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€0/111^ Dulc/s has a fweec Tafte, and acrid ^ but the vntc: has 
an ungrateful kind of Tafte ^ but there is but one fpecies o^CoJUts^ 
the fiefh is Iweet and white, tlie old is bitter and blackilh. 
' Gladiolus has a bulbofe Root, fweet, and moderatel}'' acrid or 
burning ^ arid the Leaves are like Orris. 
J^Tx is of ail ungrateful fixtid odor, like Qmices^ in form and 
figure like Orris. 
Cofiui Arabkits- is acrid, bitter and aromatic in Tafie. 
The Roots of Contrayerva fmell like Fig-leaves,' ate like Orris 
lloots in figure, they being chew^ed talte fweet, aromatic and 
acrid, and have alfo an aftringent Tafte. ^ , 
Gn'da?7iomim\\d.^ the Stalk and Leaves of a Reed, the Seeds in 
cods of a burnings acrid, bitrerilh, aronnatic Tafte. , . • 
Amommn by .its external figure and virtue agrees with Cardamo- 
7rium fonae reckon it like Acorus. 
Grand Faradifi are of a foetid.and aromatic Tafte, betwixt Car- 
damums and Pepper, and agrees with the lame in vertuein Paraly- 
tic cafes. ' ^ ■ \ - ♦ 
The Grains of Paradice infiifed. in Wine gives the odor of Quinces. 
Salmon. 
The Roots of our yellow Flag are large and reddifli^ our Coun- 
trymen fcrape them and pound them, then mix them with Milk, 
and give them twice to a Dog, as an infallible Medicine againft 
the bite of a Mad Dog. A perfon who took them told me tlicy 
did not purge, but tafted very rough. TheDecoftion is of a^eddirfi 
colour, and rough. 
8. The Sweet Miicilaginous Pea-taftes, or Legumens. 
1 boyled Vic'ia |j iii ttj of Water to tfep, which tafted fweet and 
crude ftyptic, the colour was pale and greenifli. 
I boyled Lens Falujlrls In the fam.e manner, and found the De- 
co£lion of a turbid colour, and reddifh like Mum; it- is a Legu- 
men by this Intenfe Colour, as well as by the Tafte, which was 
Sweetifh,, Subacrid and Styptic. Note, that Snails and other In 
feQs are ufually mixt with it. 
I boyled Lagopm in the fame quantity as the other ^ the Tafte 
of the Decoction was ftyptic, crude and bituminous. ^ 
The Cortex hentium is ftyptic and binding ^ the Seed of it mu- 
cilaginous and loofening ^ and this breeds an ill, flatulent and 
crude Juice, obftru8:ing the circulation of the Blood ard Spirits, 
injurious to the Sight and Menfes ^ and by their flatulency pro- 
d.ucing turbulent Dreams. . 
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