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Of Herbs. 
Part II 
Nile, it grows above three yards high, (as high, faith Alpi- 
nus, above the Water) and abundantly. Which Mofess 
Mother knowing, chofe well, to lay her Babe in Pharaohs 
Daughter s way, yet, in the mean time, under good Ihelter 
from the fcorching Sun. 
Both the Barques and Leaves of fome Plants, are ufed 
for writing upon by Impreflion. But this Plant hath its 
Name, not from the ufe either of its Leaves or Barque, but 
of its Pith 5 whereof, being beaten into a Pulp, the Pulp 
fpread into thin Leaves, and feveral of thofe Leaves clapt 
together, Papyr fit to write upon was formerly made, as 
now it is of Rags. It was alfo ufed by Chirurgions, as fome- 
times Spng, or Elder-Pith is now, for the dilating of Fiftu- 
las , and imbibing the fan ions matter of lll-natur'd 
Ulcers. 
Another Head of the fame Plant. 
SECT. III. 
OfHER<BS. 
CHAP. I. 
Of STALKS and ROOTS. 
HTHe BULBIFEROUS GARLICK, Given by Dr. Daniel 
-A Whiftler. So called, becaufe in the place of Seed, 
it bears Bulbs at the top of the Stalk. Defcnbed by 
f,7) Lib.ip. fiauhinus (a) with the Name of Allium froliferum : al- 
though Bulbiferum, be more appofke$ for that every 
Plant which bears Seed, is proliferous 3 the Seed being 
Plant*. Proles, or the Foetm of a Plant. The Bulbs (not 
fully defcnbed) are about twenty 3 in a round Head or 
Clufter as big as a Nutmeg 3 each Bulb equal to a mid- 
ling Peas; confifteth of four or five ihells 3 of which, the 
outmoit is fhrunk up to a dry Skin, on one fide, of apur- 
plifh colour 3 the inmoft inclofeth that little Particle which 
in time becomes another bulbiferous Stalk, with a Root. 
