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grows in Gardens : It flow- 
ers in June and July. 
Wine fermented with it 
is very agreeable to a cold 
Stomach. *Tis alfo good 
for barren Women, and for 
thofe that are troubled with 
the Whites. The Herb 
powder’d, and applied to 
the Noftrils , provokes 
Sneazing, and cures a Ca- 
tarrh, and purges theHead. 
A Decod:ion of it in Wa- 
ter provokes the Courfes, 
and expels the After-birth. 
Cakes made of it are rec- 
kon’d good to strengthen 
the Reins, and to ftimulate 
Venery. The Mufilage of 
theSeeds is proper for Dif- 
eafes of the Eyes. (Tis al- 
fo faid to be good for the 
Falling-ficknefs, and Mo- 
ther-fits. The Seed put 
into the Eyes, takes away 
Motes. 
dealers. See Qoof- 
Grafs. 
Clou&fterrp, Knot-ler - 
ry y or Knout-berry , in Latin 
Cbajnamorui.lt riles up with 
{lender, brownifh Stalks, 
not a Foot high ; fet with 
four or five large Leaves, 
one above another, at le- 
veral winged Joints, each 
of them divided into five 
parts, and each of them 
pretty much indented, and 
jagg’d, rough, and, as it 
were, crumpled : Each of 
them is plac’d on a long 
Foot-fta!k, which at the 
Joints have two fmall pie- 
ces like Ears, fet thereat. 
Every Stalk has one Fiower 
fet at the top of it, confut- 
ing of five roundifli, point- 
ed Leaves, of a dark pur- 
ple Colour ; after which 
follow a large Berry, like 
a Mulberry, of a reddifh 
Colour when ripe, and is 
of a fowrifh fweet Tafte. 
The Root creeps much, 
and far, (hooting forth fmall 
Fibres at the knotty Joints, 
whereby it is faftned in the 
Ground ; and from thence 
divers new Stalks fhoor. 
’ Tis faid, that in Norway 
they have fo great an Opi- 
nion of the Virtues of 
Knot-berry, for curing the 
Scurvy, and fuch like Dil- 
eafes, that they remove 
their Scorbutick People to 
a neighbouring Ifland , 
where only fuch Inhabit ; 
and there they are forc’d 
to abide till they recover 
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