Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

150 FAMILY HERBAL.
are good in most chronic disorders. The powder
of gentian will cure ague?.
Germander. Chamcedrys.
A little plant, native of many parts of Europe,
but with us kept in gardens. It grows a foot
or more in
height, but rarely 9tand3 quite upright.
The stalks are square, green, and a little
hairy. The leaves stand two at each joint. They
are oblong, deeply indented at the
edges,
of a
firm substance, green on the upper side, but hairy
underneath. The flowers are small and purple, like
stand in
clusters about the upper joints of the stalks, and
the flowers of the little dead nettle. They
appear in July.
Germander is an herb celebrated for many
virtues. 'Tis said to be excellent against the
gout and rheumatism : however that be, it promotes
urine and the menses, and is good in all
obstructions of the viscera. The juice is the
best way of giving it, but the infusion is more
frequent.
Water Germander. Scordium.
A little mean looking plant, wild in some
parts of England, but kept in gardens also for its
virtues. The stalks are square, hairy, of a duskygreen,
and so weak, that they seldom stand
much up. They are eight or ten inches long.
The leaves are short, broad, and indented about the
edges, but not sharply or deep as those of the other
germander :
they arc of a sort of woolly soft appearance
and touch, and of a dusky deep green
colour. The flowers are very small and red, and