OITLPSPSRIB OOMPLSn HSRBAXi. 3l1l 



Tims. — It flowers in Jane, July, and August. 



OovemmerU and VirtuM. — The Sages are under Venua, 

 The decoction of Wood-sage provokes urine and womeus* 

 courses ; it provokes sweat, di.;est8 humours, and discus- 

 ses swellings and nodes in the flesh, and is therefore good 

 against the venereal disease. The decoction of the green 

 herb, made with wine, is a safe and sure remedy for those 

 who by falls, bruises, or blows, suspect some vein to be 

 inwardly broken, to disperse and void the congealed blood, 

 and to consolidate the veins. The drink used inwardly, 

 and the herb used outwardly, is found to be a sure reme- 

 dy for the palsy. The juice of the herb, or the powder of 

 it is good for moist ulcers and sores in the legs, and other 

 parts, to dry and heal them more speedily. It is no less 

 <»tfectual in green wounds, to be used upon any occasion. 



SALTWORT.— f^o^^o^a Kali,) 



Callsd also Kali, Qlasswort, Sea Grass, and Marsh Sam- 

 phire. 



Descriv.— This plant grows usually with one upright, 

 round, tnick, and almost transparent stalk, a foot high, or 

 more; thick set and full of joints, without any leaves; the 

 joints shooting forth one out of another, with short pods 

 at the heads of them, and such like snialler branches on 

 each side which are divided into smaller ones ; the root is 

 small, long and thready. Some other kinds there are dif- 

 fering somewhat in the form of the joints, and one kind 

 wholly reddish, and differing from the other in nothing 

 else. There are four kinds of Saltwort, or Qlasswort, viz : 

 1. Kali Majut CocfUeatvaa, Great Glasswort, with snail- 

 like seed. 2. Ka'i Minui Albuniy Small Glasswort. 3. 

 Kali jEgyptiacum^ Glasswort of Egypt. And 4. Kali Oeii' 

 ticu/atumy sive Salicomia, Jointed Glasswort. 



Place. — The first and third are absolute strangers in this 

 eountry, but grow in Syria, E^y pt, Italy, and Spain : the 

 seooud, not only grows in those countries but in colder cli- 

 mates, upon many parts of our own coasts, especially in 

 the west The last grows in all countries, including our 

 own, on the sea-ooast where the salt-water flows. 



Time. — Thev all flourish in summer, and those that die 

 give their seed about August ; the last abides all winter. 



Chvemment and Virtuee, — They are under the dominion 

 of Mars, and are of a cleansing quality, without any great 

 •r Buoiifest heat ; the powder of any of them, or the foio^ 



