O riganum V ulgare. W ild Marjoram.
ORIGANUM. Lin, Gen, PI, D idynamia G ymnospermia.
Strobilus tetragonus, fpicatus, calyces colligens. fig. 6.
Rail Synop. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herbie v e r t ic il l a t «.
ORIGANUM vulgare fpicis fubrotundis paniculatis conglomeratis, brafteis calyce loniioribus
ovatis. Lm. Syfl. Vegetab. p. 452. Spec. PI. p. 824. FI. Slice, n. 534.
ORIGANUM foliis ovatis. umbellis coloratis, ftaminibus exfertis. Haller hiß. «.'233.
ORIGANUM vulgare. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 740.
ORIGANUM fylveftre. Bauh. pin. 223.
ORIGANUM anglicura. Ger. emac. 666.
MAJORANA fylveftris. Park. 12.
ORIGANUM vulgare fpontaneum. Bauh. hiß. III. 23:6.
R “s J ynp s f Wild Marj ° ram- Hudf ° n M- AngL cd. 2. p. 262. Lightfoot FI.
RADIX S E a & füfCa’ i ROOT P^ennial creeping, horizontal, , brown,
/onus, p u rp u r aU , p ^ A 7 I “ n t p ^ f
R AM oppofiti,mere6H, caule teneriorés, in emteris | BRANCHES topofne, upright, more tender than
S iz a r s ” ; s s m 1 a M n s 'z & d £
PETIOLI pubefeentes. ' ! r pait fnnged’ rPreadlng-
AXILLA! foliorum in planta cnlta foliolis onuflte. | i f f l f v ^ h e cultivated plant, bearing
FLORES paniculati, panicula e fpicis plurimis, fub- t' FLOVVERs'forminir r , r
rotundis, conglomeratis compofita. \ LR ’ SW c , comj.ofed o f nuiperolis,
BRAGTEaE ovato-lanceolatae, feHilesf concave, in- } FLORAL LEAVES o v a fo T ” 5 r T i
tegra, corolla intenfius colorata: ad lentem. » ovato-,?nc«ola‘<=. le®e. conpubefeentes,
floribus fubieblae fingulte tie i t cave entire, more deeply coloured than the
o »fig* *•, $ corolla, appearing downy when magnified,
$ ^ pointed, upright, equal, purple fegments,
tU\US Vil“ I OOROLLA funnel-Ihaped, purple, the tube villous,
Bnbüs b t a b i a t u s ? I 5 3 * “ , '7 longer than fill t T ' !K/™ 1trifidum’ patens:1 ;he STAMINA: Filamen^ quatuor, purpurea enrol- ! STAMTNaW ^ f a d i n g and obtufe, & . 3.
la paulo longiora, duobus inferioribu’s paulo I than the" c o r o l la ^ t h ^ " V ’ * ' “ 'n £ nSer
longioribus; A nther ,e didynue fatum tins coloratte fir 4 uymai, latuiatius ,0 wTha,t Üthe ,l on0g ed; “Ae two lowermoft fome- nther* double, and
PISTILLUM : G ermen quadripartitum ■ Stylus « P I S T I I I S ' rP V H W .4- r
filiformis, corolla longior; Stigma bilidum£ ' ISTILLUM • G ermen divided into four parts,
acutum, revolutum fir. a. t St y le filiform, longer than the corolla;
’ <> oTiGMA bifid, pointed, and turned back,
SEMINA quatuor, ovata, in finu calvcis rnnm 2 w n i ! - f S' 5' , ,
ventis. ^ O SEEDS fpur, ovate, in the bottom of the calyx,
which clofes over them.
oF I ^ r ^ . Cha,ky M!S’ and g r i s l y ground, in - parts
for promoting perfpiration and the fluid fe e l.; ' m ^ k n e f s of the flomach, diforders of the bread,
ant,rheumatic baths f and 2 powder o^^e dr ed h e rb - S t " ? ? 1* “ ufed alfo “ -rvirie and
quantity o f a very acrid and penetrating i J I m r 1. T ' Diddled with water, they yield a moderate
than the herb Welf: this!ail isPapp ed on Ï ' f,? ellln? ftro"S'y of the ° riSa"u™, but lefs agreeable
diluted and rubbed on the noords or fn ffed’ tton ^ eafinS the pains o f carious teeth ; and fometimes
humours. Lewis M. Med p. 469. or Uruffed up the nole, for attenuating and evacuating mucous
lineK iS “ , ™ t e d in alum water and p Ü iiü iil fii: - out of this’boiled for tea, and. added to beer tomakTh mo cloth.a’ |t) ?f a purple colour; is fometimes ufed as a fuccedaneum
turning four. , m ke 11 mole qutchly intoxicate, as like wife to prevent it from too quickly