292 JE The Diverfities Lea. VI. 
Plants kept aslong and in the fame manner. Which fhews,how well 
Nature hath adapted a Plant of fo mild a Tafie, cither by fimilitude of 
parts,for the carrying off of any preternatural Acid, or by contrariety, 
for the curbing of an exorbitant Salt. The Barque of the Root of 
common Wormwood which imprefleth a pertinaceous and diffufive Ta fe, 
which defcendeth from the Tongue into the Gulet, as is before deferi-. 
bed ; may be juftly ranked with the moft excellent Stomachicks 5 and 
upon tryal, I find it one of the beft: befides, that it is neither unplea- 
fant, nor affcteth the Head, as the Leavs, Yet the Gard 
every Body throws itaway, asgood for nothing. 
7. $. I fhall conclude with one note, which isthis; That the Spe- 
cifick Virtue of Medicines, which fome Phyficians pofitively deny, and 
moft difpute 5 from fome of the forementioned Differences of Tafte, as 
well as for other reafons, may feem, at leaft, to be probable, For 
why thould nota Medicine make an Impreffion upon one Part, and not 
upon another, within the Body, aswell as we find it doth within the 
Mouth? efpecially, fince the Parts of the Mouth, are of a le& different 
Nature, than fome of the Vifeera, 
zer, and 
An Appendix, 
Of the ODOURS of Plants. E 
© HE Senfes of Tafling and Smelling being fo nearly 
ally'd; many things already explained concerning 
the Diverfties and Canjes of Tafts in Plants, may 
cafily be transferr'd. to thofe of their Odours. T 
© fhall now therefore only remarque fome particulars, 
not commonly taken notice of hitherto, and leave 
them as a Specimen to be Improved by other Hands. 
$. 2. The Root of Rape-Crowfoot being cut, and held to the Nofe, 
when it is newly taken out of the Growd, fmelleth almoft like 
Spirit of Sal Armoniac, or freih Scureygrafs Juzce, And hath the pro- 
perty of making the Eyes to water, as Oxions do, Horfe-Radifh Root 
is not fo Pungent to the Nofe,but gets pretty much into the Eyes. But 
that of Dragon, doth neither affeót the Eyes, nor the Nofe. 
3. $. The Succulent Roots of Dogftones, and molt of that Tribe, 
have a ranck Smell. And that of Crown Imperial, being rub’d a little, 
fmells as like a Fox, asone Fox finelleth like another. 
4 $. The Root of Patience digelted with Water, in a warm Room, 
for the fpace of three weeks, fmels like Spirit of Harts Horn, or other 
Urinous Spirit. OF Red Dock, almott like Aqua fortis or Spirit of Ni- 
ire. That of Dragon bottled up with Water, and fet ina Cellar, about a 
Month, ftinks like the pus of the moft Fetid Ulcer. At the end of five 
Months, more abomii ably, than either to be endured or exprefled. 
5. $. The s of Mountain Calamint, fmell like Peny Royal, 
Thofe of Ulmarja, like Walnut Pills. Of Yelow Lamium, like a Bal- 
fame. OF Sena, a good quantity being held to the Nofe, of sh 
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