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CHAP. CCLXXVI. 

 0/FLEAWORT. 



I. T^ 7/E Nam.?. It is calle.l in Ardk/c Bazm- 

 rot becaiifewhei^ris brouglit g^^^n into the Houli 



oufhiinds',' wt'fhall only del'cribc them. i.Vhe firl 

 pJiZli'rJm 5^jrTLp/i^,.)X'commoi 



Cnjnrn £?" Gmerani; Ffyllmm e/mhrnum fort, 

 maius radkc pcrenne Lobelii ; The great ever grcci 



III. The Defcript 

 hud andlVoidy, pnjhmg every Tear, and ratftng 

 S "nTto J'cd 7." rfom this Root coZ\jmh a 

 TrLi'sl1l,^'i}rim thehoZmtolh7t 



ling a little like Rofiri. ' "" ' ^" ^"^' '^^^' 

 IV. The Second, or Great evergreen Fleavyort, 

 f.M a long, hard and Woody Root, which fenjhes not, 



'JH'i ^^"fi"^ ™'f ''^^ c^n^ itsEpithite of Temper vi- 

 rens, or never dying, trom this Root fpring forth 

 feveral long and tough Branches, of a Woody fub^ 

 fiance like the former, but that they, as alfo their 

 Branches are fomewhat greater, longer, and harder, 

 and do a little more bow down to the Ground, 

 bl f^^J'^^ ^""^|j Srows forth at the joints, refem- 

 rower. At the tops o/tL'stalksanf BranciTe^'^and « 

 the Joints come forth chaffy Tufts, ftanding upon 

 ^?!^Si°°^;"^^^''^^''^ ^^ ^^ 1*^ to the Ear of the 

 Alpijii Phalaris,ox Canary Seed; in which Heads or 



Woody Root with Some Fih 

 forth a Woody, reddijh. 





VI. The Place's. The firft grows in Italy and 



of our Gardens. Tfe /for^ is a native of the 7/?- 



of whfch Conunent'^it wTsrought^bto^thl Eurl 

 ^Tll!' tL° Times. °They all flower with us in 



Tin. Ihe 'dualities. The Seed of thefe Plants 

 is that which is chiefly ufed in Medicine, and that 

 both Galen and Serapio fay, is cold in the fecond 

 Degree, but temperate in refpeft to moifture or 

 drynefs. It is Emollient, Lubrificative, Anodyne, 

 Peftoral, and a little Cathartick. Some Authors 



Houjleek, Henbane, Lettice, Nightjhade, and 'the 



oftentimes done harm, and brought difcredit to thofe 



dangerous effefts ) were in all appearance to Wile 

 Phvficians of the greateft Ufe in the Art of Medi- 



