394  Notes  on  the  Genus  Teucrium.  {Arnslptu"'i87h6arm" 
dressing  for  foul  ulcers.  "  The  New  London  Dispensatory,*'  printed 
in  1676,  says  of  it :  "  It  is  Lyptintick,  Abstersive,  Traumatick,  Alex- 
ipharmick,  Sudorific,  Anodyne  and  Pectoral ;  it  opens  Obstructions  of 
all  the  principal  Parts,  cleanseth  the  Intrails  and  old  Ulcers  ;  provokes 
Urine  and  the  Terms  ;  expectorates  rotten  Matter  out  of  the  Chest ; 
helps  old  Coughs,  Asthmas,  Pleurisies,  inward  Ruptures,  Biting  and 
Stinging  of  Serpents,  and  potently  resists  Poison,  Plague  and  all  pesti- 
lential Diseases.  It  exhilerates  the  Heart,  cures  the  Bloody-flux,  com- 
forts the  Stomach,  and  drives  out  the  Small  Pox  and  Measles.  Out- 
wardly, it  cleanseth  and  heals  Wounds  and  Ulcers,  and  cures  Pains  of 
the  Gout.  The  Essence  is  most  effectual  to  the  Intentions  aforesaid." 
Similar  but  more  feeble  virtues  were  attributed  to  T.  Scorodonia, 
Lin.,  s.  Scorodonia  heteromalla,  Moench,  likewise  a  European  plant, 
which  differs  from  the  former  in  having  petiolate,  cordate-ovate  leaves, 
a  more  distinctly  two  lipped  calyx  and  yellow  corolla. 
The  fluid  extract  of  water  germander  may  be  made  by  the  officinal 
process  for  fluid  extract  of  chimaphila,  and  may  be  given  in  doses  of 
one-half  to  one  teaspoonful. 
The  following  European  species  were  formerly  employed  medicinally 
for  their  stimulating  and  tonic  properties,  and  some  still  enjoy  some 
popularity  as  domestic  remedies  in  localities  where  they  occur. 
T.  Folium,  Lin.,  with  sessile  linear-lanceolate,  crenate  and  tomentose 
leaves  and  terminal  white  flowers. 
T.  montanum,  Lin.  Leaves  similar,  with  a  revolute  margin  and  ter- 
minal yellowish  flowers. 
T.  creticum,  Lin.,  resembling  the  preceding,  but  the  blueish  flowers 
axillary  and  single.  The  closely  allied  T.  rosmarinifolium,  Lam.,  has 
the  branches  longer  and  more  slender,  and  the  flowers  in  cymules  of 
three  in  the  axils  of  the  bracts. 
T.  flavum,  Lin.,  has  its  greyish-yellow  flowers  similarly  arranged  ; 
but  the  petiolate  leaves  are  ovate  and  crenate. 
T.  fruticans,  Lin.,  is  the  Erba  di  S.  Lorenzo  of  Southern  Italy,  and 
has  entire,  oblong  or  oval,  sub-coriaceous  leaves,  and  single  axillary 
flowers  with  blueish  corolla. 
T.  chamaedrys,  Lin.,  the  Xafiat^puq  of  Dioscorides  ;  leaves  short 
petiolate,  ovate  to  obovate,  cuneate  at  base,  crenately  serrate  ;  flowers 
1  to  3,  axillary  with  purplish-red  corollas. 
