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Stichivort, commonly taken here by ignorant People 

 for Eyebright; it blows in Jtme} 



Blew Flower-de-luce; the roots are not knobby, but long 

 and ftreight, and very white, with a multitude of firings. 2 



To provoke Vomit and for Bruifes. 



It is excellent for to provoke Vomiting, and for Bruifes 

 on the Feet or Face. They Flower in June, and grow 

 upon dry fandy Hills as well as in low wet Grounds. 



Yellow baftard Daffodill; it flowereth in May, the green 

 leaves are fpotted with black fpots. 3 



Dogflones, a kind of Satyrion, whereof there are feveral 

 kinds groweth in our Salt Marfhes. 4 



[42] To procure Love. 



I once took notice of a wanton Womans compounding 

 the folid Roots of this Plant with Wine, for an Amorous 

 Cup; which wrought the delired effecl:. 



1 Gerard, p. 47, — Stellaria graminea, L. ; for which our author mistook, as 

 did Cutler a century after, the nearly akin 5. longifolia, Muhl. 



2 Appears not to be meant for a specific reference to any of Gerard's species ; 

 but only an indication of the genus, with the single distinguishing character of 

 color, which was enough to separate the New-England plants from the only 

 British one referred by Gerard to Iris. Both of our blue-flags are peculiar to the 

 country. 



3 Not one of Gerard's bastard daffodils, but his dog's-tooth, p. 204 (Eryt/tro- 

 niunt, L.). Our common dog's-tooth was at first taken for a variety of the 

 European, but is now reckoned distinft. 



4 Gerard, p. 205, — Orchis, L., etc. It is here clear that the name is used only 

 in a general way. The second name {Satyrion), perhaps, however, makes our 

 author's notion a little more definite, and permits us to refer the plants he had 

 probably in view to species of Platanthera, Rich. (Gray, Man., p. 444), of which 

 only one is certainly known to be common to us and Europe. 



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