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pofieffing the virtue of diffolving congealed blood, ‘and eafing the pain occafiorted 
thereby, The,root is likewife held to be good againft agues, when taken in any 
other liquor but wine; the diftilled water of the herb is equally ufeful. - | 
ZIFF LUPINES. 
Kinps anp Names. There are feveral kinds of lupines, as, the great white 
lupine, called Jupinus fativus albus. The {potted white lupine, called lupinus alter 
albus ; and the fmalleft blue lupine, called lupinus minimus ceruleus. 
Description. 1. The great white lupine rifeth up with a ftrong, upright, 
round, woolly, ftalk, fet confufedly with divers foft woolly leaves. upon long foot- 
ftalks, each being divided into feveral parts, narrow, long, and foft, greenith on the 
upper fide, and woolly underneath ; the main ftalk is divided into two parts, after 
the flowers are grown from the uppermoft joint, and are like unto the great garden 
bean, but wholly white without any fpot; after the flowers come long, foft, woolly 
ftalks, containing in them flat white leaves, fomewhat yellowith within, of a very 
bitter tafte. The root is long, hard, and fibrous, and perifheth every winter. 
2. The fpotted white lupine differeth from the former in the greatnefs and in the 
flower, which is {potted with blue onthe head of the innermoft leaves, and the hol- 
low of the uppermoft. ; aa wet’ a geet 
3. The fmalleft blue lupine is very like the other blue lupine ; but fmaller, both 
ftalks and leaves ; the flowers are blue, and the feed a little fpotted. 
“Prace. They grow naturally wild, but in England only are planted in gardens, 
Time. The lupines flower in July and Auguft, and the feed is ripe foon after. 
Government anp Virrves. Lupines are under the dominion of Mars: and. . 
have an opening, cleanfing, diffolving, and digeftive, property ; but, if they be 
Rleeped in water until they have loft their bitternefs, they may be eaten ; however they 
are very hard to digeft, breed crofs humours, and pafs flowly through the belly, 
yet do Not ftop any flux; if they ‘be fo fteeped, and afterwards dried and taken with 
vinegar, they provoke appetite, and help the loathing of the ftomach tomeat. The 
Gion of lupines, taken with honey, opens obftructions of the liver-‘and 
tpleen, provokes urine’ and the terms, ‘and expelleth the dead child, when taken 
with myrth, Tt alfo cleareth the body of fcabs, morphew, cankers, tetters, ‘and 
settee ulcers or 4ores; alfo cleanfeth the face; taketh away the marks or pits 
hich the fmali-pox leaves behind it; and cleareth the fkin of marks, and black 
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