F E ( 90 ) F E 
It /hoots forth , in the 
Spring, divers rough, hard 
Stalks, half round, and ho!- 
lowifh, flat on the other 
fide, two Foot high ; hav- 
ving feveral Branches of 
winged , yellowifh green 
Leaves on all fides, lome- 
what like the Leaves of 
Polypody. From the top 
of fome of the Stalks grows 
along Bufh of fmall, green, 
fcaly Aglets, which -are 
counted the ; Flowers and 
Seeds. The Root is rough, 
thick and fcaly, with- a 
white Pith. It grows in. 
Marlhy Places , and a- 
mongft Woods, in -many 
Places of England* 
The Root cures Burden 
Bellies, and. Ulcers. . It 
does good in the Cholick, 
andDifeafes of the Spleen. 
The whitifh- Part of. the 
Root is very effectual for 
Bruifcs, with thofe. that 
are wounded , it* . being- 
boy I’d in Tome Liquor. 
’Tis excellent in the Ric- 
kets , a Conferee being 
made of the tender Buds 
of it, and of Afparagus, 
Spleen-wort and Ha'rts- 
tongue. 
in Latin 
Maijiciirfo. It has a white 
Root, and many Fibres. It 
has many Ssaiks, about 
three Foot high, rigid. , 
channci’d, fmcoth, pretty 
large, and full of a fun- 
gous Pich. It has many 
Leaves, but, they arc not 
plac’d orderly. Towards 
die top of the Stalks come 
forth d retail Branches from 
the Wings of the Leaves, i 
whereon, as. a Mb on the 
cops of t-he 4 Stalks, many 
Flowers arc placed, upon 
oblong Foot-flralks, as it 
were in a Tuft 3 they are 
not very large white , 
fhorr, marginal Leaves en- i 
com pads the middle yellow 
Difh ; when the marginal 
Leaves wither;, the Difh- 
grows large i The -Colour 
of the Leaves arc of a ycl- 
lowifh Green. The whole. 
Plant ftnciliT ftrong. It 
flowers in or S 
and grows in;Hcdgcs,. and * 
anion gib Ru bbif h. The ■ 
Leaves are very much cut ] 
about the Edges, ] 
~ ' ’Tis hiuchmfed. in Dill ; 
cafes of the Womb : A De- j 
codtion of it forces the : 
Courfes, 
