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Clinopodium minus feu vulgar P. 2 1 . arvenfe Ocy- 
mi facie^ C. 225. The flower is of a purplifli co- •< 
lour •, in the middle of the beard is a white fpot, and 
within that a purplifli crefcent. It grows on moun- It 
tains, and dry and gravelly places. It often varies \ ’ 
in the colour of its flowers. 
Stachys, Bafe Horehound. The ftalks, leaves, , 
and branches are hairy, and covered with a hoary \ 
down : The crefl; of the flower is a little arched, 
and ere6f, and feems to be bifid ; The beard is 
divided into three fegments, the middlemofl 
large, and hanging down : The flowers furround 
the tops of the flalks in thick whorls, forming 
a long fpike, or thyrfe. We have but one fpecies 
of this plant, viz. 
Stachys Fuchfti^ R. 239, G. 563. major Germa- 
nic a., C. 236, P. 4^. Bafe Horehound. Nigh 
Witney park, in Oxfordjhire. 
Marrubium, Horehound. The leaves are round- 
ifh, hoary, and wrinkled : The empalement is 
channeird, each channel ending in a fpine : The 
crefl of the flower is upright, and fplit into two 
horns: The beard is cut into three fegments; 
the two fide ones being longifn and narrow. We 
have but one fpecics of this plant, viz. 
^ Marrubium album., R. 239, G. 561. vulgar e., 
C. 230, P.44. White Horehound. Byway-fldes, 
and amongft rubbifh. 
The juice of Horehound, made into a fyrup, with fugar or 
honey, opens obftrudions of the liver and fpleen, and is very 
ferviceable in the green ficknefs, obftruftions of the catamenia, 
fuppreluon of the lochia, and other diftempers of the female 
fex ; for which few herbs go beyond it. , 
Cardiaca, Motherwort. The crefl of the flower 
is imbricated, and much longer than the beard, 
which is cut into three parts : The feeds are an- 
gular, filling the whole huflc : The leaves are 
roundifli, deeply jagged, and Hand on long 
pedicles. 
