L A ( i; 
which arc about an Inch 
long, and a little indented; 
they have a Phyfical Smell, 
and a bitter and acrid 
Taftc. 
’Tis chiefly ufed in Ob- 
ftrudVions of the Liver and 
Kidneys, and to cure the 
Jaundice. It kills Worms. 
And the dried Leaves do 
good for the Whites. 
in Latin 
Limonium. There has 
been among W r iters from 
time to time, great Con- 
tention about this Piant, 
no one Anther agreeing 
with another : For fome 
have called this Herb 
Lhponlum ; fome another 
Herb by this Name ; and 
fome in removing the 
Rock, have mired them- 
fclves in the Mud, as 
Mntthiolm, who deferib- 
cd two kinds, but made 
no d i ft i million of them, nor 
yet exprefs’d which was 
the true Lhnoniurn ; but 
as a Man herein ignorant, 
fle fpcaks not a Word of 
them : Now, then to leave 
Controveriics and Cavil- 
ling, the true Limonium , 
is, that which hath fair 
7 ) L A 
Leaves, like the Limon, 
or Orange-tree, but of a 
dark green Colour, fome- 
what fatter, and a little 
crumpled : Amonglt which 
rifeth up an hard and brit- 
tle naked Stalk a Foot 
high, divided at the top 
1 into fundry other finall 
Branches, which grow for 
the molt part upon the 
one fide, full of little blu- 
ifli Flowers, like Laven- 
der, with long red Seed, 
and a thick Root like un- 
to finall Dock. 
It grows in great Plenty 
upon the Walls of the Fort 
againft Grave fend •• Bur 
abundantly on the Banks 
of the River, below the 
fame Town ; as alfo be- 
low the Queen’s Store- 
Houfe at Chatham : And 
hard by the Queen ’s-Ferry 
going into the Iflc of 
shepey : In Salt Marflics 
by Lee in EJfex : In the 
Marfh by Harwich, and 
many other places. They 
Bio (Tom in June and. July. 
The Seed of Limonium is 
very aftringent or binding, 
the Seed beaten to Pow - 
der, and drunk in Wine, , 
is good for the Cholick_ 
Stran 
