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Marsh-Rosemary
Name. It is called also Wild Cestus.
Description. This is a smaller plant than the before described: but in general appearance it is somewhat like. The stalk is woody and brown without. The leaves are of a firm consistence; they are oblong, narrow, and sharp-pointed, not indented, and of a beautiful green. The flowers are of a pale blue, variegated with white and purple.
Place. This species of the Wild Cestus is a perinnial, but not common. It is sometimes found in low damp woods and near waters.
Time. It flowers in April.
Government and virtues. This is under Mars. It is very restringent, drying, and binding, good for diarrhoeas and dysenteries, spitting of blood and all kinds of haemorrages; it fastens loose teeth, stops the bleeding of the gums, and helps the scurvy in them.