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Cf c. and has the Virtues of the Cataplafm,^ and may 
be anointed upon thofe places where a Cataplalhi 
cannot be applied. 
XV. The half am. It is a fingular good thing to 
cool Inflammations in Wounds and Ulcers, heal all 
i'orts of Burnings and Scaldings, cleanfe old Running 
Sores, ar.d to give eafe in the Gout, pain in the 
Back, or any other part proceeding from vehement 
hot and fiery humors : It admirably heals Wounds, 
and, when cleanfed, Ulcers alfo, after the manner 
of Preparations from All-heals. 
XVI. A fpecial Note. It appears that this Plant 
abounds with a vaft humidity ; for in the hotteft 
time in Summer, the fuperfluous Branches being cut 
oft' from the Mother Root, and carelefly calf away 
in the Allies of the Garden, though at a time when 
no Rain (hall fall, yet will they grow as frefh, as 
if they had not been cut off*, which (hews indeed 
the exceeding moifture of the Herb. 
CHAP. XX. 
0/ MAD APPLES. 
I. / ~|P HE Names. This Plant has no known 
. 1 . Greek name, ( except Srpuj^©- fiay/xk, may 
be taken for it, which is more properly the name 
for Solatium Lethale : ) but to fupplv the place, we 
may call it MIW (jjlvuqv PI. Mnr* pciviyj. -, in Latin , 
Alai urn infanum , PI. Alai a inf am ; in Englijh , Mad 
Apple , and Mad Apples. 
II. The Kindt. There are three Kinds, i. The 
Syrian. 2. 'The European. 3. The Ethiopian , of 
which we (hall (ay nothing in this Work. 
III. The Defctiption. 1. Of the Syrian. It has a 
Root compofed of many firings, fome .great, others 
/ mall , not thrufling down deep into the ground, which 
continues not all Winter, but penfhes with the firfl 
Prof's-, from this Root rifles up a great, hard , round, 
purplijh, or brmnijb green Stalk , two foot high , di- 
vided from the bottom into divers Branches, whereon 
are fet many hairy, broad, rough Leaves, fomewhat 
unevenly cut on the edges, and fomewhat like the 
Thorn Apple Leaves : At the Joints with the Leaves 
come forth fcveral large flowers, confifirig of fix 
large pointed Leaves -, in fome Plants white , in others 
of a pale, but deadifh purple Colour, with yellow 
threads in the middle -, which faffing away, there 
comes forth large, fomewhat long \ and round Fruit , 
in the warm Countries as large as a Cucumber - but 
in Colder Countries feldom bigger than a large Duck 
or Goofe Egg, fet in the fame Husk or Cup, which 
before contained' the flower , whofe Colour on the 
outfide is ufually according to the flower it bore, 
either of a wbitifh Green , more yellowifh, or of a 
grayijh Afh Colour, or of a Pale or Wan purplijh Co- 
lour, with a veiy thin Skin or Peel, and full of a 
whit if) Pulp, and Juice, having many fmall flat 
whitifh Seeds zvithin it, fomewhat greater than thofe 
'of the Love Apple. 
IV. The Mala infana Europe, have a Root flringy, 
and not much differing from the former, and penjh- 
ing every year, after Seeding time from whence 
grows an upright round Stalk , about the thicknefs of 
a Man’s f inger, and about a foot and half high, from 
whence fpring forth at fever al Joints, fometimes on 
the one fide, and fometimes on the other, divers long , 
and fomewhat broad green Leaves, unevenly cut in 
on the edges, and ending in a long point, three for 
the mofl part coming together, each of them upon a 
Jhort f 'ootfalk , at the tops of the Stalks, come forth 
the Flowers, conff ing of fix feveral Leaves after 
which Jucceeds the Fruit, which are round reddiJJ? 
Berries or Apples, about the bignefs of*a Plum, and. 
very full of Seed. 
V. The Places. The firft grows in Syria, and JE- 
gypt, where it grows plentifully Wild, and in moft 
of thofe Eaftern Countries, where the Fruit grows 
to the bignefs (as Bellonius reports) of a great Cu- 
cumber : It alfo grows with us in our Gardens , 
where it bears Flowers, and as Gerrard fays, in a 
temperate or warm Year, Fruit ■q’lfb, which he (aw 
of the bignefs of a Goofe Egg, but came not to 
ripenefs. The European grows in (hadowy places 
upon the Appenine Mountains, and has been^tranf- 
lated alfo into our Gardens. 
VI. The Times. The Seed muft be fown in April, 
in a Bed of hot Horfe Dung, as Musk Melons are, 
and then it will Flower in Augufl. The European 
Flowers in Augufl, and if the Summer is warm, its 
Fruit comes to perfection in September. 
VII. The Qualities. They are cold and moift al- 
moft in the fourth Degree. They are Cleanfing, 
Repercuffive, Anodine, or rather Narcotick, and Vul- 
nerary. And by Appropriation are dedicated to the 
Head, Stomach, Reins, Womb and Joints ; aCting 
only as Alteratives. 
VIII. The Specification. Their chief ule is for 
cooling an Eryfipelas, and Inflammations, eafing 
Pains proceeding from vehement hot and (harp Hu- 
mors, and healing of Wounds ; but they caufe no 
Madnefs, as the name would feem to import. 
IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep nothing 
of this Plant ^ but you may have therefrom, 1. The 
Apples themf elves. 2. A Juice. 3. An Effence. 4. A 
Cataplafm . 5. An Oil. 6 . A Balfam . 
The Virtues. 
X. The Apples. They are boiled in Fat Broth, 
or rather in Water and Vinegar, and fo eaten, being 
ferved up with Oil, Vinegar, Pepper, and Salt, and 
this at Genoua is a great Di(h. Fuchfius fays, there 
is a fuperabundant coldnefs and moifture in them, 
as theje is in Cucumbers and Aluffirooms ^ but the 
beauty 
