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part,—orten Forked at bottom, elegantly ilriated vvith cifcularWrinkles, (L.M.M.) — of a pale ycllowlfh without andwithin, of a clofe almoft-horny fubftance, without fmell, ofa fweetiui tafle, like liquorice, but more agrceable, and mildlyaromatic, with a flight bitternefs. (Murray, tom 1.) It is inthe higheft efteem in China as a reftorative after fatigue ofbody or mind, and as an antifpafraodk in nervous com-plaints, drunk in deco£tion.—1t enters as a part of mofl ofthe meuicines employed for the Mandarins, and was giverifuccefsfully, in repeated dofes of 3i, by Frid. Dekker in aconvulfive cafe. Exerc. fraß.

Glycyrrhiisä glabra,L. S. P.

Punica Granatuni,L.S.P.

Glycyrrhiza,Liquorice,

the Root.Granatum,Tcmegranate,

the Flauer, called _____

Balaußine, and the

Rind of the Fruit.

Gratiola, Hedge-hyjfop, Gratlola officinalisithe Herb.

Hedge-hyjfop, or Herb of Grace, is a low perennial plant,with oblong finely-ferrated leaves, {et in pairs on the llalkswithout pedicles ; in their bofoms come forth folitary, whi-tifli, tubulous, irregulär, flowers, followed by roundiflipointed capfules, füll of final! feeds, a native of the fouthern

parts