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Tufts refemble the for- 
mer. There is find to 
be another kind of this 
laft defcribcd, which is 
Idler, and the Roots are 
Blacker, and it grows in 
Crete now called Candy. 
There is alfo another Cy- 
ferus, which grows about 
Ditches and the Banks of 
Rivers , where the Salt 
Water fometimes comes : 
The Roots of this arc 
hard, and Black without 
Smell , many hanging 
fometimes upon oneString 
The Stalk and Leaves are 
much like the former, but 
the Heads unlike , for 
they are rough and black- 
ifti, about the bignefs of 
a Filbert, and hang fome 
Six or Seven at the top of 
the Stalk. It flowers in 
July and Augujl. 
The Firft and Scconc 
of thefe grow Naturally 
in Fenny Grounds , yet 
will they profper exceed- 
ingly in Gardens, as Ex- 
: perience hath taught us. 
The former of thefe grows 
Naturally in Syria and AS- 
gyptj the latter in Candy. 
This grows plentifully in 
the MarAies , below 
Gravefend , in Shifty , 
net , and other places. 
Dio f corides , fays, That 
Cyferus hath an heating 
Quality. Gallen , fays, The 
Roots are moft effe&ual in 
Medicine, and of an heat* 
ing and drying Quality : 
And fome do reckon it 
hot and dry in the Second 
Degree. It maketh a moft 
profitable Drink, to break 
and , expel Gravel , and 
hclpeth the Dropfie. If it 
be boylcd in Wine, and 
Drunk , it provoketh U- 
rine , driveth forth the 
Stone, and bringeth down 
the Natural Sicknefs of 
Women. The fame taken 
as aforefaid, is a Reme- 
dy againft the Stinging 
and Poyfon of Serpents. 
Fernelius , faith, The Root 
of Cyfeaus ufed in Baths 
hclpeth the Coldnefs and 
Stopping of the Matrix, 
and provoketh the Terms. 
He writeth alfo, That it 
increafeth Blood by warm - 
ing the Body, and maketh 
Digeftion ; wonderfully 
refrefhing the Spirits, and 
exhilarating the Mind , 
comforting the Senfes, and 
, encreafing their Livelinefs., 
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