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Salmon^ HerhaL 



Lib.l. 



anijhiped like unto a li or Iih^ which con 



^fJa^fJfn\^tToiyO,lll'fryp^^^^ 

 (in tht Weft-Indies, as in Carolina, Uc ) thy 



tut hi^h, of a blown color ^ dyed of a blemjh 



Jhioned like unto the Leaves of a hgtree] but 

 greater, andfpreii wider open ltk( a Myitis f avd 

 Toman's the Tcp, thet^ emfs foith a binch oj 

 no urs cluflenng t^gethc, like a binh ofGriics. 

 c} tiJich the louerrrofl a,e of a pile yellow color, 



uppei moft are reddifh, bringing jorth thte corner 



Spurge or Palma Chrifti // is like the foimer, 



H] r th m that of the former This Flant Clufius 

 w/»Exoticks, Lib 2 Cap 21 has taken notice 

 of, md Beflerus m bis Hortus Eyftettenfii, has 

 hrgelypiejigmed 



VI The third or American Great Spurge, or 

 Palma Chiifti ^his differs from the two former 



zcl fe firft Leaves ere almoji round%nd larger 

 tJ in thofe of the firft Species, but thofe tSich fol 



i^orTorne on'thV edges for the moft \Trt mo 

 jive dm fwns, fomething refembling or anfwenng 

 to tie live fingers of t hand (whence probably 

 ci u t') Aame Pentadaftylus, and is an appelU 

 t n „ ve proper for this Species, than for either 

 eft fimer) In the Seed the, e n Jome diffe 

 rcrce alf of ich M the heads or } usks are Tn 



It Jelf being jomenhat like the former but more 

 black, and not f potted at all, and is full as Oily 



'''•^iiff itnJatt'itwid^^^^^^^^ 



vu yc rices ine firit gro s m h us , 



wh"e JfehoLs''ln'''obfalaffb''l ^r°/^? 

 a Man, and as Tall as a reafonahle gitat^ll"' 

 whofe Seed cannot be gathered w thout a Ladd^' 



purged 'him very forceably and eafed^th^Pam' 

 Shic^h hf OT ^h! toTa"e^ ^^\^^^^ '" ^'s Month 



and Throat, and Mou^of t^he"s'omch '\hant 

 put him into a Fe\er and gave him an intoUerable 

 Thirft with a Fainting of the Spmts, which con 



be,m"udu, as before islbrntid^""^" 



Soil/In ^'bTgmmnc. rf"V-AS^^^^^^ 



end of July and begmnirg of August, their Seed 



IX The Qualities The Seed is only ufed being 

 hot and dry in the fourth degree It is inflaming, ex 

 treamly AttraQne, and ftrongly Emetick and 



X Tie Specification It is peculiar for the 

 Curt of a cold Scurvy, Cephalalgia, Dropfy, 

 Jaundice, Scrophula, Sciatica, Rheumatifln and 



XI The Preparations You may have, I Tit 

 An Expicjfid Oil of the Seed. 4 A Utaplafm 



The Virtues. 



XII The hull d Seed Dw/«;-;i6i fays, that 30 



purge choler,' v\ater md flegm , and expel 

 Aqueous humors abundantly fronfi the Belly, pro 

 voking Uribe alfo, but as Dwfconies himfelf 



vcn to ftrong and Vigorous Podys, correaedwith 

 Anifeed, Carraways, Fennel Seed, or Winters 



Gram^orTe"ds to be'a taiilt^n thofe who Coppi- 

 ed out Dwfcorides, fettmg down -o for 3, which 



