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Apium and F<eniculum have the fame manner of flower- 
ings both produce their Seed after the fame manners 
their Roots are both alike, being long, white, ftreight, 
carnous, &c. Therefore fince a long Trad of Experi- 
ence, handed down by Tradition, fhews that fuch a 
Plant has fuch Virtues, fuch another like to it muft 
have the fame. Thus we find Apium , Feeniculum, Fetro - 
felinum, a'l join’d together, and prefcribd as the open- 
ing Roots in the Difpenfatory. 
This induc’d that expert Botanift, and diligent En- 
quirer into the Knowledge of the Materia Medica, the 
Celebrated Dr. Herman N to lay down thefe general Max- 
ims, guacunque flore & femine conveniunt eafdem pojjident 
virtutes : And Omnia femina ftriata funt carminativa *, 
The late ingenious and accurate Natural Hiflorian, fome- 
tims a noted Member of this Society, Mr. James Peti - 
ver, a few Years ago obliged us with a Difcoiirfe upon 
this SubjecT, printed in the Phiiolbphical Tranfa&ions, 
in which he obferves. That the Plant# Umbellifcr #, Gi- 
leat # , Verticillat#, Tetrapetal # , Siltquof# and Siliculofx , 
for the generality, have a tendency to the fame Vir- 
tue and Ufe. This was the occafion of fome Intercourfe 
betwixt him and me, in two or three Letters, printed 
in my Miscellaneous Obfervations, in which he ob- 
ferves, that the Plant a Flore ftamineo, which he calls 
Blink Flowers ; fuch as Hops, Nettles, Docks, Sorrels,, 
Betes, Blites, Spinage, Oraches , Bonus Henri cus t or 
English Mercury, and Kali minus album , are all good 
Sallads, raw, or boil’d. Alfo the Leguminof#, or Pea 
kind ; fuch as Peafe, Beans, Phafeoll , are good nutritive 
Food for Men ; and the Tares, Trefoils, Medic#, Loti , and 
Saintfoins, are good Pabulum or Fodder for Beafts. To 
thefe he adds the Frumentace# or Cereales ; as the Whear, 
Rye, and Oats, in Europe , and the Maiz, Millet, Panick, 
arid Sorgum , in the Indies, make good Bread ; and that 
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