Chap. 729. "Englijh Herhs. 1241 



wardmoft, each ftandwg within a Husk of green 



Furple underneath, both fides of each Leaf being 

 as It were folded together, waking them feem 



Cods, fianding upright and fharf pointed, in 



tJ^i^'l^Su/t '"^ike ilt'cJf sTed, 

 and Silk of Afclepias or Swallow-wort, but that 



V. The fecond, or feriploca Virginiana minor, 

 five Apocynum Virginianum minus, or lejjer Vir- 

 ginia Silk-Grafs. This creeps not with its Roots 



half a Yard high, having at each Joint, a pair 

 of lorn- narrow Leaves, and at top fuch a large 

 ■Lft of Flowers a, in the firft , but ofjjeepe^r^ 

 them,%hat''will detain Flies, or other light things 

 which happen to fall thereon ; oficr which, come 

 long andjlrait Cods, (net Croaked like the Greater 

 fort) with flat brown Seed lying therein m _ a 

 white kind of Silk or^ Down, like ««w Afclepias 



often raifedbfs^ds whiclJ^ have come from thence, 

 aml^altho'^ the^SHtts dye^ \l„^^^^^l°^^,,^''Z 



nL?in^i?WimerftTdefendTftom7heFrofts. 

 Vll ThTw>es. They^Hower^H, >^^, tot 



wititsfbVreaVonSdi?co7d"efrofou^^ 



VTIT Obfervat. Gerard fays, (of the larger 

 Snecies) that the Cods are ftufted full of a moft 

 Sre S k, of a (hining white color, among which 

 SUk is the Seed. Thefe Cods are not only full of 



^"'^t'^l Pedbes of the Stems, Stalks, or 



^rablv Cloathed, and which is fufficient t( 

 concerning it, J}'^l^^-}'!°'^^,^tA''silk^Gr^2 



lualifits. Specification, Prepara 



Natives make Ropes and Cords of it, but nothing 

 Ife, being much Itronger than either Hemp or 



TOuld make Super fine Cloarhing of all forts, much 

 xceeding any thing made of Flax, Hemp, orCot- 



ll)'to"wha''t is made of"the fineTand bell Silk?" 



VINE WHITE, fee Bryony, GI,ap. 89. 

 VINE WILD, fee Briony Black, Chap. 90. 

 VIOLET TOOTHED, fee Corallwort,C/b. 152. 

 VIPERS BUGLOSS, fee Buglofs Vipers, a. 95- 

 VIRGINS BOWER, fee Ladies Bower, a. 420. 



CHAP. DCCXXX. 

 X)/W AKE-ROBINr 



L^. 



: only two which are frequent with us, vis 

 ike -Robin without Spots. 2. Arum vulgar 



III. Thcf5rfl, or Common Wake-Robin without 



nefs of a Walnut Green and all, if it grows in 

 good Ground, is brown witheut, and white within. 



Heat, and Burning Jharpnefs with it, almoji be- 

 yond expreffion, Jo that if a bit of it, not fo big ta 

 a fmall Bean, fhould be Chetxed in the Mouth but 



Tongue and Throat, that poffibly the Inflaaation 



Chewed"7,'' whThavejTy reajon of its Violence ) 



thii Is mamfef] by daily Experience, that the dryed 

 Root (thff it may be as hot as Pepper) is void of all 

 thefe Dangerous Accidents. Its Juice, orfineYou- 

 der, /w a very fir angeClamminefs in it, fiiffer.mg 



rStlch, and in former d.ys. 



