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ends, resembling the knags of a buck's horn, (whereof 

 it took its name) and being well ground round about 

 the root upon the ground, or order one by another, 

 thereby resembling the form of a star, from among ■which 

 rise up divers hairy stalks, about a hand's breadth high, 

 bearing every one a small, long, spiky head, like to 

 those of the common Plantain, having such like bloom- 

 ings and seed atter them. The root is single, long and 

 small, with divers strings at it. 



Flace-I They grow in sandy grounds, in divers places 

 of this land. 



Time.'] They flower and seed in May, June, and July, 

 and their green leaves do in a manner abide fresh all the 

 Winter. 



Government and Virtues,'] It is under the dominion of 

 Saturn, and is of a gallant, drying, and binding quality. 

 This boiled in wine and drank, and some of the leave* 

 put to the hurt place, is an excellent remedy for the 

 biting of the yiper or adder, which 1 take <^o be one and 

 the same. The same being also drank, hclpeth those that 

 are troubled with the stone in the reins or kidnies, by 

 cooling the heat of the part affli(ited, and strengtheuiu;^ 

 them ; also weak stomachs that cannot retain, but cast 

 up their meat. It stayeth all bleeding, both at mouth 

 and nose, l)loody urine, or the bloody-llux, and stop- 

 peth the lask of the belly and bowels. The leaves hereof 

 bruised and laid to their sides that have an ague, sud- 

 denly easeth the fit ; and the leaves and roots being 

 beaten with some bay salt, and applied to the wrists, 

 worketh the same eft'etls. The herb boiled in ale or 

 %yine, and given for some mornings and evenings toge- 

 ther, stayeth the distillation of hot and sharp rheums 

 falling into the eyes from the head, and helpeth all sorts 

 of sore eyes, 



Bucks Horn. Tj (c, d. 2.) 



Iris called Harts-horn,- IJerba-stella, and Herba-sfcl-- 

 laria, Sanguinaria, llerb-cve, Herb-ivy, Wort-tresses, 

 and Swine-cresscs- 



Descript.^ They have many small and weak straggling 

 branches trailing upon the ground; the leaves are many^ 

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