The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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3. The Thyme of the Ancients. 
Sattireia foliis pun£iatis. 
This plant, though ufually called a kind of 
thyme, and diftinguifhed by that name in fome 
antient' authors, is properly a fpecies of favory. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and furnilhed 
with numerous fibres. 
The ftaiks are upright, branched, hard, and 
woody. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, with numbers 
of fmall ones in their bofoms ; and they are 
fmall, oblong, narrow, hollowed, edged, and 
dotted: they are of a greyifti green colour, and 
of a warm aromatick talte. 
The flowers grow in Ihort clufters, or lictle 
heads, at the tops of the branches ; and they are 
fmall and purplifh. 
The feeds are little, roundifh, and dark-co- 
loured. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and of the 
warmer parts of Europe. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Thymus capitatus qui Diofco- 
ridis. Others, Tbymum kgiimum^ and Ihyjnum 
antiqtiorum. 
It is a fine warm aromatick plant, and is good 
againit obftruiflions of the vifccra, and in head- 
achs, and all nervous complaints. 
N U 
VII. 
HERB-MASTIC K. 
M A R U M. 
THE flower is labiated, and is formed of a fingle petal. The tubular part is of a cylindricli form, 
and is Ihorter than the cup. The upper lip is of the fame length with the lower, and is placed 
upright : it is obtufe, and nicked at the end. The lower lip is divided into three fegments, of which 
the middle one is fomewhat broadeft. The cup is tubular, ftriatcd, antl terminated at the rim by five 
brillles. The flowers are collefted in a iiind of woolly heads ; and iMX roundilh feeds follow each, 
which ftand naked in the cup. 
Linna:us places this among the didynamia gymnofptrmu ; the flower having four threads, two of 
which are longer than the others, and the feeds (landing naked. 
This author does not allow it to be a diftincl genus, but calls it a kind of fattireia : it is however 
very fufficiently diftinguifhed by the brillles or hairs that terminate the cup ; and properly retains its 
feparate name. 
Common Herb-Maflick. 
A'hrnm vidgare. 
The root is long, flender, and hung about 
with fibres. 
The ftaiks are numerous, fquare, flender, brittle, 
upright, branched, and of a brownifli colour. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and liave no foot- 
ftalks : they are oblong, moderately broad, 
lharp-pointed, not at all dented at the edges, and 
of a fine lively green. Their tafte is very acrid. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of all the branches 
in fliort, wou ly heads, ol a whitifli colour. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguil. 
C. Bauhine ca!ls it Sampfucbiis Jive Marum Maf' 
tichen redokns. Others, Marum vulgars. 
It is a warm aromatick plant, and is good in 
nervous diforders. 
The bark of the old flioots is aftringent, and 
excellent againft the overflowings of the menfes. 
GENUS VIII. 
GOATS MARJORAM. 
T R A G O ORIGANUM. 
►yHE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is of the fame length 
with the cup. 1 he upper lip is broad, and divided at the top into three little points : the lower 
lip is longer, and is divided into three fegments ; of which the middle one is broader than the 
others. The cup is in the fame m_anner divided into two lips. The feeds are fmall : four follow 
every flower. 
Linnaeus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia , the threads being four, two longer and 
two fhorter, and the feeds naked. 
Goats Marjoram. 
^rago origanum folio ohlonga afigtijlo. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres. 
The ftaiks are numerous, upright, fquare, 
branched, and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs at fmall dif- 
tanccs, and with young flioots in their bofoms ; 
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fo that the plant is very well covered with them : 
they are oblong, narrow, and of a whitifh co- 
lour i and they have a ftrong fmell, and an aro- 
matick tafte. 
The flowers are large and white : they ftand 
in a kind of fpikes at the tops of the ftaiks and 
branches. 
The feeds are fmall, round, and black. 
