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at lea ft : This has been found effe&ual againft Fits 
oi the Mother, Cholick, and Pains of the Back and 
Reins, and generally ’tis good againft Cramps, Con- 
vulfionS, Sciatica’s and other vehement Pains of the 
lower Parts of the Body. 
CHAP. XXXIX. 
Of Sea or Marfli ASPARAGUS. 
I* | v HE Names. It is called in Greek, ’a tnmfjtyQ- 
X iruj'm ■. in Latin , by Anguillara and T aier- 
mo nt anus, Afparagus Palufiris : and Afparagus ma- 
rines, by Clujius and Camerarius : by Baithinus, Pe- 
na, and Lobe/, Afparagus maritlmus : in Eng/ijb , Sea, 
or AlarJJj Afparagus. 
II. The Kinds. This is the firft fort of the Wild 
Kinds ^ which fome would have us to believe will, 
by Tranfplantation, and Manuring in Gardens, be- 
come the Garden Kind j at leaft as good as the Gar- 
den Kind. 
ill. The Defcription. This Wild, or Sea, or Marfh 
kind ^Afparagus has a Root with many Strings and 
fibres difperfed from a fpongy Head like the former, 
from whence rifes up many, but Jhorter Stalks than 
the Garden Kinds, fronger afo and thicker, bran- 
< king forth in the fame manner, and having fuel) like 
icmged Leaves, but Jhorter, thicker, harder, and of 
a blevoijh, green Colour. The flowers are like the 
other, and fo are the Berries or Seed which follow, 
but greater than they , and not of fo frejh a red 
colour . 
IV. The Places. It is found to grow in the Mar- 
fhes of Tidnarn , near Chepftow, and in Appleton 
Meadow in Gloucejlerjhire, about two Miles from 
Brijhl, where the Poor People do gather the young 
Shoots or Heads, and fell them in the Market at 
Brill?/, much cheaper than our Garden Kind is fold 
in London. Mr Ray fays he has found it alfo at the 
Li z osar d Point ■, and it is faid to be found about 
Harwich in EJfex, and divers other Marlh Grounds 
and Places, as in a Meadow belonging to a Mill 
near Thorp in EJfex ■, and at Singleton not far from 
Corbie : alfo in the Meadows near Moulton in Lin- 
colnshire : At a place called Badmor-lading, not' far 
from Harwich , and at Moulton in Holland which is 
alfo a part of Lincolnfhire. 
V. The Times. The Tender Shoots fpring up in 
March and April, at what times they are gaihered 
and Eaten * they Flower in June and July, and the 
Berries are ripe in September. 
VI. The Qualities. It is, as to its firft Qualities 
temperate : Mr. Ray fays, that the Roots are Diu- 
retick, and Lithontriptick, and are one of the five 
opening Roots : They are appropriated to the Liver, 
Spleen, Reins, Womb and Joints. 
VII. The Specification. The Roots are peculiar 
againft the Yellow Jaundice, Stone or Gravel in the 
Reins and Bladder, as alfo the Sciatica and Gout. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may have therefrom 
i . The tender Sprouts or Heads. 2. A Decottion of 
the Roots in Wine. 3. A Juice from the fame. 
4. An EJfence of the Roots. 5. A Syrup of the fame. 
6 . A Saline Tintture. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The Virtues of the Roots and Seed, and even 
of the whole Plant, are the fame in all refpe&s 
with thole of the Manured or Garden •, fo that we 
need not here be particular in explicating the Vir- 
tues and Ules of the afore enumerated Prepara- 
tions, but wholly refer you to that which has al- 
ready been faid in the lalt Chapter. 
CHAP. XL. 
O/Wild ASPARAGUS. 
I-'T 'HE Names. It is called inGreek,’k<’™tm& 
X a.yfi&iMua.i/g.i’Qu, eiffm£uy@- 77iTf cu<§h in La- 
tin, Afparagus Sylveftris : in Englijh, Wild Af para- 
gits, or Stone Afparagus. 
II. T be Kinds. There are two principal Kinds, 
1. Myacantbinus Galeni, Afparagus Sylveftris foliis 
acutis : Gefner, Dodonxus, Camerarius, and others 
call it limply Afparagus Sylveftris : Cordus, Lobe i, 
Lugdunenjis, and others, Corntda: Baubimts and 
Parkinfon, Afparagus foliis acutis ; and is thought 
to be the Afparagus Petneus of Galen and Diofco- 
rides. 2. Afparagus Petneus, or Corruda aculeate , 
Prickly Rock Afparagus : this is called by Clujius , 
Corruda altera : by Dodoneus, Afparagus Sylveftris, 
(fo that he makes little difference between this and 
the former, tho’ indeed there is much : ) and by Bau- 
binus, Afparagus aculeatus alter , tribus cut quatuor 
fpinis ad eundem exortum. 
III . The Defctiptions. T he firft , Wild Afpara- 
gus with lharp Leaves, has a Head of Roots, having 
many Strings and fibres depending from it, thicker 
and Jhorter than any of the other Kinds ; from 
whence rifes up three or four Stalks, which are fhor- 
ter , jtronger, and tougher than the others, diverfly 
fpread and branched into many Wings, on which are 
fet atfeyeral diflances, many fmall , Jhort, hard, and 
fharp pointed Leaves, five or fix ft ending at a Joint 
together : At thefc Joints likewife, with the Leaves, 
come forth the flowers, many, fet upon a long Stalk 
which are Fellow , and confifting of fix Leaves apiece, 
fuelling as fweet as a Match Violet ; after which 
come fmall Berries, green at the firft , and of a black- 
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