xSS Planta Monang ro sperne 
virtutis alcalinas, contradantur acidis putridif- 
que, in quibus vermes nidulantur; gangrsen® 
refiftit , eft planta primaria contra Podagram , 
Radix ad unciam femis in vino deco&a vafe 
claufo conducit ad omnes febres intermitten- 
tes; Chirurgi radicem lente ficcatam& in fco- 
bem rafam ulceribus fordidis afpergunt & de- 
purant, vel fubfpecie turundas fiffulis intru- 
dunt ad fiftulas dilatandas, quod fit, quia la- 
xior radicis fubftantia a fufceptis ex fiftula hu- 
moribus intumefcens eam fenfim dilatat, & 
quia fal acre ulceris fiftulofi callum exedit vel 
abfumit; infufum hujus plantas inChlorofi, 
Virginibus pallidis & ltomacho confortando 
conducit, in Hydrophobia fpecifice laudatur, 
in Theriacam recipitur, ob nimiam fuam vim 
exficcantcm & diaphoreticam obelis & pin- 
guioribus quam emaciatis convenientior eft, 
in paftionibus hyftericis eft planta optima. 
Menyanihes. 
Ck arati er. Folia crafta, fabacea, ternafem- 
per in uno caule ad extremum, magna, poli- 
ta; caulis minimus, politus, viridis ; flores 
monopetali, fimbriati, eleganter in fpicam con- 
gefti, his floribus fuccedit capfula plerumque 
oblonga, quse perfmaturitatem dehifcens fun- 
dit femina ovalia, fiavefeentia , faporis amari; 
radix fibrofa, longa, alba, Hec planta cref- 
cit in locis aquofis& humidis. 
Nomen. Vocatur Faba hircina i foliorum 
fimilitudine belgice dicitur IVaterbladen & 
B Hxboom. 
Vires ejus divina funt in fcorbuto Vide£a- 
gaUmtm de fcorbuto , eft planta acerrime amara, 
fecun- 
