( ; 
B A 
B A 
tain a pretty large, three- 
fquare, filming Seed that 
is black when *tis ripe - 3 
and thefe are red with- 
out. This Plant has an 
acrid and biting Tafte : 
It grows in watery places, 
and Ditches. 
’Tis plainly hot and 
dry : ’Tis chiefly ufed out- 
wardly in Wounds, hard 
Swellings, and old Sores. 
The Water of Jr f mart 
is of great ufe in the Stone 
of the Kidnies or Bladder, 
a Draught of it being ta- 
ken every Morning for 
two or three Months to- 
gether. A Country-Gen- 
tleman us'd a Load of this 
Herb in a Year to make 
the Water, wherewith he 
cured many of the Stone. 
The Root or Seed put in- 
to an aching hollow 
Tooth i takes off the 
Pain. There is fcarce 
any thing more effectual 
to drive away Flies : For 
whatever Wounds or Ul- 
cers Cattel have, if they 
are anointed with the 
Juice of Ar [mart , the 
Flies will not come near, 
though it is the Heat of 
Summer. 
Htttcyoak, in Latin Ci- 
nara. The Germans and 
French cat the tender (talks 
boy I’d, with Vinegar and 
Butter: And the Italians 
feldom boyl the Heads, but 
eat them raw, with Salt, 
Oyl and Pepper. They 
are faid to provoke Venc- 
ry, to reftore Nature, and 
ftrengthenthe ftomach. A 
Deception of the Buds 
provokes Urine. 
0fatal)acc<t , in Latin 
A f arum. It has many 
Heads (hooting from the 
Roots, whereon arc many 
fmooth Leaves, every one 
upon a Foot-ftalk by it 
fell : They are rounder 
and bigger than theLeavcs 
of Violets, and thicker ; 
and of a darker green 
fhining Colour on the up- 
per fide, and of a paler 
Green underneath. A- 
mong the Leaves near the 
Eartharefix angledpurplifii 
Husks, that are hairy, and 
plac’d on fiiortFoot-ftalks; 
thefe contain the feed , 
that are like the ftones of 
Grapes. They have with- 
in 
