The B R. I T I S H HERBAL. 
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GENUS V. 
HYSSOP. 
Hrssopus. 
THE flower is labiated, and is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is of the length of the 
cup. The upper lip is fhort, undivided, and juft nipped at the end ; and it ftands ereft. The 
lower lip is larger, and is diviaed into three parts ; the middle one of thefe is broader than the others, 
and is hcart-falhioned. The cup is long, tubular, ftriated, and dented in five parts at the edges. 
The feeds are four after every flower ; and they are of an oval form, and placed naked in the cup. 
Linnffius places this among the didynamia gyinnofpenina ; the threads in each flower being two longer 
and two fhorter, and the feeds placed in the cop without any capfule. 
Common Hyflbp. 
Hyjfofus vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous, long, thick 
fibres, connefted to an oblong head. 
The ftalks are fquare, upright, hard, and 
branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; and they are 
oblong, narrow, and of a pale green : they ftand 
thick together upon the ftalks ; and there are 
ufually many young leaves rifmg from their bo- 
foms. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in a 
kind of loofe fpikes, with leaves among them : 
they are large and blue. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and the warmer parts of 
Europe, and flowers in Auguft-. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hyjfopus eficimrum c^emlea 
fwe fficata. Others, Hyjfoptis Jrahm, and Hyf- 
fopus z-ulgiiris. 
It is a plant of very confiderable virtues. It 
is excellent againft diforders of the breaft and 
lungs. A fyrup of hjfop made vvith honey is good 
in afthmatick cafes, and in coughs. 
It is alfo good againft obftruftions of the vif- 
cera ; and it works by urine. 
GENUS vr. 
SAVORY. 
S J t U R E I J. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is lliorter than the cup. 
The upper lip is nipped at the extremity, and placed upright : the lower lip is divided into three 
fegments ; the middle one of which is broader than the others ; but they are all of a length. The 
cup is tubular, ftriated, and nipped in five parts at the extremity. The feeds are four after every 
flower ; and they are of a roundifh form, and ftand naked in the cup. 
Linnaius places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia ; the threads in the flower being two longer 
and two fnortcr, and the feeds naked in the cup. 
I. Summer Savory. 
Satureia afiiva. 
The root is compofed of a vaft number of 
fibres, connecTied to a fmall head. 
The ftalks are numerous, upright, brown, di- 
vided into branches, and ten inches high. 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, and of a dufky 
green : they ftand in pairs at diftances on the 
ftalks i and they have an aromatick fmell and 
tafte. 
The flowers rife from the bofoms of the upper 
leaves ; and they are fmall, and of a faint redilh 
colour, often nearly white. 
The feeds are roundifli and brown. 
It is a native of the fouth of France, and 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Satureia hortenjis, feu Ctmila 
fativo Plinii. 
It is principally ufed as a pot-herb ; but it has 
virtues that might recommend it as a medicine. 
It is good in diforders of the head and nerves, 
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and againft obftruftions of the vifcera. The tops, 
when in flower, pofTefs the principal virtue. 
2. Winter Savory. 
Satureia durior. 
The root is long, divided, and furnjAied with 
numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, very much 
branched, and a foot and half high : the harder 
parts of them'are of a pale brown ; the young 
{hoots green. 
The leaves are very numerous : they ftand in 
pairs, with clufters of young leaves and ftroots in 
their bofoms. 
The flowers grow from the bofoms of the up- 
per leaves ; and they are fmall and white, with 
a faint blufh of purplifli. 
It is a native of Italy, and is kept in our gar- 
dens for the fervice of the kitchen. 
C. Bauhine calls it Satureia mmtana. Others, 
Satureia durior, and Satureia Hykrna. 
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