7d 



Salmon J- HerhaL Lib. I. 



king of Scorpions, and the Poyfonous Bite of tl 

 Pba/aneium 



XX. The Cataplafm. Being applyed it eafes Paii 

 coming ftom a cold Caufe, and Difcuffes Flatulei 



&„ 



litt'Wens; Kernels' and hard Swellings in tt 



XXI. The Expreffed Juke. It ftrengthens the Vi- 

 1 Spirits ; and being given to iij. iv. or m. Spoon- 

 Is in a Glafs of White Port Wine, it caules fpeedy 

 eliverv to Women in Travel, and brings forth botl 



;uiar remeay tor aimneis of Sight , and being 

 nixed with Honey it takes off Films which ob- 

 ufcate and hinder the Sig 

 XXII. The Baftard E 

 fame Preparations of this, 



■ " ■ 'e fame Virtues, but as to the Vital 



re not fo powerful. However " 



jA^x they very much exceed, as 1 



• ; Obftruaions of the 



all HjfleTick dJj 



ing more effeftual in openmg Ubltruttion 



Womb, and refifting Fits of the Mother. 



CHAP. LIV. 

 B AW M, Turkey and Syrian. 



Nams. The firft 



1 Me/iffa Turcica, or Meliffophlllum, or Meli- 



mum Turcicim: by Gefrer in Hort. Cedro- 



- ■ md in Englijh, Turkey 



Latin; MfliJJa Syriaca, 



necelTary for us to confider in this Work. This sl 

 nan Uawm, Authors will have to be twofold i/p- 

 ^Z^tT^ '^■^"■''' "''^^f'™'-' OTOdorata, alld it 



a RmflM^ftbSdy'M 5£ J^"" '"'^ 



at the firft approach ofWmer, alTthereffrlZMZ 



where the Leaves are fet ; andthkcourfe hcontlm" 

 edup almoft to the Top. The Leaves are narrower 

 and longer than thoje of Common Garden Bawm, 

 Ztrfcm'' Zht"lZ<bng^^^^^^ VT ^^' 

 Bawm: they are rough a/Jo',"and of a li/^fo?^ 

 Co/our. The lowers are gaping or hooded, gromm 

 at the Tops of the Branches at certain Diftancel 



^rs; butfomejay the Leai 

 -olour, v^hich I have not yet ohfcrved. "Afiel-'Thl 

 t/owers arepaft, then comes the Seed, which is black 

 and roundifh, with a white Spot in each Seed, wbilli 



V. The Syrian Bawm,/;^ a Woody thickRoot, ani 

 ^rifhes every Tear, from 

 hollow Stalk, thick, a 



full of firings, which perijhes 



T reddifh Colour, about Two Feet high, branching forTb 

 varioufty on all fides up to the Top, on which are fet 

 Sorter and rounder Leaves, at the end of longer 

 Foot Stalks. The other Leaves ft and alfo upon Loot 

 Stalks, and much refemble thofe of the Common 

 Bawm (for which reafon, Jome ^Authors have taken 

 this to be one of the Kinds thereof) fomewhat Ms 

 dented about the edges, than the Garden Kind. At 

 the Joints of the Stalk, from the middle upwards^ 

 come forth round, about it, certain hard , whitijh 

 a the brims, a little prickly at the corners^mdmuch 

 like unto a Bell, being for the moft part five Cornered. 

 From the bottorn of each of thefe,comes forth one Flow. 

 ,r, fomewhat rmall, and like to thofe of the Common 

 Bawm almoft white in Colour, or with a fmall blufh 



rarely comes to be Ripe withjis) which is whitijh and 

 Cornered. The Plant hat nothing of the fmell of 

 Bawm in it; but it is ftrong, and the Taffubt 

 VI. Tfe other Syrian Kind, which is called A^ns- 

 lor, differs not much from the former, m to its Form 

 let itrifesahtter higher, andgrows fomewhat greater 

 hut ajter the fame Fafi,ion : the Stalk of this is Fo^ 

 Square , and lightly hollowed or furrowed. Tijt 

 Leaves are fomewhat longer and Sharper on the edges. 

 The Cups or Bells in which the Flowers grow, arf 

 more prickly than the former, and muehjharper a 

 the corners ^ of them, longer, more in number, and of 

 Irehrownifi andmfIwhi^Z"tfther' 2S 

 Seed is three cornered, and Jharp upwards like a 



