Un glentum resinae flavae. Ointment of yellow re -Sin, consists of a pint of olive oil, yellow wax, yellow resin, of each a pound. To the wax and resin melted over a gentle fire the oil is added, and the mixture strained while hot.

It is commonly employed as a digestive on wounds and ulcers; and is as useful as the linim. Arcaei, now called unguent, e gummi elemi. If required to be a little warmer, a few drops of ol. terebinthinae com. may be added when used. It justly supersedes the use of every similar application.

Basilicum, (from royal, so called from its great virtues). Basil; called also acinos, ocymum -vul-gare, herba regia, ocymum medium, citratum. Common, or citron basil. Ocymum basilicum Lin. Sp. Pi. 833.

Ocymum caryophyllatum, ocymum minimum, (from swift,) so called because of its swift growth. Small, or bush basil, with uncut leaves. O. b. minimum Lin. Sp. Pi. 833. Nat. order labiatte.

Both these are natives of the eastern countries, and sown annually in our gardens for culinary uses. The seeds, which rarely come to perfection in England, are brought from the south of France and Italy. They flower in June and July, and produce seed in August.

Infusions of the leaves are drunk, in catarrhal complaints, uterine and pulmonic diseases. They are succulent, slightly aromatic, have a mucilaginous taste, and strong smell, which they lose partly in drying. The first sort resembles the scent of lemons; the second that of cloves. Distilled in water they yield much oil of a penetrating fragrance, similar, but superior to the oil of marjoram.

Clinopodium majus, (from a bed, and a foot,) so called because its leaves are like the foot of a bed. Called also clinopodium acinos I in. Sp. Pi. 826, great, wild, and stone basil; a species of thyme. It grows in hedges; is supposed to be an astringent and emmenagogue.