Origanum Vulgare. Wild Marjoram. 
ORIGANUM. Lin. Gen. PL Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Strobilus tetragonus, fpicatus, calyces colligens. Jig. 6. 
Rail Synop. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herbie verticillat.e. 
ORIGANUM vulgare fpicis fubrotundis paniculatis conglomeratis, bra&eis calyce longioribus 
ovatis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 452. Spec. PI. p. 824. FI. Succ. n. 534. 
ORIGANUM foliis ovatis, umbellis coloratis, flaminibus exfertis. Haller hijl. n. 233. 
ORIGANUM vulgare. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 740. 
ORIGANUM fylveflre. Bauh. pin. 223. 
ORIGANUM anglicum. Ger. emac. 66S. 
MAJORANA fylveflris. Park. 12. 
ORIGANUM vulgare fpontaneum. Bauh. hijl. III. 236. 
Raii Syn. 236. Wild Marjoram. Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 262. Lightfoot FI. 
Scot. p. 317. 
RADIX perennis, repens, horizontalis, fufca, pluri- 
mis fibris capillata. | 
CAULIS pedalis, ad fefquipedalem, ereftus, tetra- <3> 
gonus, purpurafcens, pubefcens, ramofus. ^ 
$ 
RAMI oppofiti, erefli, caule teneriores, in czeteris 
conformes. 4 
FOLIA ad genicula, oppofita, petiolata, ovata, acuta, f 
minutim et rariter dentata, fupra glabriuf- | 
cula, fubtus pubefcentia, utrinque pun6lata, 
margine minutim ciliata, patentia. | 
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PETIOLI pubefcentes. | 
AXILLAE foliorum in planta culta foliolis onufiae. 0 
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FLORES paniculati, panicula e fpicis plurimis, fub- <> 
rotundis, conglomeratis compofita. 
BRACTEAL ovato-lanceolatze, fefhles, concavas, in- <> 
tegras, corolla intenfius coloratas, ad lentem | 
pubefcentes, floribus fubjeftas fingulae, _/zg-. 1. 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, 
flriatum, fubpubefcens, pedicellatum, longitu- ^ 
dine fere brafteas, ore barbato, quinquefido, $ 
laciniis acutis, ere6lis, aequalibus, purpureis, $ 
fiS- 2 - I 
COROLLA infundibuliformis, purpurea, tubus vil- | 
lofus, fenfim furfus ampliatus, calyce longior, <> 
limbus bilabiatus, labium Juperius ere£lum, 
bifidum, obtufum, inferius trifidum, patens, $ 
obtufum, fig. 3. <> 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, purpurea, corol- $ 
la paulo longiora, duobus inferioribus paulo <> 
longioribus; Anther. e didymas, faturatius | 
coloratas, fig. 4. 4 
PISTILLUM: Ge r m e n quadripartitum; Stylus | 
filiformis, corolla longior ; Stigma bifidum, <> 
acutum, revolutum, jig. 5. 
ROOT perennial, creeping, horizontal, brown, 
tufted with numerous fibres. 
STALK, a foot or a foot and a half high, upright, 
four cornered, purplifh, downy, and 
branched. 
BRANCHES oppofite, upright, more tender than 
the flalk, in other refpects fimilar. 
LEAVES placed at the joints, oppofite, Handing 
on foot-ftalks, ovate, pointed, finely and 
rarely toothed, above nearly fmooth, be- 
neath downy, dotted on both fides, the 
edge finely fringed, fpreading. 
LEAF-STALKS downy. 
ALAE of the leaves, in the cultivated plant, bearing 
numerous fmall leaves. 
FLOWERS forming a panicle, compofed of numerous, 
roundifh fpikes, growing in cluflers. 
FLORAL-LEAVES ovato-lanceolate, feffile, con- 
cave, entire, more deeply coloured than the 
corolla, appearing downy when magnified, 
placed one under each flow'er, jig. 1. 
CALYX: A Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, 
flriated, flightly downy. Handing on a fliort 
foot-flalk, and almollthe length of the floral- 
leaf, the mouth bearded, divided into five, 
pointed, upright, equal, purple fegments, 
fig- 2- 
COROLLA funnel-fhaped, purple, the tube villous, 
gradually enlarged upwards, longer than 
the calyx, the limb compofed of two lips, 
the upper lip upright, bifid and obtufe, the 
lower lip trifid, fpreading and obtufe. Jig. 3. 
STAMINA: four purple Filaments, a little longer 
than the corolla, the two lowermofl fome- 
what the longefi; Anther/e double, and 
more deeply coloured,^-. 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts. 
ST yle filiform, longer than the corolla; 
Stigma bifid, pointed, and turned back, 
fig. 5. 
SEEDS four, ovate, in the bottom of the calyx, 
which clofes over them. 
This aromatic and ornamental plant, grows wild on dry chalky hills, and gravelly ground, in molt parts 
01 threat Britain, though fparingly in the vicinity of London. 1 
It flowers in July and AuguH. 
than^L’rT^r ‘° PS ° f ° ri f anum a " agreeable aromatic fmell, and a pungent lade, warmer 
rill vir f h r ?r “ ¥ a , r J° ram ' and much refembhng Thyme: with which they appear to agree in medi- 
cinal virtue. Infufions of them are fometimes drank as tea, in weaknefs of the flomach, diforders of the bread 
amiSrrn™ P? rr P Ira V 0 "- general ; *ey are fometimes ufed alfo in nervine and 
antirheumatic baths ; and the powder of the dried herb as an errhine. Diflilled with water, thev field a moderate 
EthJ h f K hf7f aC h d a ”l P“ ne ; ra i ln S e£I f nt , ,aI ° d . fmeliing flrongly of the Origanum, but lefs agreeable 
“ S -, th,S 01 , 15 a PP ,ed °" a .“‘ t J 0110 " f ° r “ lin ? pains of carious teeth ; and fometimes 
h ° “ P thC fOTat — evacuating mucous 
driV^bT, f redd ’ D ! br ° Wn T' OU «i f ° r I'? P Urpofe ,be linen is fir11 macerated in alum water and 
akv of a(h " f k n d i for r"m d T a rimmfl.on of the bark of the crab-tree ; it is wrung out of this, boiled 
in a ley of afhes, and then fuffered to boil in the decoaion. Haller hijl. Helv ■/> 102 
for A m, 0rd ,‘„ D f 'dd'd’^'T’ d y e V VOOllen cloth a m° of a P urple c °i°nr ; is fometimes ufed as a fuccedaneum 
mrningfo^ ^ beer t0 make « more quickly intoxicate, as likewife to pretent it from loo quickly 
SEMINA quatuor, ovata, 
ventis. 
in fin 
calycis 
