M A 
( i4f ) M A 
M. 
'll ^l^rujer, in Latin l{u- 
IV1 bia tinbiorum. ’I is 
ufed in Vulnerary Potions; 
but whether it is Aftrin- 
gent, or Opening, is de- 
puted. They that count it 
Aftringent , preferib’d it for 
the Bloody-Flux, the Flux 
of the Couries, and of the 
Hemorrhoides. They that 
fuppofe.it is Opening, ufe 
it in the jaundice, for the 
Dropiic, and Obftrudtion 
.o'f Urine. And perhaps it 
partakes of both Qualities, 
firft Opening, and then 
Binding, as is the Nature 
of Rhubarb. 
Common Englijh Male 
spaidm-t’ait > in Latin 
T r-icbomanes mas . Englijh 
Maiden-hair hath long 
Leaves of a dark green 
Colour,ccnfifting of many 
fmall round Leaves fet 
upon a middle Rib, of a 
a Ihining black Colour, 
d allied on the nether lide 
with fmall rough marks 
or fpeeks, of an over- 
worn Colour : The Roots 
are fmall and fibrous. The 
. 
Female Englijh Maiden- 
hair is like the Precedent , 
having that it is leffer , 
and wants thofe fpots or 
marks that are in the o- 
thcr, wherein confifts the 
difference. It grows for 
the moft part near Springs 
and Brooks , and other 
moift places , upon old 
Stone Walls and Rocks : 
I found it growing in a 
Shady , Sandy Lane in 
Betfome , in the Parifh of 
South fleet in Kent, upon 
the Ground; whereas there 
was no Stone nor Stony 
Ground near it, which be- 
fore that time I never faw : 
It grows likewife upon 
Stone Walls at Her Ma- 
jefty’s Palace of Richmond, 
and in moft Stone Walls 
of the Weft and North 
parts of England. Mr. 
Goody er faith. That in Ja- 
nuary i6zo. He faw e- 
nough to lade an Horfe, 
growing on the Banks in 
a Lane, as he rode be- 
tween Rake and Headly in 
Hampjhire, near Wollmer - 
Foreft. It continues along 
time ; the Coldnefs of 
Winter does it no harm. 
It is Barren as the other 
L Ferns 
