAL. 
The frefh leaves bruifcd are very eminent as 
a vuintrary : they ftop the bleeding ol a trefh 
wound, and without any other appHcat.on heal it. 
3. Broad-leaved yellow Allheal. 
Siderins lat foLa Jlore jiavo. 
The ront is compofrd of fmall whife fibres. 
The firft leaves are fLip^;orced on flender foot- 
ftalks ; and they are fliort, broad a little in- 
dented ar the edges, and of a diifky gret-n. 
The fl:dlk is fquare, ho low, of- a faint green, 
and about a toot high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs on it ; and they are 
oblong and broad : their colour is a bright green, 
and they are indented at the edges. 
The flowers rife in tufts in the ^ofoms of c1k_ 
leaves ; and they are moderately Lirge and yel- 
low. 
The freds are oblong, cornered, and brown. 
Ic is not uncommon in our nordiern countiei^ 
in cultivated land. It flowers in Jul . 
Kay calls itSiderilis ari-enfi}, latijolia hirjuta li.tca. 
4. Narrow-leaved red Ailheal. 
Sideritis angufiifoha jlore ruhente. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firll leaves are numerous : they are ob- 
long, na row, of a brownifli green, ai.d indented 
at the edgi's : thefe quickly wither. 
The ilalk is fquare, of a purplifli colour, and 
a foot high. 
The leaves fland in pairs ; and they are nar- 
row, oblung, of a deep green, and ferrated. 
The flo-.vers a -e fm.i!) and red ; they are placed 
in tufts aho.,t tlx tops ot the Haiks ; and each is 
variegated with two white fpots on the lower lip. 
'I'hc feds are fmall and brown. 
It is common in corn fields, and Bowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sideritis arveiifs anguJU'olia 
yubra. Others, Lada,:tim Jcgeium^ 
All ihefe are fuppofed to be excellent againft 
fiefli wounds. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES, 
Canary Allheal. 
Zider lis lali^ alia Otncrtenfis, 
The root is Ion2:, thick, and brown ; and it is 
hung with many bies. 
The firfl: leaves are j'laced on long, flender, 
redilh footftal^vs; and they are oblong, broad, 
and of a pale green, obtufe at the end, a little 
crenated at the edges, and dcaced tor the ftalk at 
the bafe. 
The ftalk is flirubby, firm, upright, and not 
much branched. 
The leaves on it are placed in pairs ; and they 
have long flender footflalks : they refemible thofb 
rom the ruuc, but they are fmaller ; and they are 
o! a whitifli colour, and foft to the touch. 
The flowers ftand in tuf s in rhe bofoms of the 
upper leaves i and they are fmall and white. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is a native of the Canaries, and flowers in 
July. 
Commelin calls it Stachys Canayicvfis juUjcens 
verbafci [do. 
It is efteemed an aflringent and vulnerary. 
GENUS xxr,' 
C A L A M I N T, 
CALylMlNTHA. 
'TPHE flower is labiatcd, and is formed of a Angle petal. The tubular part at the bafe is cyiindrick 
and even. Xhe upper lip is divided at the extremiuy into three points : the lower lip is divided 
into three fegmcnts v and of thefe the middle one is largeft, and is heart-fafliioned. The cup is. hol- 
low, tubular, and formed alfo into two lips. Four feeds follow every flower ; and they fland naked 
in the cup. The whole plant is of a Itrong, and not agreeable fmell, and of an acrid tafle. 
Linn;¥us places it ?mong the didynamia gymnofperwia ; the threads in the flower being two longer 
and two fliorter, and the feeds having no covering but the cup. He does not allow calamint to be 
a diftind: genus, but makes the feverai kinds of ic fpecies of baum or melijj'a. 
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I. Common Calamint. 
Calamin(ha vulgaris- 
The root is compofed of numerous, brown 
fibres. 
The ftalks are woody, and a foot or more in 
height, very much branched, and of a whitiih 
colour. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they arc 
roundifli, a little waved, or irregularly notched 
at the edges, and of a brownifli green. 
. The flowefs are moderately large, and of a 
bkiifii white ; they fland in clufters in the bo- 
foms of the upper leaves, 
2 in 
incieeasare 1 man ana brown. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
C. Bauhine calls it Cnlamhuba vulgaris vel offi- 
cinarum Germani<£. Others, Calamintba major. 
2. Smaller Calamint. 
Calamintba od.re fulegii. 
The root is flender, and hung with many fibres. 
The flalks are branched, and near a foot high : 
they are firm, hard, upright, and of a whitifli 
colour. 
The leaves are very numerous : they are placed 
