king of Scorpions, and the Poylonous Bite of the 
Pha/angium 
XX. The Cataplafm. Being applyed it eafes Pains 
coming from a cold Giufe, and Difculfes Flatulent 
Tumors : and being mixt with a little Niter, or the 
Amalgamation of Mercury with head, it prevails 
againlt Wens, Kernels and hard Swellings in the 
Neck and Throat or other parts, and is good alfo to 
give eafe in the Gout, and ripen Biles and break 
them. 
XXI. The Expreffed Juice. It ftrengthens the Vi- 
tal Spirits ■, and being given to iij. iv. or vj. Spoon- 
fuls in a Glafs of White Port Wine, it caules fpeedy 
Delivery to Women in Travel, and brings forth both 
.Birth and After-birth. It is an Antifcorbutick, and 
helps the Bloody Flux, by realbn of its Ballamick 
and healing Virtues. Put into the Eyes, it is a lin- 
gular remedy for dimnefs of Sight , and being 
mixed with Honey it takes off Films which ob- 
fufeate and hinder the Sight. 
XXII. The BaJ}ard Bawm. You may make the 
fame Preparations of this, as of the former, and they 
have in General the fame Virtues, but as to the Vital 
Indications, they are not fo powerful. However in 
all Hyfterick Difcafes they very much exceed, as be- 
ing more effeflual in opening Obftruftions of rhe 
Womb, and refilling Fits of the Mother. 
CHAP. LIV. 
BAW M, Turkey and Syrian. 
and by^fome Meliffa Moluccana: by Mattbiolus 
Melifja Conftantinopolitana : and by Tabernmontanm 
Cariiaca Syriaca : by Lobe/, MaJ. elite Turcoman. ’ 
III. The Kinds. The Turkey Bawm, is the Third 
Species, in our order: The Syrian, or Moluccan con- 
Ilitutes the Fourth Species, which are all that are 
neceflary for us to confider in this Work. This Sv- 
rian Bawm, Authors will have to be twofold viz. 
Levis and Afpera, or Afperior : or Odor at a, and In- 
odorata. 
IV. The Defcription. The Turkey Bawm htu 
a Root f mall and thready , which perijhes every Tear 
at the fir ft approach of Winter, and therefore muft be 
Sown JreJh again, every Spring, from this Rooot 
rifes up one jquare brownifh green Stalk, two Feet 
high andfometmes more, f it grows in good Ground, 
fpreading it f elf with two Branches from every Joint, 
where the Leaves lire Jet ; and tins courfe is continu- 
ed up almoji to the Top. The Leaves are narrower 
and longer than tbofe of Common Garden Bawm 
and more dented in about the edges, of a fweet Lim- 
mon /cent, rather exceeding that of Common 
Bawm: they are rough alfo, and of a like Green 
Colour. The flowers are gaping or hooded, growing 
at the Tops of the Branches at certain Dijiances 
funding in Jharp , rough, pointed Husks ; and they 
are of a blew or purplijk blew Colour-, but in fome 
the Colour isperfeSly white , whence feveral Authors 
would make feveral Kinds thereof, tho at the fame 
time they differ in nothing but the Colour of the flow- 
ers-, but fome fay the Leaves are of afrefher green 
Colour, which 1 have not yet obferved. After the 
flowers arc paft, then comes the Seed, which is black 
and roundijh, with a white Spot in each Seed , whilft 
it is frejh , which afterwards in a manner Vanijhes 
net be/ngfo difccrnable when dry. 
V. The Syrian Bawm,i<zf a Woody thickRoot , and 
full of firings, which perijhes every Tear, from 
whence rifes up, a round hollow Stalk, thick , and of 
a reddifb Colour , about Two feet high, branching forth 
varioujly on all fide s up to the Top , on which are fet 
Jhorter and rounder Leaves, at the end of longer 
foot Stalks. The other Leaves Jiand alfo upon foot 
Stalks, and much refemble thofe of the Common 
Bawm (for which reafon, fome Authors have taken 
this to be one of the Kinds thereof ) fomewhat lefs 
dented about the edges, than the Garden Kind. At 
the Joints of the Stalk, from the middle upwards 
come forth round about it, certain hard, whitijb 
Skins, fmall and round at the bottom, and wide open 
at the brims, a little prickly at the corners, and much 
like unto a Bell, being for the moft part five Cornered 
from the bottom of each of thefe,comes forth one flow- 
er, fomewhat Jmall, and like to thofe of the Common' 
Bawm, almoji white in Colour, or with a fmall b/ulh 
of Red therein. After they are paft, in the bottom of 
the fame skinny Bell, the Seed grows (but it very 
rarely comes to be Ripe mithfis) which is whitijh and 
Cornered. The Riant has nothing of the fmell of 
Bawm in it-, but it is Jirong, and the Tafie i ' ' 
VI. The other Syrian Kind, which is called Afpe- 
rior, differs not much from the former, as to its form 
yet it rifes aimer higher , andgrows fomewhat greater 
but ajter the fame fafhion : the Stalk of this is four 
Square , and lightly hollowed or furrowed. The 
Leaves are fomewhat longer and Jharper on the edges. 
The Cups or Bells in which the flowers grow are 
more prickly than the former, and much Jharper at 
the corners of them, longer , more in number, and of 
a paler white Colour. The Tunnels of the flowers 
are brownijh, and not fo white cu the other ; and the 
Seed is three cornered, and Jharp upwards like a 
Wedge. 
VII. The 
