Z,hap. 5 9, liwglijh Herbs . 
XII. The Decoffion in White Wine. It provokes 
Urine, and binds the Belly. 
XIII. The Syrup. It is good again!! Coughs, Colds, 
Afthma’s, Phthiiicks, fpitting and pilling of Blood, 
Bloody Fluxes, Efc. Dofe two fpoonfuls in Wine. 
XIV. The Clyfter. By reafcn the whole Plant is of 
a Glutinous, Clammy, and Slimy Mucilaginous Na- 
ture •, it is given Clyfter-wife to procure Stools, and 
heal the Excoriations of the Bowels. 
XV. The Cataplafm. From its Glutinous and Mu- 
cilaginous property, it is (likeComfrey ) applyed to 
weak parts to ftrengthen them : and applyed to the 
Gout in the Joints, it eafes the Pain, difcuifes the 
Humor, and cures the Difeafe : It alfo is profitable 
again!! Cramps in any part, and Ruptures in Chil- 
dren, being timely applied to the Part : made into 
form of an Emplafter, and applied to the Back, it 
eafes Pains there, and llrengthens a weak Back. 
XVI. The Saline Tintture. It opens ob!lru£lions 
of the Urinary Paffages, and powerfully provokes 
Urine. Dofe, one or two drams in a draught of 
White Wine : and Cloths dipt in it, and applied to 
parts burned ( where the skin is not broken ) it pre- 
sently draws forth the fire. 
XVII. The Wild Bears Breech has the fame Tre- 
panations . , Virtues and. Ufes. 
CHAP. LIX. 
BE ARS-E ARS. 
I. / ~j r^He Names. They know no Greek Name, 
JL but have obtained feveral Latin ones, ac- 
cording to the variety of Authors, who have treated 
of them : but they may well enough be called in 
Greeks a odt m* : They are called varioufly 
by feveral Authors, as Lunaria Arthritica , alfo Lu- 
nar i a Paralytica Alpina , and Sanicula Alpina , by 
Gefner : Primula veris P achyphyllos, by Lugdun : 
Auricula XJrfi , by Mattbiolus,Bauhinus , and others : 
and at this day they are fo generally called by Mr. 
Ray, and other Authors. Some Authors, as Fabius 
Columna , , will have them to be the Alifma , or Da- 
mafonium of Diof corides, but are, in my opinion, mifta- 
ken, becaufe the form of the Flowers plainly demon- 
ftrate the contrary : in Enghfh they are generally 
called Bears-Ears , and Auricula ’s by the Florifts. 
They are certainly o! the Family of the Cowjlips , 
and therefore are alfo called Alpine Cowjlips , and 
Mountain Cowjlips , from the places whence they 
fir!! came : Sanicula Alpina , Alpine or Moun- 
tain Sanicle , a fanandis vulneribus : and Auriculas 
from the form of the Leaf 
II. The Kinds. There are three principal Kinds, 
as t. That with long dented Leaves. 2. That with 
long Leaves not dented. 3. That with round 
Leaves •, and of each of thefe there are many varie- 
ties : as, the Fellow : the Purple : the Red : the 
Scarlet : the Bright Red : the Blujh-coloured : the 
Various-coloured : the Blew : the White : the Hair- 
coloured : the Straw-coloured : and the Variable 
Green. 
III. The Defcription. Thoje with long dented 
Leaves ( of which the Fellow kind is principal ) which 
is a beautiful fine Plant , has a thready Root, very like 
to the Ox Lip -, which fends forth green , thick. , and 
fat Leaves , fomewhat finely fnipt about the Edges , 
much like to thofe of Cowjlips , but greener fmoother, 
and nothing fo crumpled : among which arifes up a 
/lender , round Stem , an handful high , bearing a Tuft 
of Flowers at the Top, from fix to twelve in number 
fometimes of a Fellow, fometimes of a Purple , or Red, 
and fometimes of a White colour, or var ious coloured \ 
not much unlike to the Flowers of Ox-lips , but more 
open , and confifting of one only Leaf like Cot iledon, 
or Pennywort : after which come fmall heads with a 
point el at Top of them, not rifing to the height of 
the Cups , containing fmall blackijh Seed . 
IV. Thofe with long Leaves not dented, have a 
Root greater and thicker than the former , with long 
firings or fibres like unto the other forts, but great- 
er from whence fprings up many fair, large, thick 
Leaves, fomewhat mealy or hoary upon the green- 
nefs, Jmooth about the Edges, and without any in- 
denting at all. The Stalk is great, round, and not 
higher than in the former, but bearing many more 
flowers thereon, more in number than any other kind. ' 
amounting fometimes to twenty or more, yea fome- 
times to thirty, [landing fo round and clofe together , 
that they feem to be a Nof e-gay alone : their form is 
like fome others, but that the Leaves are Jhorter 
and rounder, yet with a notch in the middle, like the 
reft, of a fair Fellow, &c. colour, neither very pale 
nor deep, with a White Eye or Circle in the bottom, 
about the middle of every Flower, giving them an 
extraordinary grace *, after which comes round heads 
greater than the former, with a fmall point el jink- 
ing in the middle, in which is contained Seed of a 
blackijh brown colour . 
V. The round Leav'd, which Tabermontanus, and 
Gerard, call Sanicula alpina ^ and Matthiolus, Cor- 
tufa, and we Bears-Ear fanicle ; has a Root confijl- 
ing of a thick Tuft of fmall whitifh Threads, rather 
than Roots, much interlaced one among another : 
from whence fpring up Leaves ■, firft, Juch as are 
much crumpled, and as it were folded together, which 
afterwards open themf elves into fair , broad and 
roundijh Leaves, fomewhat rough, or hairy, not 
only cut into five divifions, but fomewhat notched 
alfo about the edges, of a dark green colour on the 
upper fide, and more whitifh green underneath. The 
Leaves of this Plant die down every Fear, and rife 
up anew every Spring , whereas all other Bears-Ears 
keep their Leaves green all the Winter, efpecially 
the middlemoft, which ft and like a clofe head, the 
outwardmoft for the moft part perifhing after Seed- 
M 2 time 
