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. ‘this plant in hot countries) dropped into the eyes, cleanfeth them from mift and 
film growing upon the fight thereof. The fweet fennel is much weaker in phyfical 
ufes than the common fennel, and the wild is ftronger and hotter than the tame, 
and therefore more powerful againit the ftone, but not fo effectual to increafe milk 
becaufe of its drynefs. é : 
WU, ow PENNELL, 
BESIDES the common Englifh names of fow-fennel, hogs- fennel, hoar-ftrong, 
hoar-ftrang, fulphur-wort, and brimftone-wort, it is called in Latin, peufidanum. 
‘Description. The common fow-fennel hath many branched ftalks of thick and 
fomewhat long leaves, three of which generally grow together ;. the ftalk is Mraight 
and crefted, with joints thereon, fomewhat lefs than the common fennel, and branch- 
ing forth at the top feveral fmall fprays with tufts of yellow Mowers, after which 
cometh flat, thin, and yellowifh feed, rather larger than that of the former. The 
root groweth great and deep, with many fibres hanging thereto, of a-ftrong {mell, 
and yieldeth a yellowith clammy juice, almoft like a gum. 
“Prace. It groweth plentifully in the low falt marfhes near Feverfham in Kent. 
Time. It flowereth and feedeth in July and Auguft. 
~ Government anp Virturs. This alfo is an herb of Mercury. The juice of 
fow-fennel ufed with vinegar and rofe-water, or the juice with a little euphorbium, 
put to the nofe, helpeth thofe who are troubled with the lethargy, the frenzy, the 
turning or giddinefs of the head, the falling ficknefs, long and inveterate head-ach, 
the palfy, {ciatica, cramp, and in general all the difeafes of the finetys, being mixed 
with oil and vinegar, and the affected parts bathed therewith. The juice diffolved 
in wine, or put into an egg, is good for the cough, or fhortnefs of breath, and to ex- 
_ pel wind ; it purgeth the belly gently, helpeth the hardnefs of the fpleen, giveth eafe 
to pregnant women, and eafeth the pains of the reins, bladder and womb. A little | 
of the juice diffolved in wine and dropped into the ears, eafeth the pains thereof, or 
puti into an hollow tooth, eafeth the tooth-ach; the root is lefs effectual in all the 
aforefaid difeafes, yet it is not without i its virtues ; the powder of it cleanfeth foul ul- 
cers, draweth forth fplinters of broken bones, drieth up old and inveterate Bee 
‘ihe and i is an excellent falve for green wounds. — 
Ba w 0 mo Oke 
CALLED alfo throatwort. 7 a2 
Descripr ION. Common great figwort fhooteth forth feveral creat , ftrong, 1a 
Aquare, brown ftalks, three or four fect high, whereon grow large, hard, and 
No. 13. | : 3A : = green 
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