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ing Herbs : ^oake-rooty i. e. Solanum hacciferum, a 
ftrong Purge, and by moft deemed Poifon. The 
Roots of Tythimaly of which I have obferved two 
forts ; the one Flore minimo herbaceoy the other 
Flore albo. The Flower of this laft is fmall, but 
large in Comparifon with the other : They are re- 
penteSy and grow in old manured Grounds. They 
chiefly make ufe of the latter of thefe, and it is a 
moft excellent Purge, though it fometimes vomits : 
It is a quick, but moderate Worker enough and has 
this Peculiarity, that it opens the Body in the Gripes, 
when other much violenter Purgatives will not move 
it. There is another Heib, which they call the In- 
dian Furge : This Plant has feveral woody Stalks 
growing near three Feet tall, and, as I remember, 
perfoliat : It bears yellow Berries round about the 
Joints : They only make ufe of the Root of this 
Plant. They ufe alfo the fmall Fleur de Lis, whofe 
Virtues, I believe, are not yet half known, for it 
has fome extraordinary Qualities : It does not grow 
above a Hand high, flowers in March, and is very 
fragrant. They ufe alfo fome fort of the Apocynums ; 
particularly that which I think Gerard calls Vince- 
toxicum Americanum', for there are feveral forts of 
Apocynutns, I think 13 or 14, but they are not all 
purgative : For having got fome of the Root from 
an Indian, which he aflured me was the Rattle^ 
fnake-root, I thought the Root of an Apocynum 
(which may well be diftinguifhed by that of Rope 
Maria foliis) was very like it, both in Shape and 
Tafte, confidering the one dried, and the other frefli : 
Wherefore I got fome Quantity thereof, and carry- 
ing it in my Pocket, 1 ventured to eat thereof, little 
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