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to eleanlc and open the Liver and other noble parts of the j 
Body. i 
Volytrichim. 
PoLYTRrcHUM vulgaic majus capfula qua- 
drangulari. Sjj'/?. 90. Cat. Gifs. 221. Aureum 
majus, C. jb. Pin. Mulcus capillaris, live Adian- 
tum aureum majus. Great golden Maiden-hair | 
or Goldilocks. I never found this any where near 
this Town, but in the Hollow place without i 
the Gate opening upon Radford Lings^ com- 
ing from Lark-dale.^ and not in any large Quan- 
tity. But near '^lansfleld I have obferved it more | 
plentifully, not far from Corduoell Brook^ juft a- 
bove Mr Birch's Filh-ponds, in Company with 
Mr. Bird jipcthecary and a Lover of Botany^who 
told me that it grows in diverfe places in fomuch 
that the People make a fort of Befoms of it 
which they call Silk Brooms, 
This is commended in the lame Cales with the Poly- 
pody, as alio for the King's Kvil a.s it attenuates grols ‘ 
• and viicid Humours. A !Deco£lion of it, is likewile 
judged very eihcacious in preuenting the falling off of the I 
Hair, if theHead be Waiiied with it. 
2 PoLYTRicHUM montanum et minus capfuli 
quadrangulari. Syn. ibid. Cat. Gifs. ibid, aure- 
um medium. C. B. in. Mufcus capillaris live 
adiantum aureum minus. Ger the lejfer golden 
Maiden-hair . This as well as the foregoing brings 
its Heads to perfe6lion about June. It grows 
copioufly in Nottingham-park.^ and every where 
in rocky and barren Places. 
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