GALEOPSIS GRANDIFLORA
\ɡe͡ɪlˈɒpsɪs ɡɹˈandɪflˌɔːɹə], \ɡeɪlˈɒpsɪs ɡɹˈandɪflˌɔːɹə], \ɡ_eɪ_l_ˈɒ_p_s_ɪ_s ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_f_l_ˌɔː_ɹ_ə]\
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This plant is regarded in Germany as a bitter resolvent. It is the basis, also, of a celebrated nostrum, the Blankenheimer Tea, called likewise Lieber's pectoral and phthisical herbs (Liebersche Brust oder Auszehrungs-Krauter), which has enjoyed great repute in pectoral complaints. The tops of the plant are given in decoction. This quantity to be taken in a day.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).