356 



SalmonV "Herbal. 



Lib. 1. 



like sTafoIJ^.' 



XII. The ^lulities^ Speaficdtion, Vreparatu 



and Vemale ferns ; and therefore to Chap. 2 J?, 

 foregoing, I xeferr you. 



C HA P. CCLXII. 



0/ F E R N Water, 



OSMUND Royal. 



_ '1 and therefore caiXve no Gr^ f /^ Name j^bui 

 Ofmunda Regalis Mxpa/uflrh^ Filix Luaaria Gef- 

 nerL FUix latlMa Cordi, Vilkaftrum : in ErtgliA 

 W,ter Fern wdiOfmund Royal. 



II. The KMs. It is the fifth Species of F^m, 

 and a Angular Plant of the kind. 



111. TbeD.'ar,pt;oii.. '\'^^ ^f^^';^^^ ^^^^^^ 



of winged yellowifh green Leaves, Ipread out on all 



Spikes, ^l^\^^^\^^^^^^°'^ yellowifh'green\o^ 

 tl^FloweK rnd^Seed,°[ho' o"Lrs'aRahraTmuch 



IV. The Tlaces. It grows in Moors, Bogs and 

 Watery places m many parts of England. -. it did 

 grow in the midft of a Bog, at the farther end of 

 Hampjiead Heath from London^ at the bottom of a 

 Hill adjoining to a fmall Cottage ; alfo in divers 

 Bogs on a Heath or Common near unto Burnt Wood 

 in EJJex, efpecially near unto a place fbrmerly dig- 

 ged in fearch of a Gold Mine, but now it is faid to 

 ous plenty in boggy places, Swamps^ndbTrndft 

 Grounds thro' almoft all Carolina: I found it in 

 great plenty in moift and boggy Grouiids, bordering 

 upon Wadmalaw River in South Carolina, where 

 places adjacent to Afhly, Cooper\rid. Wando Rivers, 



V. The Times. It is green and floutifhes all the 

 Summer, as do the other Ferns -, and me Spikes of 

 flowers and Seed are in Perfeaion in June, fuh 

 aM ^^^«^«/f jj^ *^^Lea;^^.^d^^^ay ^f J'^^ ^way^iS 



VI. The ^ualities,Spec\fications, Preparations and 

 Femaleyern in Qiap. 259. aforegoing, excepting 

 and outward Difeafes, and therefore rarher to be 



VII. The Deco3ion in Wine. It is a lingular 

 good Wound-drink, and therefore of excellent Ufe 

 ia curing green Wounds, running Sores, old Ulcers, 

 and all 'Difeafes proceeding from Obftruaions of 

 the Spleen, Womb, Reins, Cfc. and it alfo prevails 

 asainlt Ruptures or Burltennefs. If the Decodion 

 is made in White Wine, it provokes Urine ex- 

 ceedingly, cleanfing the Reins, Ureters and Blad- 

 '^^ VIII. The Balfam, Oil or Otnttnent of the Root. 

 They cure any fimple Contufion, heal Wounds, 

 running Sores and old Ulcers ; and are Angularly 

 good againft the Gout, broken Bones, and Bones 



