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Oovemment and Virtues, — Gteniiander is an herb of 

 warm tbiu parta, under Mars, opening obstructions of the 

 liver, spleen, and kidneys : and of use in the jaundice, 

 dropsy, and stoppage of urine. It is a good emnienagogue ; 

 and is commenaed by some as a specinc for the gout,rheu* 

 matism, and pains in the limbs. It is undoubtedly a good 

 vulnerary, both detersive and healing ; and is a proper in- 

 gredient in pectoral decoctions. Some extol it for a great 

 antiscorbutic, but the brook limes exceed it in this parti- 

 cular, which abound in subtle pungent parts, and there- 

 fore are better suited to cut those viscidities which are the 

 cause of scorbutic blotches. The juice is very justly re- 

 commended among the rest of the antiscorbutic juices to 

 be taken in the spring for some time. 



OLADIOLE (WATER.)— (Butomut Umbellatui.) 



Called also Flowering Hush. 



Descrip. — This marshy plant has a thick bulbous root» 

 with many short fibres. The stem is round and upright, 

 and the leaves are long and upright also, springing from 

 the root. The flowers grow at the top of the stalk in a 

 very stately manner, in the umbellous form, and they are 

 yellow, and sometimes of a greenish white. 



Place and Time, — We find Gladiole growing on the sides 

 of our ditches issuing from the Thames, and on the sides 

 of the Thames itself, it is also found in the marshes near 

 Botherhithe, Deptford, and BlackwalL It flowers from 

 July to September. 



Uovemfnent and Virtues. — Gladiole is under Saturn, as 

 all rushes are. It is seldom used in medicine. The flow- 

 ers are of a cooling nature, good for hot humours, inflam- 

 jations, imposthumes, and green wounds. 



GLADWIN.— (/nj Foetidissinui,) 



Dtscrip. — This is one of the kinds of fleur-de-lys, having 

 divers leaves rising from the roots, very like fleur-de-lys, 

 but that they are sharp-edged on both sides and thicker 

 in the middle, of a deep green colour, narrower and sharp- 

 er pointed, and of strong scent, if they be bruised between 

 the fingers. In the middle rises up a strong stalk, a yard 

 high at the least, bearing three or four flowers at the top, 

 resembling the flowers of the fleur-de-lys, with three up- 

 right leaves, of a dead purplish ash-colour, with some veins 

 discoloured in them : the other three do not fall down, nor 

 ai» the three other small ones so arched, oor oover the 



