cem Sylveftris Rof£^ hlanditam fihi afpeSlu pldk in fra* 
tetcO) mitteret fillo hihendatn. In Lufnania res gersha- 
tur, froxima Hifpan'i^e parte ; caji^.q; accidtt^ ut miiiie 
a morfii cants incipiente ai^uas expavafcere Juperveniret 
epijlola or ant is ut pareret Religioni^ fervatufj; e^ ex 
ififperato , & pojiea ^uifquis auxilium fimile tent a- 
mt, 
X. Another Obftrvation, he gives us concerning the 
St^d o{ Sophia chirur^Grutnj ox fiixweedy which being 
taken in Broth or Wine entire without reducing tj Pov/- 
der flops vomiting of Blood, and cures the Dylentery or 
Bloody-FIix, from whence the Plant hath its Name in 
Englifh ; which doth not fucceed, if it be well pounded 
or beaten to Powder ; theReafon whereof he affigns to 
be, becaufe the oyly-Subftance which is more apt to dit 
foive than to coagulate, is loofened by pounding, and 
feparated from the other parts. 
3. A Third Obfervation we lhall mention is, That iti 
many Plants the Flower receives its Tincfture or Colour 
from the Root. He inftances in the greater Celandine^ 
whole Roots and Flowers are of a Yellow or Saffron 
Colour; the Barbery or Oxyacantha^sK\k:]\ alfo hath both 
Roots and Flowers of a Yellow : Tht DenteSaria of 
RondeletiuSj whofe Roots and Flowers agree in the fame 
vinous or Grifdeline Colour, The Acacia Indica Aldini^ 
&c. The Reafon whereof he afljgns ; becaufe the more 
fixt parts wherein the Colour confifts, preferve the fame 
Tindure without being altered by a long Circulation 
they make to the Flower. Hence he obferves, that 
thofe Plants are more fit for dying Cloth, which are 
Lignofe, and have their Root agreeable in Colour with 
the Flower. 
4. He gives us out of C^falpintu^ the Preparation df 
Cate, (which he takes to be the fame Catechu) 
which is the infpilTate Juice of the Lycium Indicmy or 
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