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Mar atryphy lion > vid. Ranunculus. 
Marubium album. Syn. 239. /. B. Ger. al- 
bum vulgare. Park. White Horehound. Cl. I. 
Gen. XIV. Flowers in June and Jtily. I found 
a few Plants of it at the Foot of Nottingham 
Caftle Rock facing Lenton, and about Basford 
two Miles from Nottingham^ alfo in Coherton 
Lane on the left Hand coming from the Red-Hill 
This formerly grew very conimon about this 
Town i But a certain Phylitian extolling its Vir- 
tues to the Skies and recommending it almoU in 
every Cafe elpecially to Perfons who had im- 
paired their Conlfitution by hard drinking, has 
let all the Ale Bibbers to work to root it out, 
infbmuch that it is become very fcarce. 
It is an intenle Sitter which belpeaks it a good 
Strengthner of a weak Stomach, it is endowed^ with all 
'the Properties of a Ballamic, and therefore is a powerful 
and capable of opening Obftruftions of any 
kind, it is a promoter of the Menfes, Ibme praile itvery 
much as a Pedloral in Coughs and Shortnefs of Sreath , 
but here it is neceflary to obferve the fame Caution given 
Under Elecampane., viz. That it ought onlyto be ad- 
miniftredto grols phlegmatic People, and not to thin 
and lean plethoric Perlbns, where it would caule too 
great a Rarefablion of the Fluids, and irritate rather 
than allay ^ Cough. The Herb powdered, as a Bitter is 
good to kill Worms, 
Marubitm nigrum, vid. Balloted 
MaruVtum aquaticum, vid. Lycopus. 
Matricaria. Syn. 187. Ger. vulgaris' Parki 
Matricaria vulgo, minus Parthenium. I. B; 
W Fever- 
