Chap.- 59. "EngUJI? Herbs 



XII. T/'f DecotTwn ,n While W,r,e. It provokes 

 Uiinc, and binds the Belly. 



XIII. The Syrup. It is good againft Coughs, Colds, 

 Aithma's, Phthificks, fpitting and pifTmg of Blood, 

 Bloodv Fluxes, ^c. Dofe two fpoonfuls in Wine. 



XIV. Ihe Clyfter. By reafcn the whole Plant is of 

 a Glutinous, Clammy, and Slimy Mucilaginous Na- 

 ture ; it is given Clyfter-wife to procure Stools, and 



y^N^The Cataplafm. From TtrGlutinous and Mu- 

 cilaginous property, it is (likeComftey) apply ed to 

 weak parts to ftrengthen them : and applyed to the 

 Gout in the Joints, it eafes the Pain, difcufles the 

 Humor, and cures the Difeafe : It alio is profitable 

 againft Cramps in any part, and Ruptures in Chil- 

 dren, being timely applied to the Part : made into 

 form of an Emplafter, and applied to the Back, it 



XVI. The Saline TinSure. It opens obftruaic 

 irine. DoS^one o?^' 





the fame 



CHAP. LIX. 

 BEARS-EARS. 



I. ''T^He Names. They know no Greek Name, 

 cording to the variety of Authors, who have treated 



Tiaria Paralytica Alpina, ; and Samcula Alpina, by 

 Gefrier: Pnmula vern Pachyphy//os, by Lugdun: 

 Auricula UrJ!, by Mntthiolus.Bauhinus, and others : 

 and at this day they are fo generally caUed by Mr. 

 Ray, and other Authors. Some Authors, as labium 



mafonium 0? Diofcorides, but are,in my opinion,mifta- 

 ken, becaufe the form of the Flowers plainly demon- 

 ftrate the contrary : in Englijh they are generally 



They are certainlj'ofthe Fa'mily' of the Cou^li/s, 

 and therefore are alfo called Alpine Cow flips, and 

 Mountain CoxDjlips, from the places whence they 

 firft came : Sanicula Alpina, Alpine or Moun- 

 from the form of the Leaf! 



II. The Kinds. There are three principal Kinds, 

 as I. That with long dented Leaves. 2. That with 

 long Leaves not dented. ?. That with 



Scarlet] x^m Bright Red: the Blujli-colourt 

 Various-coloured : the Blei, : x\tWh,te : th 



fat U.wesj\mewhat J„e]yJ„]p/2T^^^ 'the Edges, 

 ■much hkc to thofe oj Cowjlips, but greener Jtnoother, 



"flenJer "round 'suZ'n ha^fhTghXariig aTuft 



\ and confifiwg of one only Leaf Ike Cotlled^^ 



IV. T}.wfe with long Leaves not dented, have a ' 

 Root greater and thicker than the former, with long 



denting 7t all ^The 'stalkZ' great",''lo°und, I7d mt 



'iZfome others but tlmtl'l 



nor' deep, with a White Eye or CirTk 'in\he7omm, 



Tre'aTer ira7th7forme/,Zhh'aJZTpZTel flril 

 ing in the middle, m which is contained Seed of a 

 blackifh brown colour. ^ 



V. The round Leav'd, zi^hich Tabermontanus, and 



mg of a thick Tuft of fmall wbitijh Threads, rather 



much crumpled, and as it were folded tpgelher, which 



Leaves of this Plant die down ruery Tear, and nfe 



