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ablf^e ufcd by our Phyficians. It may be referred 
to the Clafs of the Calamintha montanay pulegii 
odorcy which has been transferred from thence into 
Englandy and I think is now pretty common, but is 
hotter, and more fudorific. 
1 will now mention to you an Herb, though un- 
known, yet worthy to be fetched from Virginia^ 
yielded the Country nothing clfe: It is the Herb 
called there Angelicdy but which I take to be Liba- ■ 
not is vera latifolia T^odonai. It grows generally on 
a rich fandy Ground, on a declining Brow, that faces 
the riling Sun j the Root fhoots deep into the Earth, 
fometimes near three Feet, very tender, and eafily 
broken, of a white or rather Cream-like Colour; and 
being ladefeent, yields a little Milk, thick and yel- 
low as Cream ; a very early Plant. It fcldom flowers 
or feeds under five Years Growth / for I have fully 
and diftindly obferved that Number of Years in the 
feveral Sorts of this Plant, by the Growth of thofc 
not come to Maturity to bear Seed ; and it is ob- 
fervable, that thofe which do not feed, have rarely 
more than one Branch, which divides when it fpreads,. 
and fubdividesitfelfftill into Three. The Leaf is much 
like our wild AngelicUy only thinner, and more the 
Colour of a Willow-green. Thofe that feed, have 
a fiftulous Stalk about the Thickncls of ®/7/, a white 
umbelliferous Plant ; the Seeds are much like Ange^ 
Ika feedy but from the Fragraney of the Root, and 
its being peculiarly bearded, 1 undoubtedly ftyle it a 
Libanotis. It flops the Fluxy and cures it to a- Won- 
der. Again ; it often loofens and purges the Bodies- 
of thofe that are bound, and have the Gripes, efpe- 
cially if it proceeds from Cold 5 and prevents many 
unhappy 
