668 Salmon' J* HerhaL Lib* I 



both 'fides, without order, j?"^^,='^°^^?^^"°*JJ/ 

 or l^rthe Leaves of Anifi, but larger, cut in un- 

 equally on the edges, and fpotted on the back 



McVTiumble 'or'iol P/LVhaving Leave: 



Tm Syrian MAIDEN-HAIR, 



Maiden-Hair, cut or notched on the edges, Nature 

 keeping no certain form, but making one Leaf 

 of this fafliion, and another of another, far dif- 

 ferent from it. But yet in the main, this Syriacum 

 former, tho' fomewhat larger, which is fiom the 

 fon, LoMcaUs K^^^Capil/Lveneril Verut. ^^ 



V. The Third, or Common black Maiden-Hair, 

 Thii diffen little or nothing from the Dryopteris 



fo that that aforenamed to come in the fourth place 

 7,^.« 8, hches ThelZtbuftTeLSl^tK 



long, joined together by fmall foot Stallks, Ibme- 



Springs, and other Ihady and moift places. The 

 firil plentifully, as Pena and Label fay, about 



the Weft of England. The feconigrows in Syria, 

 The third in many Barren, Rocky, and ifntilkd 

 places, efpecially vtrhere Springs are near. The 



VIIL 'The Time!. They all abide green through 

 Flower or^Seed! "* ^^'^ "ot any of them, either 



IX. The ^uaUtiet. Maiden-Hair is temperate 

 in refpea of Heat or Cold, and dry in the firft 

 Degree, Aperitive, Diuretick, Traumatick, Pefto- 



T}>e Preparations. The Preparations are 







It prevails againft the Cough, (hortnefs of Breath, 

 iifficulty ef breathing, the yellow Jaundice and 

 difeafes of the Spleen: it is faid to break the 

 Stone, open obftruftions of the Reins and Ureters, 



tiiies the Blood, and cleanfes the Lungs of 

 Dofe fou o"^ ^"f ''^ ^^^T' ^"^ Expeaoration. 

 XIIL The Compound Decoftion. Take Maiden 

 Hair 12 Uandfuls; Ceterach, or Spleen-wort, U- 

 ler-mort, 0/mond Royal, of each a Handfuh; Li- 

 morue bru.fed 2 oinJ; Fennel Seei bruifei 

 I Oi4nce; Rajfons of the Sun Stoned, blew Currants, 



tt'2dkT}t f"""' '' """^ ««^ W '^« "fi'ain 

 ing &ftingt'an''hour^'before DTnS-"a?5 in°the' 

 Afternoon, ^^ajid_^t Bed-time, always fqueezing > 



. . :ns Obltruftions of Lungs, Liver, Spleen 

 Emple Decoaion' but cleanfes the LungsofUlce- 



gates theGout and Rheumatick pains to a Miracle. 



