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Purple Trefoyleis miicilagiiious and ttyptic,by wliich it cools Feavcrifti 
heats, and by its burning acrimony it cxpeb the putrid particles in Pe- 
techial Fca vers and Fluxes. 
The Leaves of Red Trefoyl rubbed fineil add, and the Flowers brui fed 
ilmW like Woodbind. The Decoc'lion of in fej of Water to half gave 
a GreeniQi Colour, pale ; and the Taftcwas of a crude mucilaginous Ic 
ouminous Tadc, with an acrimony, by which *tis a great Diuretic and 
Ophthahnic. 
The Decodiion of Purple Trcfoyl has a turbid Colour, and mucilagi- 
nous TaRe. 
The Leaves of Pcriclyn^enum are acid and acrid ; the Flowers more fwcct, 
the ftyle is of a Bean TaRe, and the Twigs bf the fame. 
The Stamina have the Tafle of the Flower,and their Heads are very acrid. • 
T^ifolium -Frpiticans is Baccifcrous, with a Blue Juice, and tho it wants 
Ccds'tis a Legumen, as well as Pcriclymenum, which is bacciferous. 
The Flowers of Alparagusare hexapetali, and of an Herbaceous color ; 
the Seed is a Pea, without a Cod, the Root is of a fweet glutinous acrid 
Tafie ; the tops of it boy led refemble Peas Pottage, and are evidently of a 
Leguminous Tafle. 
in the Legumens thefeare irregular, in Flowers ®r Cods, they arc not- 
withUanding certainly of that Clafs ; by which wq may infer, that the 
Tade gives the molt certain charac^ler of a Clafs. 
The Herha A'fimofa lias an Herbaceous odor, and a mucilaginous bit- 
terifii ingrateful Taite; the Root is of aTaRe more grateful, without bit- 
terillnneis, but of a violent Imell like Garlick when firft got, offending 
the Smell and Head, and is accounted a Poyfon. Morijon. 
Mefue obfervesthat Pfyllinm has contiary Virtues 'tis of a mucilag"- 
iiou?/ acrid and naufeous TaRe : The Medulla is hot and erulcerating 
the Cortex is moyftenin^ and cooling. 
Gofflpimn is a Plant like Linum, both in Leaves, Flower and Stalk. 
There is k bitternefs in Morfon. Linaria is by its Flower of 
the Leguminous Cla(s,and probably Linum is oi thefame,tho the Flowers 
difagree, being like it in Leaves. 
Linleed has the fame virtue as Fennugreeke, which is a Legumen. The 
Leaves of Flax are gummofe and bitterilli, lubacrid • the Flowers are Pen- 
^^prf^/ij which differ from the Legumens. 
I boyled 5; of Galega in fei of Water to the half, the Color was pale, 
the Tafk naufeous, bitter fweet and mucilaginous, and the Odor naufe- 
ous and fostid. 
The frefli Leaves of Trifolmm Afpbahites frndb like Rije, when ripe 
like. Bitumen. • 
The Decodion oWnonls was mucilaginous, fiibacrid, the Colotir w^as 
GreeniOi. 
' The Leaves of Confolida Regalis are of a crude fmell, the Seeds are in 
Cods and Tafte leguminous. The whole Plant is of a difigreeable TaRe. 
Glaflum and Opioglojfum are of the lame virtue, and Luteola is like 
them place them here or with the Creffes. 
ThdiEirum muR be, referred to the Docks both by its tafleand virtue. 
^ignnnt Nephritic um is fuba crid and bitterifh. '^^^ ^ 
LO TTD1D~N~\^^ ilK Princes Arms 
in St P^^/// Church-yard. 1702, 
