Chap. 391. EngUjb Herbs. 



CHAP. CCCXCI. 

 0/ J A C IN T H Amerieaj 



Lqp H E Names. TiiisPlant its general Name is 

 if" "ly"^^':^- ^"''"'^'^ and^wZ/TlieC- 

 II. The Kinds. There are various Species of Ais 

 Plant, and fevcral forts of eacli genericlc Kind, viz. 

 I. Uyacmthus Anglicus, Englifh Hyacinth, of which 

 there are four Species, viz.i. Hyacimhus Anglicus 

 arukus. Blew Englifh Jacinth. 2. Hyacinthus An- 

 glUus Albus, White Englifh Jacinth. :?. Hyacinthus 

 Anglicus InMrnaio Flore, Carnation Englifh Jacinth. 

 4. Hyacimhus Anglicus vel Utfpanicus major Flore 

 Campanula injiar. Greater Englifh or Spanifh Ja- 

 cinth 5 all thefe growing in England are commonly 

 called Hareshells., and of which we have already 

 treated in the foregoing part of this Book, vis. in 

 in thisfuccina Difcourfe of Jacinths. ^^Hyad^- 

 of which there are two Kinds, which"are the^p 

 liar Subjeft of this prefent Chapter. 3. Hyacini 



v^il^ SpeciS,''Treat'^raf m' Chtp.*'??^*^^'? i. 

 cnthus Boimdes Mifcatus, Musked Grape Flow 

 ed Jacinth,^ of whicli there ave fbur Species^ wh 



4Sw 'or/ix'^TL Oriental "facimh", 

 which there are eight Species, wrhich are Treatec 

 plici. Double Oriental Jacinth, of whiah there 

 three Species, and are Treated of in Chap. ^<}6. 

 Hyacimhus JEfiivus, The Summer Jacinth, ofwh 

 there are five Species, and ate Treated of in Ch; 

 397. 9. Hyacimhus Fufcus, The Brown or E 

 Colored Jacinth, of which there are-three Species, 

 and are Treated of in Cliap. 398. 10. Hyacimhui 

 Stellatus Peruanus, Well: Indian Starry Jacinth. 

 Chap. 399^ \i?%S«x5L/toLr^^^^^^ 

 Common Starry Jacinth, ot which there are fever 

 Kinds, and are Treated of ui Chap. 400. 1 2. Hya- 

 cimhus Stellatus Byzaminus, The Turky Starry Ja- 

 cinth, of which are four Species, and are Treated 

 of in Chap. 401. i%. Hyacimhus Stellatus Autum- 

 Tialis, The Autumn Jacintk of which there are tliree 

 Species, and are Treated of in Chap. 402. 14. Hy. 

 acimhus Stellatus Ulifolius, The Lilly Leav'd Star- 

 ry Jacinth, of which tliere are rhree Species, and are 

 Treated of in Chap. 40?. I know feme Authors ac- 

 count the &«/7or ^Omon in the ClalTis of Ja- 

 of 3 contrary Opinion, and therefore fhall not rank 

 It with thofe aforegoing, but Treat of it hereafter in 

 III. The Kinds of the American Jacinth. There 

 are only two Species of this, viz. i. Hyacimhus In- 

 Greater American Tuberofe Rooted or Knobted Ja- 

 tiadice Tuber ofa. The Leifer AmerfaTTuterc 

 Rooted or Knobbed Jacinth. Clufi,*s leaves out t 

 Word minor in the Name of the fecond, becau: 

 as it is thought, he never knew or heard of the firl 



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imk that thefe two Plants are not two feverals, as 

 'caufed"b ^\^"' ^"^ *'^ *^ greatnefsof the one 

 liar DefcrTTfoli^f' ''''^^'^'' fhall'confider the'paiti- 



IV. The Defcriptions. The firfl or Greater Ame- 

 :an Tuberofe Rooted Jacinth. 'Uha^ a thick knob- 



laller, which being broken many tint; Threads, ap- 

 each of vi hich does confift of fix Leaves, ly ing Ipread 



V. Tlie fecond, or Leffer American Tuberofe Root- 

 ed Jacinth. The Root of th^ Jacinth is knobbed, like 

 of the Carolina Eddo, from whcnZ many' Fibres 

 fpring forth; from this Root come forth many 

 onernother"ft bo? *^'^b?°","^' ^""^ encompafhng 



up a Stalk,' which is very long and flender, three or 



:and many Flowers, with a fmall piece of a green 

 fbefo m^''°"l°r/''^^^'''^ footltalk, wliich feem 

 ofed of fix Leaves, wliich are much' thicker than 

 le, tipt with pale yellow Pendents. 

 ^}\^l^ ^^i'"- They both grow naturally in the 

 ito /"ir'and from^^ h^ *^^ '''^'^ ^''^ ^'°"^''^ 

 and^"' ^^"- ^'^"-°They^Flovver noffn Englani 



fully preferved from the injurie's of our cold Win- 

 ters, and then if the precedent Summer has been hot 

 they may Flower a Month fooner. 

 _ VIII. The nualhies. They are cold and dmng 

 1 the firft degree, or beginning of the fecond, Aftrin- 



IX. The Specification. They flop fluxes of the 

 owels, give eale and relief in the Strangury, and 

 :e profitable againft the Jaundice and Kings-Evil ; 



Eriopbori India, The 



; Hyacinths to be Hyaeinthi certain, t 

 Indian WooUy Jacinth, be- it keeps t 



