Chap. 7 <5. Unglifi Herbs. 
Alpina media, XS> Alpina minor , The lefjer Alpine 
Bijiort. 6. Bijiort a Alpina pumilafoliis variis. Low 
Variable leav’d Bijiort of all which we (hall fay 
uothing in this Work. 
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but that it is crumpled , of a blewifh green color on 
the upper Jide , and of an AJh colored grey , and a lit- 
tle pttrplijh underneath , having fever al veins run- 
ning therein : from among which , rife feveral J. mall 
and (lender Stalks about half a lard high , almofl 
naked , and without Leaves , or with very few nar- 
row ones , bearing a J'piky bufh of pale , frejh colored 
h lowers •, which being pafl, there is found a fmalf, 
brown , cornered Seed , not much unlike to Sorrel 
Seed , but greater. 
Smaff fef start orjy/ate.iTmed 
Til. The Defcription. The Greater Common Bi- 
has a thick , fhort , Tuberous or knobbed Root , 
blackijh without , and fomething reddijh within , a /«- 
t/e crooked- op writhed together , and of an harfh or 
flnngent Tafle , with divers blackijh fibres or 
Threads growing thereat : from whence Jpring up 
every Tear , feveral Leaves ft ending upon long foot- 
flalks. , tah/zg Jomewhat long and broad , not much un- 
like to a Dock Leaf and a little pointed at the ends , 
IV. The Lefler Biftort a Tuberous 
I Row, /«<k// ;/z proportion , but fomething crooked or 
turned like the former being of a blackijh color with- 
out, and fcmewbdt whitijh within, of the fame au- 
Jtffe, ft binding tafle, with the former : 
This Root fends forth ; or 4 f mall narrow' Leaves 
Scarcely an Inch broad, and near four Inches long, 
green above, and grey underneath : The Stalks are 
fender, and with but one or two Leaves fet thereon ■ 
at the tops whereof flahd long , round, fpiky heads of 
white flowers, with feveral f mall green Leaves a- 
mong them ; after which comes a reddijh Seed a/moli 
round, which being dry , becomes blackijh, and is big ■ 
ger than that of the former, about the bignefs (fays 
Gerard ) of a Tare. 
V. The Places. The firft grows at the Foot of 
Hills, and in (hadowy rnoift Woods near to them, in 
many places of Germany ■, and in England in like 
places, but is chiefly with us nourilhed up in Gar- 
dens. The other grows in the North of England 
as in Lancajhire , Torkjhire , and Cumberland, in feve- 
ral places ; alfo ill Wefimorland, at Crosby, Ravenf- 
waith, at the head of a Park formerly belonging to 
one Mr. Pickering, from whence it has been brought, 
and difperfed into Gardens. The firfl is alfo laid 
to grow in a Meadow, about a Stones calf above the 
Ably Mill at St. Albans, about an Acres breadth or 
more from the River fide, where it is faid to grow 
in great plenty. 
VI. The Times. They both flower about the end 
of May, and the Seed is ripe about the beginning of 
July. 
VII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in the 
third Degree * Aftringent, Sryptick, and Vulnerary ■, 
Cordial, Hyfterick. Alterative, and Alexipharmick. ‘ 
VIII. Tie 
