The BRITISH HERBAL. 
in pairs ; and they are fmai), and of an oblong, 
or fomewhat oval form: they are of a whitilli 
colour ; and have a ftrong fmeli, between that 
of the common calam'mt and pennyroyal. 
The flowers grow from the bofoms of the 
leaves at the tops of the plant ; and they are 
fmall and white. 
The feeds are brown. 
Ic is common by way-fides with the formef, 
and flowers in July. 
C.Bauhine calls it Calamintba pilegii odor e five 
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Hepela. Others, Calamintha mi-nor. Our people, 
hield-calamint. 
Both this and the former are excellent medi- 
cines in hyfterick complaints : they promote the 
menfcs ; and are good againft obftrudlions of the 
vifcera. 
They may be taken dried and powdered % but 
the better method is in a ftrong infufion in the 
manner of tea. A conferve may alfo be made of 
the tops. 
GENUS XXIL 
GROUND-IVYi 
H E B E R A TERRESTRIS. 
THE flower is labiated, and is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is flender and com- 
prefied. The upper lip is upright and fimple : it is obtufe at the end, and a little fplit: the 
lower lip is divided into three fcgments ; and the middle one of thefe is larger than the others, and 
nipped at the end. The cup is formed of a fingie piece ; and is tubular, and divided into five parts 
at the rim. The feeds after each flower are four in number, and oval. 
Linnasus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia \ tlie flower having two longer and two 
fhorter threads, and the feeds {landing naked. 
He takes away the received name from the genus, and calls it glechoitia. 
I. Common Ground-Ivy. 
Hedera terrejiris vulgaris. 
The root is a tuft of long crooked fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, hairy, fquare, 
of a brown colour ; and they trail upon the 
ground, and take root at the joints. There alfo 
rife with them a number of fmall, running fhoocs, 
which root at their ends ; and the plant is thus 
propagated in abundance. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they have 
flender footftalks ; where they firft flioot they are 
redifh, afterwards of a dufky green, and hairy : 
they are of a roundifh figure, crenated at the 
edges, and fomewhat pointed. 
The flowers are moderately large and blue : 
they rife from the bofoms of the leaves : they 
are followed each by four fmall oval feeds. 
The plant is common on ditch-banks, and 
flowers in April. That is the time where it has 
its full virtue. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hedera terrejiris vulgaris. 
Others, Calamintha humili or folio rotundiore. 
It is an excellent peroral and deobftruent. A 
fonferve of the frefli-garhcred tops with fugar is 
^ood againft coughs. A fyrup made of the 
juice with honey is ufeful in afthmas. The juice 
prefled with whire wine is alfo f^-rviceable in the 
jaundice; and an infufion taken in large doles 
operates powerfully and fafely by urine, bringing 
away gravel, and cleanfing the ureters. 
The juice fnuffed up the nofe is celebrated 
againfl: the headach. Malt-liquor In which this 
herb is put, is called ^;7/-(7/f, from ^;7/, an Ent^- 
lilh name of the plant. It has fome virtue from 
it, but is not comparable to the other forms. 
2. Purple-flowered Ground-Ivy. 
Hedera terrejiris moiitana fiore purpiirafccntc. 
The root is compofed of innumerable brown, 
flender, crooked fibres. 
The fl:alks are numerous, thick, but weak, 
of a purplifli colour, and procumbent. 
The leaves have long footftalks : they are 
placed in pairs ; and they are large, roundifli, 
dented, of a pale green, and very hairy. 
The flowers fl:and in the boibms of the leaves j 
and they are large and purple. 
It is not uncommon in woods in our northern 
counties, and elfewhere. It flowers in April. 
C. Bauhine calls \t Hedera terrejiris montana; a 
name mofl others have copied. 
Some have thought it only a variety of the 
common kind ; but it appears to be a diftinft 
fpecies by fowing. 
GENUS XXIII. 
STINKING HOAR HOUND. 
B ^1 L L 0 T E. 
THE Bower is labiated : it is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is cylindrick, and of 
the length of the cup. The upper lip is hollow, undivided, but dented at the tip, and ob- 
tufe : the lower hp is obtufe, and is divided into three fegments ; the middle one of which is larger 
than the others and is nipped at the end. The cup is tubular, and marked with ten ridges, and is 
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