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CHA P. ‘ecckxty, ; 
of the Balfame Apple. is _ 
The Names: Wiad : ™ 
T is not conceived that the Greek Writers had any knowledge oft Plant, 
r caufe th iene thereof is not fo much as Recher mongft dpe oiisp be | 
therefore it is, that the Latine Appellations do fo much differ, there being no = 
tiquity to build upon. (o-du calleth it Cacwmis punicens; Gefner ner, Balfamina pemi- 
fr Lobel. Balfamina Cucumerina pynicea, but the moft ufuall name is Balfamine, 
om the healing property thatis in it, the Oyle wherein the Apples of it have 
been fteeped, being in many ngs as effectual, as che liquor of the Plant Balfa- 
mens. Ic is called in epehth the alfame. Apple, or Apple of Fernfalem. 
The Kindes. 
The Kindes hereof are not very namerous, being with neni stay oak 
a. The Male Balfame A ae: 2. Ths Female  Balfame Ay 0 onely 
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Dyakele, fhooting forth many clafping Tehdrels like a Vine, tea 
hold of any Pole, or other ching that ftandeth neer it, or elfe, no fach ~~ 
ing ner, a igeth “upon the ground, not being able to fapport itfelf, having the 
Ecaves thereon cut in on the edges into fundry divifions, like unto thofe of the 
white Briony, but much fmaller, tenderer, and more divided : The Flowers aré 
yehowifh, white, like uato thofe of the Cucumber, ‘coming out at the joynts with 
the Leaves as chey do; after which cometh the Fruit, Ah toe teeta ed 
round, poynted a acboth ends, and bunched on the out fide with rowes, the Skir 
il here tenes id ot crtrelsa reddih alfo, within which isthe 
Seed, which is rough flat, and reddith, when it is firft taken one. but afte 
isdryed it isofa pr black colour, fomewhat like unto the Gieral fe feeds et 
form and bigneffe: The Roots are {mall -— mf si ad good way 
srighia the eat 
” Thefe Plants do cpaaemudiige oon ‘ipl ce 
rag secret oe wr be the Gare Wa tb 
moderate eee e = = ae 
“The Male Bah A eis snotable mare ils eid a. 
‘The Fuxitis oe ie 
- The powder of che i cavesinlies inthe diftitied V iter of Plrh sail 
Poa which are both good for this diftemper, isa fingular Remedy tor tl 
or Burfting in Children, and fo it doch being drunk in Wine. A Decoé 
Leavesin Wine, or the powder thereof being drank inthe faid Li 
~ med toeafe the griping paines of the Bowels, and the Cholick paffion, asalfo of th 
— Mother; ,ifit be injeG@ed with a Syringe for the purpofe. The Oyle that isa : 
the Apples, by infufing them in Oyle Olive, is effetuall not one va pan | 
iad: epee gigaee ‘but for all etward Wounds that STO. oe 
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