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Tfftetivmte 
RirjJinn.tfl / 
in' Latin 
Bulbocajlamnn. -The 
Root is Tuberous, whitt^ 
and' folid ; with fm all Fi- 
bres at the Bottom and 
\ Sides : It has a' fwecriih 
and pleafant Tait'e : It 
grows deep in the Ground. 
The Leaves are cut more 
(harp than the Leaves of 
Parfley. The Stalk is fin - 
gle, round, channeled, With 
one Leaf growing tpit : 
Moft comriionly, before it 
d iy ides , it fclfin to Branch- 
es, . at every divifibn of the 
Stalk a Leafis pinch], much 
more cut than th'ofe that 
rife from the Ro’or. The 
i’low.ers are white, and v ( e r 
ry (mail. This is one of 
the Umbcliferous Plants J 
fo called, becaufe they fuf- 
tain their Flowers by long 
Foot-ftalks, in a Circle. 
The Seeds are fmall, and 
fomewhatlong, of a Chef- 
nut-colour. It flowers at 
the Latter End of May, or 
Beginning of June j and 
grows frequently in San- 
dy and Gravelly Paftures. 
When the Seed is ripe, the 
Superficies withers imme- 
diately, the Root remain- 
ing in the Ground. 
Our.Country-pcople eat 
the Root raw • but when 
it is pill’d, and boy I’d in 
frefli Broth, With a little 
Pepper, it is pleafantFood, 
and very nourilhing, and 
ftimulates Vpnery. Being 
mix’d with Medicines, it 
helps thofe that lpit Blood, 
and make a BloodvUrine; 
^gglentttie, or Sweet - 
Bryer, in Latin Bo/a fi 'lvt- 
fir is odor a. It needs no De- 
feription, its curious Smell 
will not let it be uni 
known. 
TheVirtues of thcF low- 
ers are much the lame with 
Garden-Rofes,but more a- 
flringent , wherefore they 
are of excellent ule in 
Fluxes of the Womb. The 
Fruit of it is much com- 
mended for its Lithontri- 
ptick Virtue. The Heads, 
When they afe ripe, con-, 
tain a Pulp of a pleafant, 
acid Tafte, which without 
doubr,is very iifeful in Fe- 
vers, and rex provoke Ap- 
petite, 
