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MARRU'BIUM AFFI^NE. 
KINDRED HOBEHOUND. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
LABIATE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Siberia ? 
2 feet. 
June to Sep 
Perennial. 
in 1822. 
No. 1048. 
The derivation of the word Mariaibium is sur- 
rounded with some doubt. Pliny has been quoted 
as deriving the name from that of a town in Italy ; 
but it is more generally admitted to be deduced 
from the Hebrew word markob, signifying a bitter 
juice. Horehound having been a medicinal plant, 
of the old herbalists, it is probable that they would 
bestow on it a name in allusion to its properties. 
The present species is not a plant of gay appear- 
ance, but may be advantageously mixed with showy 
annuals and perennials, in the open borders or 
mounds, as a specimen of its class, especially as it 
is quite hardy. 
The common Horehound, (Marrubium vulgare) 
so frequently found growing wild on road-sides, 
has long been used medicinally, by country people, 
in the cure of coughs and asthmas ; a wine-glass 
full of the infusion, or Horehound tea, as it is 
most generally caUed, being taken twice or thrice 
a day. 
This Siberian species may be divided for increase ; 
or it may be propagated from seeds, and the 
plants will flower when about twelve months old. 
