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BIRD'S YOOT.—iOniuAapus rurpunUtu.) 



This small herb groweth not above a spaa high, with 

 mAny branches spread upon the ground, set with many 

 \» ings of small leaves. The flowers grow upon the branches, 

 many small ones of a pale yellow colour being set a head 

 together, which afterwards turn into small jointed pods, 

 well resembling the claws of small birds, whence it took 

 its name. 



There is another sort of bird's foot in all things like the 

 former, but a little larger ; the flowers of a pale whitish 

 red colour, and the pods distinct by joints like the other, 

 but a little more crooked, and the roots do carry many 

 small white knots or kernels among the strings. 



Place. — These grow on heaths, and many open nntilled 

 places of this land 



Time. — They flower and seed in the end of summer. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — Thev belong to Saturn, are 

 of a drying, binding quality, and therefore very good to 

 be used in wound cErinks ; as also to apply outwardly for 

 the tame purpose. But the latter bird's foot is found by 

 experience to break the stone in the back or kidneys, and 

 drives them forth, if the decoction thereof be taken ; and 

 it wonderfully helpeth the rupture, being taken inwardly, 

 and outwardly applied to the place. 



All salts have best operations upon the stone, as oint- 

 ments and plasters have upon wounds j and therefore you 

 may make a salt of this for the stone : the way how to do 

 to may be found in my translation of the London Dispen- 

 satory ; and it may be I may give you It again in plainer 

 terms at the latter end of this book. 



BI8H0FS WEED.— (^^wimi Majua,) 



BniDEs the common name. Bishop's Weed, it is usually 

 known by the Qreek name Ammi and Ammios; some call 

 it Ethiopian Cumin-s^ed, and others Cumin-Royal, as 

 also Herb-Williara, and Bull- Wort. 



Descrip. — Common bishop's weed riseth up with a round 

 straight stalk, sometimes as hip[h as a man, but usually 

 three or four feet high, beset with divers small, long, and 

 somewhat broad leaves, cut in some places and oented 

 about the edges, growing one against the other, of a dark 

 green colour, having sundry branches on them, and at the 

 top small umbels of white flowers which turn into small 



