the Paradife of Plants. i 
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The Forme, 
The ordinary Flea-wort, rifeth with a ftalk two foot high, or more, full of 
, Joynts,and Branches onevery fide, up to the top; and at every joynt, two fmall, 
jong, and narrow whitifh green Leaves, {omewhat hairy. At the tops of every 
branch; ftand divers fmall, fhort, fcaly, or chaffy heads, out of which, come torth 
{mall, whitith, yellow chreds, like to thofe of the Plantane Herbs, which are the 
bloomings or Flowers. The Seed inclofed in thofe Heads, is {mall and fhining, . 
while it is freth, very like unto Fleas, both for colourand bigneffe ; but turning 
black, when it groweth old. The Root is not long, but white, hard,and wooddy, 
pesithing every year, and rifing again of its own Seed, for divers years, if it be {ut= 
edto fhed, The whole Plant 1s f{omewhat whitifh, and hairy, imel ling fome- 
what like Kozin, 
rao The Places. and Time, 
The fir erowerh in the Fields, and untilled places of Spain, and Jtaly , bur 
with Us, no where but in Gardens, The fecond, groweth in the Fields, that are 
near the Sea, The third, is thought to come out ot the Indies. The iaft, is x 
rally of Egypt, or Arabia, All thefe Flea-worts flowrein July, or thereab ia ! 
eo chee ut in their natural places, all the gaoyer the laftis'the 
with Us, igh i ge te 
we Apio, do record, that the Seed of Flea-wort, which is chiefly ufed 
in Medicine, is cold 
in the fecond Degree, and temperate in moyfture and dry- 
nefie, | : a 
The. Kees 
The (Muftilage, or itahor of the Seeds of Flea-wort,being made with Rofe=. 
water, or Barley-water, andtaken withS ; of Violets, Syrup of Rofes or Su- 
an a 
gar, purgeth Choler, and thick flegme, u(éful in hor burning Feavers, in 
great thirit, and helps to lenifie the dryneffe of the mouth and throat ; it help- 
ech alfo the hoarfneffe of the Voyce, and Difeafes of rhe Breaft and Lunes, eanfe 
by heat, as the Plurifie and fuch like, It helpeth all Inflammations of the Head, 
und all hor pains of the Joynts, Ha ese Sect sion: 3 Sen ee bieiiae 
) inces, with Popyy-Seed, andSugar Pellets, or Sugar 
heat, 
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fo wonderfully cook (tatth Fernelins 
/ptefently cooleth it. The Seeds bri 
