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G l e ch om a H e d e r a c e a . G r o u n d - Iv y .
GLECHOMA Linnai Gen. PI. Didynamia G ymnospermia.
Antherarum fingulum par in formam crucis connivens. Calyx 5-fidus.
Rail Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices 'et Her b e v e r t ic il la t * .
GLECHOMA hederacea. Lin-Syft. Vegetab.fi. 445- reniformibus crenatis. Sfiec. PI. fi. 807.
FI. Suecic. p. 202.
CHAMiECLEMA caule procumbente radicato, foliis reniformibus rotunde crenatis. Haller hiß. n. 245.
CALAMINTHA hederacea. Scofioli. Fl. Camiol.fi. 423..
CALAMINTHA humilior, folio rotundiore. . Tourn. Infl. R. H. 194.
HEDERA terreftris. Baubin Pin. 306.
HEDERA terreftris. Gerard emac. 856.
HEDERA terreftris vulgaris. Pariinfon 676. Raii Syn. fi. 296, Ground-Ivy, Gill-go-by-ground,
Alehoof, or Tunhoof. Hudfin Fl. Angl. fi. 224.
RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 0 ROOT perennial and fibrous.
CAUL^S^Teu^pôftus^Fràgellæ^lujes, tetragonijjrunii | STALKS, c i t h e r Shorts, _ , f qu .e , cree^
repentes et late fe diffundentes, unde exfur- |
gunt caules floriferi palmares aut femipe- j
dales, quadrati, hirfuti (pilis deorfum verbs) $
ere£ti, infirmi, geniculati, geniculis pilofis. $
whence arife the flowering ftalks, which are
from four to fix inches high, fquare, hirfute
(the hairs turning downward) upright, weak,
f jointed, the joints hairy.
| LEAVES oppofite, Handing on long foot-Halks, fome-
what kidney-lhaped, notched, veiny, the
§ leaf-Halks grooved on the upper fide,
caulem difpo- l FLOWERS of a purple colour, difpofed in whirls
^ around the ftalk.
| FLOWER-STALKS fupporting three flowers.
FOLIA oppofita, longe petiolata, fubreniformia
nata, venofa, petiolis fuperne fulcatis.
FLORES purpurei, verticillatim circa
fiti.
INVOLUCRUM univerfale et partiale, ƒ g. 2, 3, di- f INVOLUCRUM both univerfal and partial fig. 2, 3,
INVULUC fetaceunl) fe(f in flofculo interme- $ each compofed of two fine pointed leaves,
dio fig. 4, partiale defideratur. - 4 which however are wanting m the middle
’ y e v flower, Jig. 4.
CALYX • Perianthium monophyllum, tubulofum, | CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular with
quinquedentatum, dentibus fubsqualibus, | five teeth (which are nearly equal and longacuminatis,
hirfutum, ftriatum, fig. 5. | pointed) hairy, and finely grooved fig, g.
COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa, ringens, tubus I COROLLA monopetalous, tubular, r.ngen the tube
tenuis, fuperne compreffus, labium fuperius f flender, and compreffed above ; the upper
ereftum obtufum, femibifidum, inferius p a - | lip upright, obtufe, divided half way through,
tens maius, trifidum, lacinih intermedia | thejower lip larger, fpreadmg, divided into
maiori, emarginati, ad bafin hirfuta et ma- $ three fegments of which the middle one is
culis faturatius purpureis notata, fig. 7, 8. P largeft, with a flight notch hairy at its bafe,
r r f and marked with purple fpots of a deeper
* colour, jig". 7, 8.
STAMINA - Filamenta quatuor fub labio fupe- % STAMINA: four Filaments placed under the upper
riore, quorum duo breviora: A nther* $ lip, two Ihort and two long : A nther*
conniventes in formam crucis, albte, fig. 9. 0 white, forming a crols, f e . 9.
PISTlLLUM: G ermen quadrifidum, fig. 11, glan- | PISTILLUM: G ermen divided into four, f e . 11,
dula cinflum, fig. 10. Stylus filiformis, 4 furrounded by a gland, fe . 10. Style
corolla longior: S tigma bifidum, acutum. f thread-fhaped larger than the corolla. Stig-
0 ! M a’ bind, and pointed.
PERICARPIUM nullum, calyx in finu fovens % SEED-VESSEL none, the calyx in its cavity conv
tainingdour -
SEMINA quatuor, ovata. SEEDS of an oval Ihape.
Ground-Ivy has an aromatic, though not very agreeable fmell, and a quick, bitterifh, warm tafte. This
herb is an ufeful corroborant, aperient, and detergent; and hence Hands recommended againft laxity, debility,
and obHruftions of the vifcera. Some have had a great opinion of it for cleanfing and healing ulcers of the
internal parts, even of the lungs; and for purifying of the blood It is cuftomary to infufe the dried leaves
in malt liquors, a praftice not to be commended, though it readily communicates its virtue, and likewife helps
to fine them down ; fcarce any other herb has this effefl more remarkably than Ground-Ivy. Lewis s Difp.
^ From the latter ufe, the plant has obtained the names of Alehoof and Tunhoof. Raii hill. fi. 567.
The juice of the plant drawn up the noflrils, not only mitigates, but totally removes violent and inveterate
^NotwithRanding the credit which this plant has obtained with former writers on the Materia Medica, the
modern practice holds it in little eHimation. '' HH| a , » T • •
Red hairy tumours are frequently found on it, which are occafioned by the Cynips Glechomce, Lmncn Faun.
5“ lfflowlv clmels thole plants which grow next it, and hence impoveriflies paftures. Lin. FI. Suecic. fi. 202.
Cattle are not fond of it, and horfes are faid to be hurt by feeding on i t : to make amends for this, however,
the juice of the htrb, mixed with a little wine, and applied morning and evening, is faid to take away the
film on- horfes eyes. Lin. FI. Suecic. ex Loes. 123. _ . . , n T.
The plant is well known to grow under hedges, in woods, on banks, and fometimes in dry paltures It
varies in fize according to its fituation; the flowers alfo vary m the degrees of purple; and make their
appearance in April, May, and June.