riv.p. 



Engltjh Herh. 



k-jmngLL^ni^ards, about a foot and half kigK befa 

 po'Ld.'than thofiZf 'Lemils'^inrwhittfl, uTder- 

 ncaih ; from the tops of thcfe Stalki rije up other 



a/pike^ of a pale redJiJh color^ with fame blewnef! 

 among them : after which rife up in their places^ 

 rough, round, nndfomevih.it flat heads. Of this fi,f 

 Species, Bauhinus has given us the Defcriptwn of a 



and of a woody fubftancejpreadmg it felf far abroad] 

 rife up many Stalks fSf^'^'^^y ^^^^'^ '^ is grown to 

 le^ or "the Wild Vetch, of a bitter Tafte, and loath- 

 Stems; at the ends of which do grow Flowers /pi Ae 

 fajhion, three Inches in length, and in fhape like 

 ■thofe of the great Lagopus, or Meadow Trefoil, but 

 longer, of an excellent filming purple color, but 

 without Smell: which FloKcrs being paft azaay,fmall 

 cods follow, containing lath; hard and blackSeed, in 

 tap like to the Vetch or Tare. 



Koot, from whence ff ring up many ttaiggy hrarlchcs, 



the former, but f mailer and fhorter : among which 

 come forth fmall /lender Stems, upon which do groi 

 little Flowers, like thofe of the Tare, but of a bin 

 color, tending to purple. The Flowers being fallen, 

 fmall Cods come forth m their places, which contain 

 little black Seed like a Kidney, and of a black color 



VI. Note. It is fuppofed that the firft . 

 is the Onobrychiso^mofcoridcs, alfo of Fli 



like a Lentil, but longer, a Stalk a Spsn high,acrim- 



chis hoi the Leaves ^/ a Lentil, butfomewhat longer, 

 a red Flower, and a fmall and flender Root ; and 

 that It grows about Springs, or Fountains of IVa- 



VII. The Places. The firft and fecond grow (fays 



ton in Bedfirdfhire, and likewife upon the 

 Balks, between the Corn Lands two Mil 

 Cambridge, near to a Water Mill towards j 



Tridg^toUndon. The^third"gJowrnot w! 

 but is only nouriflied up in Gardens^ 



VIII. The Times. They all Flower from 

 oijune to the end of Augujl, and the Se 

 pened in the mean Seafon, and in fome liti 



IX. The Qiialities. They feem to be temperate 

 in refpea of heat or coldnefs, drynefs or moifture : 

 and Galen fays in his Books of the Faculties of 

 Simple Medicaments, That they rarifie, or make 

 thin, and wafte away. This is certain, by Experi- 

 ence from the feeding of Cattel with themj thai 

 they are GalaSogemick, or breeders of Milk. 



^f^l^. 



Dole from two, to thrk- o 



ty to open Obffiions of tile Urinarv'rart'l' *'''"^' 



XV. The Oil, made by boding the Green Herb ,n 



fays Diofcoride^^ hiing anoimed'on thrBody,"it 

 provokes Sweating. Anointed on hard Tumors, it 

 foftens them, is difcuflive, and caufes therfi to wallc 



XVI. Tloe Cataplafm. Being bruifed green, and 

 laid on ( in the form of a Qtaplalin, ) upon hard 



Neck, or Throat, or in oth£r Parts ; it caufes them 



daily. Morning and Evening, in a Glafs of Whirs 

 Port Wine, as is direfted ; and the Patients withal. 



CHAP. CXLII. 

 0/ COCKS-COMB. 



[. i-p //£ Names. The Ancients, we cannot f5nd 

 'kKiKT^M^Qr Plinij, I e. gallinacei Criftam hahens. 

 nacea, bfecaufe the Flowers, as l^me think, ftand it 



fome of the Chapteis following. Of the lelLio 



are only found to grow in England, viz. i. oZ/j 

 Gain Lutea, Crifta Gallmacea, Crifta Galli Baul^n -, 

 Pedicularis pratenfis lutea Bauhim ; PcM:^lanl 

 Campcfiru Tragi ; Crifta Gallt vel QuHmauUt l\- 



