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OROBANCHE.— BROOM-RAPE.
Bergiüs ; Brugnatelli ; Coxe ; Gui-bourt; Murray and Gmelin; Spiel-mann ; Zarda.
A plant of Europe. {Fig. Zorn, le. pi.t. 57)
The tops {Herba et Flores Origani vul-garis seu Cunilœ bulbulœ) are employed.They consist of a slightly quadrangular pu-bescent stem, branching only at the supe-rior part, furnished with oval, petiolatedleaves, rather hairy underneath, and withpurpurine flowers, disposed at the summitin short spikes, which, by their approxima-tion, form a paniculated corymb. It hasan aromatic and agreeable odour, and anacrid, warm, and distinct taste.
infusion of wild marjoram. (form.Hop. Fr.)
R. Dried Tops of Marjoram, l^^sGrated Liquorice, J and a ^
Boiling Water, a sufficient quantityto obtain two pounds of strained infusion.
ESSENTIAL OIL OF COMMON MARJORAM.
Oleum Origani œthereum, Mtheraleum Ori-gani. (Lond.; Dudl. ; Ame«. ; Ant.;Austr. ; Bruns.; Dan.; Hann.; Ol-den.; Palat.; Borus. ; Sard. ; Sax.;Herbip. ; Wirtem. ; Coxe ; Swediaur)
Oleum Origani. (Lond.; Dubl.)
R. Flowering Tops of Marjoram,any quantity.Water, a sufficient quantity
to prevent empyreuma.
Amer. ; Ross. ; and Coxe give the sameformula.
Swediaur prescribes one part of herband four parts of water. — Dan. — one ofherb and six of water. — Hann. ; Olden. ;
Borus.; and Sax. — one of herb and eight
of water. — Austr. — one of herb and twelve
of water. — Ant. — six of herb and twenty of
water.
R. Tops of Marjoram, twenty-five parts.
Water, seventy-five parts.
Muriate of Soda, three parts.
Distil. (Bruns. ; Palat. ; Sard. ;Wirtem.)
R. Tops of Marjoram, one part.
Distilled Water of Marjoram,
twelve parts.Distil four parts. (Austr.)
Palat. prescribes one part of herb andfour parts of water ; two to be distilled.
4. Origanum Creiieum, Linn. — Cretan Mar-joram, Marjoram of Candia.
Synonimes :— Origan de Crète, Fr. ; Ke-uscher, Spanischer Dosten, SpanischerHopfer, Candischer Majoran, Germ. ;Ouregao de Creta, Port. ; Spanskhumle,Swed.
AmsT. ; Ast. j Bruns.; Gall.; Fenn.;Form. Hop. Fr. ; Hann. ; Hass. ; Ol-den. ; Borus.; Sax.; Suec; Wir-tem. ; Bergius ; Guibourt ; Murrayand Gmelin ; Piderit ; Spielmann.
A plant of Crete and of the south of Eu-rope. (Fig. Dod. Pempt. t. 284)
The tops (Spicœ seu Herba Origani Cre-tici) are employed. They consist of red-dish, hairy, branching stems, furnishedwith round, sessile, glabrous leaves, andpurpurine flowers disposed in short sparsespikes. It has a strong, aromatic, andagreeable odour, and an aromatic and warmtaste.
This plant may be used indiscriminatelywith the preceding. They are both stimu-lant, nervine, and carminative : an infusionof them is applied externally.
OROBANCHE VIRGINIANA.-VIRGINIAN BROOM-RAPE, BEECHDROPS, OR CANCER ROOT.
Synonime :— Orobanche de Virginie, Fr.
Coxe.
A parasitical plant of North America.[Didynaniia Angiospermia, Linn. ; Oroban-che<e, Juss. ; Fig. Moris, p. 12, 1. 16, f. 9)
It is employed internally in dysentery,and externally in chronic ulcers. It is astrin-gent, and possesses at the same time anextremely nauseous bitter taste.