Chap. 7^3- 'EngUjhflerhs. 



•^5' 



TheJpbraftus's Plant; That oiJheophrafliH is tin 

 defcribed. h, Roots are wany, or bujhy, and Jironj. 



cm\A "rTootherCnL in die World^ to" which 



i[aiks"oftheirsTrelow, and fewer, fo ihe^'Ears 

 are fmaller, and not orderly^ fet in Row^s ; hy all 



'vnl The Fkcc!. All thefe Grains are not on- 



fince they were Strangers in America, but fince our 

 Eale'rn Coaft of Vhrili, from the North of A'^-a- 



_ Y^.rhcTm^fs. They are^Sowed^afterHarv^^^^ 



Spring'«p?are'f') hardy as as to endure the (harp- 

 eft Seafons, and the Ears come to their ripenefsin 

 ^%rrbf"ifntls°'^'hvi thefe forts of Wheat 

 ate temperate in refpeft of heat or cold, drinefs 

 or moifture, are Aftringent, V ulnerary and Nu- 

 "'XE The Speaficatwn. They flop Fluxes of the 

 Bowels, Nourifh much, and reftore in deep Con- 



/°AHca vol Chondrus, Pultage. ?. Bread and 



^^. XllL ^Pollens- Siligo, A]cal aniVhu^^r. ^Tho' 



Lfvcn, Wafers, Ge)lyJCaLphfm^^c.^'om\'lxA\i 

 applyed to Simple Wounds newly made, in a 

 large quantiry, it prefently ftops the Flux ot Blood, 



Bowels ; it nourifhes very well, and ftops Fluxes 

 of the Belly. 

 Xy . Bread and Cakes. Thefe are as it were the 



Man may' live ma^'Vearr If"the Pafte^te^FeN 



digeftion ; and with Bread, the Fanada or Fap 

 tor Children, and new Born Infants is made, and 

 tor them it is better to be made with Water, than 

 with Milk, becaufe then it is not Stuffing. If 

 eaten dry, or alone, it abforbs the Watery humor 



Fl uxes of"?he Bdly. ""'^ ^' '" " ^'^' ^ ^"^ ^^^'" 

 XVL Puddings. They have the Virtues of Bread, 



fng'^l'fo very eafie o^Eirgeftron : Tf ttey 'are'made 



light"? of E)igeftion,'i^oreNouriaiing, ani beuer 

 for the Stomach ; by reafon the Bread is a Fer- 



""XVII. Vanlda,'ar Pap. It is made with Water, 



;nIong Sick, and have fuch weak Stomachs 

 they can fcarcely digeft any thing. It is 

 digeftion, nourifhes much, and may be 

 :ry grateful to the Stomach, by the additi- 



es beft, and may moft quadrare with the 





and being dried, is kept for ufe, to be Boiled upon 

 occafwn in Water. Parkin/on is of opinion, that 

 this well refembles our Boiltd Wheat, which, aj- 



i 



