16 =CULPEPER’s ENGLISH" PHYSICIAN, 
Descriprion, They ate broad leaves, compofed of three ribs, andra’ little pointed, 
at the ends ; amongit thefe are other leaves which fometimes grow on their: branches, 
two ufually at a joint, tafting fomewhat hot, like the bay-leaf, as does likewife the 
bark ; among thefe leaves is fometimes found:a fmall fruit, very much refembling 
anacorn in the'cup; this is probably the’ fruit of Lg tree, and gathered with 
the leaves. stidw 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtves. It is a folar plant ; sin vimana it are e.theles it 
provokes urine, it warms and ftrengthens the ftomach exceedingly, and “makes 
the breath fweet. It is good to put into cordial and ftomachic compofitions 5, it 
refifteth poifon and venom, and the infufion thereof in warm wine helpeth inflam- 
-gnations and rednefs of theeyes, 7 
Gf KIDNEY- WORT, 
“CALLED alfo wall pennyroyal, and wall- pennywort. 38 — 
Description. It hath many thick, flat, and” round, leaves growing: from we 
root, every one having a long footitalk faftened underneath about the middle of-it, 
a Tittle unevenly waved fometimes about the edges, ‘of a pale green colour. and 
hollow on the upper fide, like afaucer. From’ among thefe rife one or more tender, 
hollow, fmooth, ftalks, about half a foot high, bearing thereon two er. three fmalb 
_ leaves, not round like thofe below, but’ fomewhat long, and divided on the édges ¥ 
the tops are fometimes divided i into long branches, bearing a humbér of flowers, fet 
round about a long fpike, one above another; they are ‘hollow and fhaped like a 
fmall bell, and of a whitifh green colour; thefe are followed by fmall heads con- 
taining very {mall brownifh feed, which, falling on the ground, fpringeth up in great 
plenty before the winter, if it happens to fall ona moift foil’ The root is round and 
fmooth, gieyifh without and white within, having imal fibres at salen es, the 
e Foot and bottom of the ftalk.” 
ts. ACE. “Ir grows in great abundance in many. parts of his ‘ci dextom) parti¢vs 
Jarl the weftern, upon ftone and mud walls, upon rocks and Steel eran at the: 
3 fo ; dof ften on the trunks of rotten trees. Qi 
Time. It ‘ufually flowereth in the beginning of fia), und! he feeds ‘ripening 
quickly after, fheddeth itfelf. About the end of the fame month the leaves and 
ftalks begin to wither, and remain in that {tate till September, when the leaves Spring 
up again, and abide green all the winter. - -¥% 
‘GoveRNMENT AND V1 inTuzs. Venus claims this herb under. See: The juice id 
diftilled water, being drunk, is very effectual for all inflammations and unnatural 
fieats ; alfoto cool a fainting ftomach, ahot ae or heat in the bowels. The br uifed 
i ’ : “herb 
