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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
GENUS X. 
TREE GERMANDER. 
1- R U C R I U M. 
THE fiower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is cyilnurick and Hiort. 
The upper lip is fplit into two fegments, andftands ered : the lower lip is divided into three 
part^ • of which the middle one is largeit, and of a roundifli figure. The cup is tubular, divided 
into fi've fegments at the rim, and fwelied on one fide at the bafe. The feeds after each flower are 
four : and they Hand naked in the cup. 
L.innfEus places this among the didynamia gymnofpemia ; the flower having four threads, of whicii 
two are longer than the others, and the feeds remaining naked in the cap. This author joins many 
other genera with the teucrium under its common name; but we have feparated them. They have 
been aTready treated of in their proper places ; and what we have here to confider, is the proper 
teucrium only. 
I. Tree-Germander. 
Teucrium latifolmn. 
The root is Jong, thick, and furninied with a 
great many fibres. 
The flalks are numerous, fquare, firm, up- 
right, two feet high, and confiderably branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs : they have no 
footftalks : they are broad, fhort, fharp-pointed, 
dented at the edges ; and of a beautiful green on 
the upper fide, and hoary underneath. 
The flowers are large, and of a pale yellow : 
they grow from the bofoms of the leaves all along 
the upper parts of the ftalks. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Teucrium. Others, Teucrium 
latifolium, and Teucrium vulgare. 
It is a cordial and alexipharmick, operating by 
fweat 1 and is eftecmed good in putrid and pef- 
tilential fevers. 
2. Spanilli Tree-Germander.- 
Teucrium Baticum folio undulato, 
Thi£ is a tall and beautiful plant. 
The root is woody, long, and divided Into 
numerous parts, and turnilhed with many fibres. 
The fl:em is woody, five feet high, and divided 
into many branches. 
The leaves are placed in pairs : they are ob- 
long, confiderably broad, not at all dented at the 
edges, obtufe at the end, and joined to the ftalks 
without fdutftalks. . Their colour is a dark green 
on the upper fide, and they are greyifli under- 
neath. 
The (lowers are numerous, large, and beauti- 
ful : they are of a fnow-white. 
Ic is a native of Spain and Sicily, and flowerS 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Teuciim peregrinum folia 
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GENUS XL 
GERMANDER. 
CHAMJEBRYS. 
TME flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part is fiiort. The upper 
iip is fplit deeply into two parts \ and the lower part is divided into three fegments; of which 
the middle one is largell, and is of a rounded figure. The cup is tubulated, and lightly divided by 
five nicks at the edge. The feeds are roundifh, and four follow every flower. The flowers grow 
from the bofoms of the leaves, not in tufts, terminating the branches. 
Linnr^us places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia ; the flower having two longer and two 
fhorter threads, and the feeds flanding naked. He does not allow it to be a diftina genus ; but 
places it among many others under the name teucrium. 
Common Germander. , 
ChamxJyys -vulgaris. 
The root is compof:;d of long, flender, tough 
fibres. 
The ftalks are fquare, and hard ; they lie In 
part upon the ground : they are confiderably 
branched, and a foot or more in length. 
The leaves are placed in pairs-, and they are 
oblong, broad, indented at the edges, fharp- 
pointed, and of a fine green. 
The flowers are fmall and red : they rife from 
the bofoms of the leaves al! over the upper part 
of the plant. 
The feeds are fmall, roundifli, and of a dark 
brov^n. 
It is common in France, and moft other parts 
of Europe. It flowgrs in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Chimucdrys minor repcns. 
Others, Cbam^rdrys vulgaris. 
It is celebraiedTor many virtues, but is very 
much neglefted in the prcfent pradtice. It ope- 
rates by urine, and is good againft obftrudtiona 
of the vifcera. It is alfo good in fevers. 
genus; 
