The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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r The feeds are four : and they are covered in 
the cup by a kind of head-piece, as in the former 
inftance. 
It is common about waters, and flowers in 
June. 
Ray calls it Caffida palujlris minima flore purpu- 
rafcente. 
The leaves of the caffida dried and powdered 
were a famous remedy for agues before the baric 
was known j but they are now difufed. 
G E N , U S XXV. 
GROUND-PINE. 
CHAM.'EPirrS. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is fliort, and the tipper 
lip is deeply divided into two fegments. The lower lip is divided into three fegments ; of 
which the middle one is largeft, and is rounded. The cup is tubular, formed of a fingle piece, di- 
vided into Ave parts ; and rifmg on one fide at the bafe. The flowers grow from the bofoms of 
the leaves and the leeds are four after every flower, and roundifli. 
LinnEEUs places this among the didyiiamia gymnofpermia ; the flower having two longer and two 
fliorter thread?, and the feeds being naked in the cup. 
He does not allow this to be a diftindl genus j but places it with the fccrdimn chama:drys, and feve- 
ral others, under the common name of teucrinm. 
DIVISION I. 
BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Ground-Pine. 
Cha}ii<fpttys vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, and divided, 
Th;^ ftalks are numerous, weak, and three 
inches h'g'i: they are of a greyilh colour, very 
much branched, and covered thick with leaves. 
Thefe ftand in pairs at fmall difliances ; and 
they have numerous young ones in their bofoms : 
they are of a pale yellowifh green, oblong, nar- 
row, and at the end divided into three poinrs. 
The flowers rife from the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and are fm;ill and yellow : but the upper lip is fpot- 
ted with purple on the infide. 
The feeds are fniall, black, and round. 
The whole plant has a refinous fmell and tafle.' 
It is frequent in fome parts of the kingdom on 
chalky and other dry foils. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cham^pitys lutca •vulgaris 
five folio trifida. 
Ground fine is an excellent medicine in ner- 
vous difurders. It is a powerful diuretick ; and 
it promotes the menles. 
Tiie topE dried and powdered are recommended 
againft: the gout ; and there arc well-authorifed 
accounts of great cures having been performed b/ 
them in the fciatica. 
DIVISION II. 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Auftrian Ground-Pine. 
Cham^pilys c^ritlea Aufiriaca. 
This is a very beautiful plant. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and hiing 
with many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, and ten inches high, 
fquare, of a whitifli colour, and downy. 
The leaves fland at diftances two at each joint, 
but with clufters of young ones in all their bo- 
foms : they are divided into three or four long 
and narrow fegments ; and are of a lively green 
on the upper fide, and paler underneath. 
The flowers grow from the bofoms of the leaves 
toward the upper part of the plant: they arc 
very large : the body of them is of a delicate vio- 
let blue; and the under lip is whitifli, and fpotted 
with crimfon. 
The feeds are large and roundifh. 
It is frequent on the mountains of Germany^ 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls itChama-pitys ca^ruka Aujlriacai 
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BUGLE. 
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npHE nowcr is formed of a fingle petal, and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part is cylindrick 
and bent. The upper lip is very fmall : it ftands creft, and is fplit in two pans. The lower 
lip is divided into three fegments : the middle One is large, and heart-falhioned : the two fide ones 
are very fmall. The cup is fmall ; and is formed of a fingle piece, divided into five parts at the 
edge. The feeds are four : they are oblong, and they have no defence but the cup. 
LinnsEus places this among the didynmnia gytiimfferm'm ; the flower having two longer and two 
(horter threads, and the feeds having no copfule. He takes away the received name tugula, and 
calls it rjuga. 
I. Bugle. 
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