Chap. 259. 



I'lerhs. 



2^ 



Female Fern. 





III. The Defcriptions. The firji, or Common 

 thfnthe Jorme7, If dout'a fh^JrfThlkJfsfald 



£rowu'g foZtmesZighe/ than 7fuiz\ ^Ink 

 ,ng on both fides, like to the Leaves of the Male 



Itfon thebac/cfides of them. "xhisS (a's alfi 



the Root, as fome fay) being 

 tahf Rd-emblance m Form"of a ? 



. Form ofafpread Eagle. 

 or Dented Female Fern, has a 



notnpjo }nS^as\hlo'therfnorfo"ftrai'gh": ([has 

 alfo fmall winged Leaves, like the firft or Common 

 1,7;a/A-, which are fet on each fide of tlie middle 



V. The third, or Sharp-pointed Female Fern, 



li. The Flaces. The fiift grows more ftequent- 

 y than the .>!./. kmds on barren Heaths and Hfedge- 

 hdes m molt placts thro' the Kingdom, and indeed 

 m almolt all barren, dry and defert places. The 

 two latter grow rather on moid Rocks and fliady 



VIII. The Qualities. They are all of them, both 

 ale and female, hot and diy in the firft Degree -, 

 bingent. Aperitive, Abfterfive, Cofmetick, Diu- 



IX^°AS^^'S.'"'fSrkilfXms^ 



hes, of which Spanlfh Barilla is 



Q. T})e green Leaves. They being eaten purge 

 Belly, cleanfing the Bowels of colerick and wa- 



■ XIL T^f becoman of the Roots in Mead or Wine. 

 It kills Worms in the Body, both long and broad, 

 powerfully opens Obftruftions of the Spleen, taking 



ing and Night, tafting an hour after it in the Morn- 

 ing, and taking it an hour after Supper. 



XIII. The Pouder of the Roots. Taken tO a dram 

 inwardly in a Glafs of White Port, it opens Obftru- 

 aions of the Liverj Spleen and Womb, and pro- 

 Barrennefs. It"^s ufed"with fuccefs in foul, putrid 



%edy^ealmg. ^ lO^e' Pouder of the Leaves, bring. 

 away both Birth and After-birth, being taken to one 



