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C. 306. Ground-ivy, Gill-goeby-ground, Alehoof, 
or Tunhoof. 
4. Hedera terreftrts montana^ R. 243, C. 306, P. 
677. Mountain Ground-ivy . It is a prodigious creep- 
ing plant, with roundifh leaves : The creft of the fl ower 
is bihd and reflected, and the whole plant has a pe- 
culiar ftrong fmell. 
Calamint is a good ftomachick, expels wind, and helps the 
cholick ; it is particularly ferviceable in obilrudtions of the ca- 
tamenia, bringing them to a regular courfe, either taken inward- 
ly, or by a ftrong decodion given as a clyfter. The two hrft 
Ipecies are ufed promifcuoufly. 
A tea, made of the leaves, or a fyrup, of the juice of Ground- 
ivy, is very good for coughs, ihortnefs of breath, and other 
diforders of the lungs. 
Ballotte, Stinking Horehound. The empale- 
ment is long, and divided into five lliarp feg- 
ments : The creft is hollow, like a fpoon, with 
the beard cut into three, the middle part being 
largeft, and lhap’d Uke a heart : The fiowers 
grow in bunches upon a common pedicle, which 
rifes from the wings of the leaves, generally in- 
clining all to one fide of the ftalk : The feeds are 
oblong. We have but one Ipecies of this 
plant, wz. 
Ballotte^ R. 244. MarruUim nigrum^ G. E. 701. 
nigrum fcetidum^ Ballotte di^um^ P. 1230. nigrum 
fcetidum^ Ballotte Diofcoridis^ C. 230. Stinking 
Horehound. 
Cassida, Hooded Willow-herb. The florets are 
longifti, one in each ala of the leaves : The up- 
per leaf is crefted like a helmet, with auricles 
adjoining : The beard, for the moft part, is di- 
vided into two parts : The empalement, having , 
a cover, contains a fruit, refembling the heel of 
a flioe. The fpecies are : 
I. Cajftda paluftris vulgatior^ flore cceruleo^ R. 244. 
Lyfimachia ccerulea galericulata feu Gratiola ccerulea^ 
C. 246. Lyfmachia galericulata^ G. E. 477. 
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