The Complete Engîifh 1)iJpenfaUrf. Part II.

íhady Sou, and blows in June andJuly. It is a moi fragrant Aro-matic, and even in Smell verycomfortable to the Head. It isrank'd amongft the Dryers, andupon that account is very Service-able in Catarrhs and cold Defluxions.It palles with fome likewiie for apowerful Alexipharmic, and is goodagainft the Poifons of fome veno-mous Creatures. The Juice, or dry'dPouder, is a good Errhroe, and muchufcd in Medicinal Snuffs. Its Budsufei to be diftilled with Wine, anda Conferí e was formerly made withit ; but they are now difufed : How-ever, it makes an excellent Ingredientin the Sal Volatile Oleofum. It de-cays much by long keeping, as all thefineft Arcmatics do ; and thereforeit is belt juft after it is dry. TheTops are much better than thoièparts nearer the Root.

7. Malabathri, Indian-Leaf.It grows, by the relation of Diofco-riJes, in wer places, and lies uponthe Water like the Lens Faluflris.But others, with more probability,affirm it to be the Leaf of a largeTree common in the Gardens inrheEaß-InJies, particularly in Cam-buja. That which looks grceneftisthebcft; for Age changes it blackifh,when it becomes good for nothing.It is a warm Aromatic, and a Dryer :ibmc alio commend it for a Diure-tic. It is in very few Compoundsunlefs the Venice-Treacle, and therebut in a fma!l quantity.

8. M a R 1 S y R 1 a c 1, the Mafiicliant, as fome call it. It is rec-kon "d a kind of Marjoram, agreeingtherewith in Virtue and Figure, in-ibmuch that by ibme they havebeen confounded for the fame Plant.But what we have now cultivatedin our Gardens, is much morevolatile, and is a wonderful goodirrhine in ever lb fmail a quantity

put up the Noie. Its Scent is verygrateful and pungent, and makes anexcellent Sal Volatile -, and in fucka Composition is the bell of Ce-phalic*. Minderer us makes the Ma-rum of the Antients a principal In-gredient in a Mafs of Pills, whichfrom thence he gives the name ofMarociflinx.

p. Origan:, Wild Mar jorum.This is the Origanum Creticum,the Cretic Marjoram, and the O-nites of Caffar Bauhine ; as alfo,the Vulgare Spontaneum of JohnBauhine. It grows in open cham-paign Grounds, and flowers in Juneand July. It is a very hot ipicyPlant, but not quite (o gratefullyfcented as the Marjoram. It isnot much ufed in Compofition jits chief place is in the Stephens'sWater. It has been much recom-mended in Baths, both for Dif-tempers of the Head, and HyflerieCafes ; as likewife for cutaneousEruptions. The eflèntial Oil ismuch in ufe amongft our Farriers,and, by its fiery Heat, often putsby the Tooth -Ach, as a Cau*ßc.

10. Ros SoLis, Sun-Dew. ThisPlant is divided into two kinds ;that Tollo rotundo, with a roundLeaf ; and Folio oblongo, a longifhone : but the former, as defcrib'dby Cafpar Bauhine, is that moilin ufe. It grows in champaignand marihy Grounds, in a pale redMofs, and flowers in May. Itis accounted very hot ; and, ac-cording to the old Cant, in thefourth Degree, which antiently oc-cafion'd its Ufe to be forbid. Itis reckon'd by fome a great Reite-rative, and a Provoker to Venery.By its hot, and consequently dryingQualities, it is plain what A flec-tions of the Nerve; it is of ufe in.Appiy'd outwardly to the Belly, it is

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