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Buttons, cue as it were 
crcis-wiie , wherein the 
Seed is contained. The 
Root is very | long and 
{ingle. Diers-weed grow- 
eth of it felf in moift, 
barren, and untilled Pla- 
ces^ in and about- Villages, 
almoft every where. This 
Herb flourilh^s in June and 
July. . 
What Mnttinolui has de- 
liver’d e 9 .neern.ing the 
Virtues of this Plant i-s 
uncertain^ but it is of 
great ufe in laying. Sir, 
John Floyer fays , The 
Root and Leaves are Mu- 
cilaginous, and very hot 
on the Tongue, that it 
has a ftrong and offenlive 
Smell, and that outward- 
ly it is Anodine, and E r 
roollient , . if inwardly 
nfed, it is Hiuretick. 
SDtll, in Latin Anethuny 
5 Tis very like Fennel, yet 
at difters Lronvit in many 
things : The Root, is -an- 
nual ; the is lefs ? and 
Ipwh'r, for it is "rarely three 
Foot high j the Leaves 
are lighter colour’d, and 
l'mell {Longer , and not 
|p plpafant, the Seed is 
broader, of an acrid Tafte^ 
and not fo pleafant as that 
of Fennel ; they Tufts of 
Flowers are .yellow, but 
not [io large. It grows in 
Gardens, and fprings year- 
ly from its Seed': But it 
grows no where fpChta- 
neoufly 'in Engl mid, as I 
knovy of. . - : . 
'hie fjerb, but c^ccial- 
ly. the Seed, gljgefts, di'l- 
cyiilcs and ripehsTumpurs, 
increalesMilk, difpplesto 
Sleep, leffens Venery, cures 
Vomiting, and the Hic-f* 
kops. *Tis Laid to be of- 
fenftve to the Eyes ; which 
feems Arrange to me, for 
that it is very like Fennel, 
both in Quality, apd.put T 
ward Appearance ^ ap'd it 
expels alio Wind : And 
Fqnpelis allow’d by all to 
be good for the Eyes. 1 he 
tender Tops, and the Rdot, 
when’ frelh, provoke Urine, 
and fo very good for thole 
that arc a {Hided ' with'the 
Stone. 
Qur People are wont to 
put the. Seeds and Leaves 
into Pickle of Cucumbers, 
to better the Tafte and 
Smell, and to corredt the 
