DIETETICAL LABIAWE.

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, bti e "-hat confluent lobes, all nearly of the same form. Style with shortl°bes (Condensed from Beutham).

ill. Char. — Branches white-woollv. Leaves ovate or rounded, softly

Grows in most parts of

f)o u Us > greenish- or white-woolly beneath, crenate. Whorls many-Calyx villose, woolly, with ten subulate, recurved-spreading' Corolla with an oblong helmet, bifid at the point (Bentham).fj ers white.

(^“-Dry waste grounds. Indigenous.

p P e > also in Asia and America.—Flowers in July.

It}) Duties.—T he whole herb ( herba marrubii) is used in medicine.Co Itl &s an aromatic odour, and a bitter taste. Sesquichloride of ironinv'^ieates an olive green tint ( tannate of iron) to the cold watery

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aoj^ e ^.°n volatile oil. Besides these principles it contains resin, tannicp’ l Her matter, and woody fibre.

iti]^ Ysi OLOGiCAL Effects. —Horehound is tonic, mildly stimulant, and,sty.. ? e doses, laxative. Taken in the form of infusion, it promotes the(‘m rn l0ns of the skin and kidneys. It was formerly supposed to possessK etla gogu e properties.

E s.-__jt rare ]y employed by medical practitioners. As a domesticlt^. y it is used in chronic pulmonary complaints, especially catarrh.

formerly given in uterine and hepatic affections.t}) (! ^ Ministration. —Horehound tea (prepared by infusing an ounce of

.^Position. —Its bitterness depends on extractive; its aromatic pro-

M. in a pint of boiling water) is taken in the dose of a wine-glass-Fop,-I V r up of horehound (prepared with the infusion and sugar) is ae la ^ re,ne dy, and is kept in the shops. Candied horehound ought totle of the same ingredients.

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Other Medicinal and Dietetical Labiates.

'"I'i'at"ri''"' !"- species, enumerated by Loudon ( Encyclop. of Gardening, p. 871), are(?’'*« j • ' n this country as sweet herbs: —Common or Garden Thyme ( Thy'mus vul-.S’ >•), Lemon Thyme (T. citriodo'rus, Schreb.), Sage (Sal'via officinalis, Linn.),Stt.J :ficla'rea, Linn.), Peppermint (Men'tha piperi'ta, Linn.), Spearmint, (M. vir'idis,I intej. t eil "y r oyal (.>/. Pule'gium), Common Marjoram (Orig'anum vulga're, Linn,),\r Weet Marjoram (0. her'acleo'ticum, Linn.), Sweet Maijoram ( Majora'na hor-j J®nch.), Pot Marjoram (M. Oni'tes, Benth.), Winter Savory (Saturej'amonta'na,jh oainier Savory (S. horten'sis, Linn.), Sweet or Larger Basil ( O'cimum Basil'i-X jd? 11 -), Bush or Least Basil (0. minimum, Linn.), Rosemary ( Rosmari'nus offici-ate^ and Garden Lavender ( Lavan'dula ve'ra, Decand.) Several of these species

oficts a *!} or are , us ed in medicine, and several of them are officinal. The general,, ke s i ( j uses of the sweet or savoury herbs have been before pointed out (p. 72).f 6 brip labiate plants above described, and which are the only officinal ones inK fe Ht tim h^'tnacopceias, a considerable number of other species have been at dif-"t aKp, e ? introduced into medicinal use. Some of

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of these are deficient in volatile oil,in a bitter principle, on which account they have been employed as sto-, ,e ttna s , an< l tonics: such are Water Germander (Teu'crium Scor'dium, Linn.), Wall/' v,l h st (T Chamce'drys, Linn.), and Ground Pine ( Aju'ga Chamm'pitys, Smith); thej ^1) °o' Vb 'eh have been used, as I have before mentioned, as anti-arthritic remedies(Ir t 'arm' - rs abound in essential oil,and are consequently more aromatic, stimulant,Wj ' s *°Cl na £ v ? : such are Cat-Thyme (Teu'crium Ma'rum, Linn.), Common Hyssopf'us officinalis, Linn.), Dittany of Crete ( Amara'cus Dictam'nus, Benth.), &c.