Flora Medica

LAMIACE^E, OR LABIATE.Melissa pulegioides Linn. sp. ed. i. 593. Cunila pulegioidesLinn. sp. 30. Ziziphora pulegioides R. and S. i. 209. NorthAmerica, from Canada to Mexico.A slender herbaceous plant, about a foot high. Leaves | an inchlong and more, stalked, ovate, narrowing to each end, somewhatserrated, flat, downy. Floral leaves of the same form. Whorls axillary,6-flowered. Corolla downy externally, as long as the calyx, theteeth of which are subulate and ciliated. This plant has a greatreputation as an emmenagogue in North America where it is calledPennyroyal.1020. Melissa Calamintha Linn, (the Calamint), and MelissaofficinalisZmw. (common Balm) are aromatic and slightly bitter,and are used by country people in the form of tea, as a gratefulfever drink.1021. Scutellaria lateriflora Linn, has been extolled in NorthAmerica as a remedy for hydrophobia, but upon no goodgrounds.NEPETA.Calyx tubular, 13-15-nerved, usually incurved, obliquely5-toothed, seldom equal at the orifice. Corolla with the tubeslender at the base, enlarged at the throat; the upper lip straight,somewhat concave, the lower spreading with the middle lobe, ifmore than one, large and concave. Stamens didynamous, thelower ones the shortest ;anthers usually approximated in pairs,with the cells diverging and finally divaricating.1022. N. Cataria Linn, when bruised, appears to act as a realaphrodisiac upon cats, its stimulating properties deserve to beexamined. It is said to have been advantageously exhibited inamenorhcea.1023. N. Glechoma Benth. lab. 4-85. Glechoma hederaceaLinn. sp. 807. Eng. Bot. t. 853. By waysides, and in dryditches all over Europe and the north of Asia. (Ground Ivy.)A procumbent, grey, hairy, herbaceous plant, with long rooting stems.Leaves stalked, roundish, crenated, deeply cordate so as to acquire areniform figure, green on each side. Floral leaves of the same form.Whorls axillary, few-flowered. Bracts scarcely so long as the pedicel.Calyx long, curved, villous, with the limb oblique, and the teeth lanceolate-subulate,the upper being the largest. Corolla light greyish-blue,3 times as long as the calyx. A favourite herb with country peoplefor making a tea against pectoral and other complaints ; it is said tohave been serviceable in hypochondriacal complaints and monomania.Burnett.LEONURUS.Calyx 5-nerved, turbinate, nearly equal the mouth truncated,;with 5 subulate spiny teeth. Corolla with the tube enclosed,naked, or obliquely ringed inside ; upper lip oblong, entire,4-92