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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
1. Bugle. 
Bugula vu/gr.yis c.rrulea. 
The root is cornpufed of numerous fibres, and 
it fends out creeping Ihoots. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, notatall branched, 
and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and are of a 
fine green : they arc broad, oblong, and Indented 
at the edges. 
The flowers ftand in clufters in the bofoms of 
the upper leaves from the middle to the top, and 
fometimes all the length of the ftalk ; fo that to- 
gether with the leaves they form a kind of thick 
fpike : they are fmall and blue. 
The feeds are roundifh, and of a deep brown. 
It is common in our meadows, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it CotifoUda media pratenfis ca- 
rulea. Others, Bugula -vulgaris. 
It (lands celebrated in all the old writers as a 
wound-herb. 
A decodioa of it is good againft; obflrudtions 
of the viicera, and in the jaundice. It operate-; 
by urine in a certain and fafe manner. 
2. Mountaln-Bugie. 
Bugula folio longiore. 
The root is compofed of numerous, lono 
fibres. 
The ftalks rife fevcral togetlier ; and they are 
flendcr, but upright, fquare, of a purpliili co- 
lour, and not at all branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they are 
oblong, and moderately broad : they have no 
footfialks; they are narrowefl: at the bafe, and 
broadeft toward the point ; and have on each 
fide three or four deep indentings. 
The flowers grow in the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and they are fmali and blue. 
The feeds are round and blackifh. 
It is found on the Welch mountains, and 
flowers in July. 
C, Bauhine calls it Confolida media caruka jUx 
piija. Others, Bugula ccsrulea Al-^'ina. 
GENUS XXVII. 
WOOD-SAGE. 
SCOROOONIA. 
THE flower is formed of a fmgle petal, and is of tlie labiated kind. The tubular part is (liort 
and cylindriclc. The upper Hp is divided into two fegments : tlie lower lip is divided into 
three ; of which the middle one is largtft, and is of a rounded form. The cup is tubular, and 
lightly divided into five parts The feeds are four, and they remain naked in the cup. The leaves 
^cfemble [age, and the fmell is like that of garlick. 
Linnxus places this among the didynamia gymmfpermia ; there being two longer and two fliorter 
threads in the flower, and the feeds (landing naked in the cup. 
Of this genus there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain. 
Linnasus does not allow the genus to be diftinft. He confounds it among many others, under 
the common name teacrium; but it is fufliciently diftinguilhed in Nature. 
Wood-Sage. 
Si-orsdonia vulgaris. 
The root is long, divided, and fprcading ; and 
is furnilhed with many fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, firm, not much 
branched, and two feet in height. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; they have fliort 
footflialks ; and they are broad, oblong, and 
fomewhat like thofe of fage, but of a rougher 
furface, and pale green colour. 
The flowers fland in long fpikes at the tops of 
GENU 
the ftalks and branches ; and they are fmall and 
greenifli, with purple buttons to the filaments. 
The feeds are little and brown. 
It is common in woods, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Scordium alterum five fahia 
agrejlis. 
It is a powerful deobftruent j and it operates by 
fweat and urine. The beft way of giving it is in 
form of an infufion. 
It was at one time celebrated againft venereal 
complaints ; but the ufe of mercurial remedies 
has now fet afide all others in thofe diforders. 
S XXVIII. 
WATER GERMANDER. 
S C O R B I U M. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part at the bafe is fliorc. 
The upper lip is fplit into two fegments; and the lower lip is divided into riiree: the two 
oFthefe at the fides are fmall j but the middle one is rounded and large. The cup is formed of a 
fmgle piece : it is tubular, and (lightly divided into five fegments. The feeds after each flower are 
four i and they fland naked in the cup. The ftalks are procumbent j and the leaves are downy. 
Linnaeus 
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