ii8 SAmons HerhaL Lib. I. 



and ha-s lain toigoatii tor aboxc eiglit hundred \ears, 



around tuien^us body hLc the lormcr fr m -h h 





Head g,o.-s do.nrcard uuo the iiarih:jeverd 1r„,', 





or^Br.u^hs,ahuh are thuk, hro^n^fi mahout, a^d 







it. Ft/mologv , i:i\s hO 1. taken from the l-'///./// 



^/Jhi.M'^f I^Z feet ^igh^thJftls X 



i^angoage, bn; fignityuig Confohdare, lel Hrmare, 



Juntsupcn n hie kru.s, jrom uhence conte foth 

 vuy lon^ and la,ge L^av.s, ihong and hard, not 







'"uuhT^t ''■rieillf'''':'''!'' ^'"' "'"' '^"^^ '^' 







the Gland Symptom, of the Scuivy. But by that 

 great Man's t-aNOur, we can give little credit to that 



other Dot ks) njes t^p oftentimes L 'Lon/idirJle 

 height, about thennddle oJ which it Jutds Jorth a 



tar fecch'd Etymology, irbeuig always a thing known, 



great number of Blanches not much un ike ihe Eu- 



that the pride ot the Ancient Ronans was too great 



ropean itVj/W; have fonie few Leaves, like the others 



CO inveit, or in^eftigate any thing whatfoev^r wit^ 







vaft numbers upon all thefe Branches 7nglefandea"h 

 upon ajnialljhort tootJUk, even from their begin- 



/«w !' Wkhout doubt 'the Ro,mmsiixSi finding it in 



ning up 10 their very tops. Jet mfpaces at certain 





difances, m afenning Vnifrm manner: After the 

 \;loKers arepaft ai.ay, the Seed comes,which is eon- 





tamed, n a Chafy husk like thejirft, and differs not 





>':'ichjromit,nenher in fhape,nor color, nor 7nagnittide. 



loand It in, and lo called it Br.t annua, quafi lierba^ 



JiL g.^ts iir7ts%tA 



reall^belieVS' ^ '^'"'"^"^ '^' 



Places, and in fides of Ditches, and vvatry Plaftes 





v^hich are between the Land Ground and Fen 



died" Years! knevv^nothii at^aU of k: indeed they 

 hare named Br^tanm.a,%^^t thev never durft ven- 



Giounds in feveral parts of this Kingdom : I found 



lome of it in the Borders of the ^ens in Cambridge- 



ture to fx it, fo as to defaibe'it, or figure it in 



Jhirc and Huntingdonjhtre, and in other moift and 



':^fSo?l^^ss;r:s;^£t£ 



watry places. It giows plentifully alfo in trie/land. 



Overyllel, Gelderland, and Holland, and poflibly in 



PkUUS of GUI., as, B.llona, Bcton,ea, Beecabunga 



B^iirittlHl;/^-^" 







banning of^T'/a^itUeeTis'dpe 



ral Ages, &1dto\e The VT/L-v/f.^ of the Ancients: 



The Root is to be gathered.in the begiUng of%ie 





Spring, or m Autum, vtz. in March or September. 



lucb in the Botanick Study, made fo great a mi- 



the Leav es and Flowers in June and Jtdy f and the 





Seed in the latter end of Augufl, or beginning of 



''it^l-!^A^'Sn\ltmk^'o^^^^^ 



the nextMonth ■ r ^ c 





X. The ^cahtie^. It is temperate in refpeft of 



PzL';; than whkh 'noching'i? more'iemo^e • wUh- 



heat or cold, but dry in the latter end of the fecond 



Icnption agreeing exaftly in every particular with 

 their defcupt.ons,^and performing every thing, and 



Degree. It is Altringent, Aperitive, D.gettive, and 

 Traumatick-, Stomatick, Hepatick, Hylterick, Ar- 



XI. The Specification. It is peculiar foi the curing 

 the Scurvv, and all forts of Fluxes of what kind. 



■^Tl^'ileSeLlpdifrnW cfthefe, .huh u 

 ourY..ro^.sn or Yn^hih ktndM a^^^^^^^^^ 



':Zd t:c;^/^::fl"ira!::^ of a l:S 



derJh th.anejs, all uhuh Jeem knobbed or gouty 

 an I ,11 Ihap/d- irom ths Root r,/es uf jeveral 

 Leaves hieliv lar-H' not much unhke to thoje of the 

 largeir L\J, but \vay uay broader and longer. 



Ibe\er , and Muntmg fa) s, it is a Specifick againft 



PoifonsandComulhons. 



by l-ertnentation. 6. A Baljam or Ointment. 7. Lhe 



Led Salt. 8. T},e Toudir oj the Root. 



XIII. 17;. Itqtnd Jui.e Given to five or ffx 

 fpoontuls, or more, either by u lelf or mixt with 

 Ked Port Wine, it Itrengthens and conhrms the 



Stomach and Bowels, and powerfully refifts the 



foC^nXo\^\eTeecV'wandtring'palns"w 





and htknclsat Stomacli, bV. It 1. good alio againft 



-ii:dj,!.:':h! ';::: ^vi?IH?'Sf^ 



all manner of Fluxes whatlbevei, as Diarrhoea's, Dy- 



lenienes, Lienteries, Hepatick Fluxes, overflowing 





of tiie Teini.m^U'omen,bV.^_^^is to be taken 





behdes which," It IS laid to cure Pleuiilies, Q-^^j^Jes, 



'■i^T^ch'iii^^k[ 



. ..ed, ejrcually that 



E'oHSE£doiSi''^ 





:'ri^!j;st"^ 





ring of Wound, and old Ulcers, being taken Morn- 



