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ALM. . Class 14,. Order:. The scientific name of this plant is Melissa, which is synonymous with the Greek word for bee, being derived from, honey, which is sought for in these flowers with avidity, “The recent plant has the agreeable odour of lemons.” “It was formerly prized as a corroborant in hypochondriacal and nervous affections.”’ It is on account of the soothing qualities of the waters distilled from this plant that it has been made the emblem of sympathy.