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By the fides of hedges, and amongfl bullies. The 
leaves relcmble thole of Marjoram : The tafte is 
biting and aromatick, and the fmell fweet. The 
fingle plated heads of this plant are compofed of the 
conjun6lion of many fmall leaves lying upon one 
anotiier, like plates, or fcales, by reafon of their 
nearnefs : Out of the bofoms of each come fortli tlie 
lingle flov/ers. Thefe fmall leaves differ if om tliofe 
on the ffalk in their fhape and fmoothnefs ; but they 
agree in their pofition, unlefs that they are nearer to 
one another. The flowers are of a defh colour, and 
fometimes white, growing in an umbel. 
2. Origanum Onites^ R. 236, C. 223. Majora^ 
na major Anglica^ G. E. 664. Majorana lattfolia, 
five major Anglic a ^ P. 12. Pot Marjoram. On the 
left-hand of the road from Braintree to Raine^ be- 
yond the bridge. Mr Bale. 
Wild Marjoram is very good for cbHruflions of the breaft, 
liver and womb ; helps the jaundice, fliortnefs of breath, and 
ftoppage of the menfes. The diftilled oil helps the tooth- ach, 
being put upon lint, and applied to the aking tooth. 
ScLAREA, Clary. The lower leaves are wrinkled : 
The empalement is tubulous, and divided into 
five fegments, looking as if it had two lips : 
The creft of the flower is hooked ; the bv^ard 
divided into three parts, the middlemoft being 
bifid and hollow : The flowers, for the* molt 
part, furround the ffalk in fix knots, or whorls, 
forming a kind of fpike, or thyrfe : The feeds 
are roundifli. We have but one fpecies of this 
plant, viz. 
Sclarea praienfis foliis ferratis^ flore cosruleo.^ R. 
237. ' Horminum pr at enfe foliis f err at is., C. 238. 
fylvejlre vulgare., P. 55. jylvejlre fuchfii., G. E. 769. 
Meadow Clary, with dented leaves, and a blue flower. 
Somietimes it grows a yard high, with a rough fquare 
hollow ffalk, divided again into others. I'he leaves 
are larger than thofe of tlie Gaj'den Chry •, unfight- 
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