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C H A P. LXXXI. 
B L I T E S Red. 
IIE j Y arns. Ic is called in Latin , BlitUm 
Rub nun, and in Englifh , the Red Blue. 
Tlccl ftliict 
II. The Kinds. There are two Species of it 
t. Blit mn nujits Rubrum , Blit um Ruhr urn Hortenfe •, 
the greater Red Elite, or Garden Red Blite. 2. Bli- 
tum minus Ruhr um, B/itum Rubrum Sylvefire , the 
letter Red Elite, or Wild Red Elite, 
with much Seed. 
Red Elite 
111. The Defcription. Lite fir ft is almoft exalt 1) 
like the Great White Blite described in the former 
Chapter, except that the Stalks, and Leaves , and 
alfo the reft of the Riant are reddijh , and reddijh 
mixed with a dark green color, and in all other re- 
ft pelt they feem to be like. 
'Blite- small redi 
IV. The fecond, letter, or Wild Blite, is almoji 
like to the Wild White Blite, Javing that in this , 
the Stalks and Branches trail upon the ground, and 
are reddijh, like the former for their color : the Seed 
is fmall and differing together, green of color, and 
almoft like unto the Seed of Coronope Ruellij, or 
Bucks-horn. 
V. The third Kind differs little from the fir ft, 
fave that the Leaves are longer, and it is much ful- 
ler of Seed, and with a multiplicity of fpiky heads. 
VI. The Places. The firft or Greater is a Garden 
Plant, and a Pot-herb : the other grows Wild, but 
for the molt part in Gardens, and is taken for a 
Weed : but is fometimes found Wild in other 
places. 
VII. The Times. They Flower all the Summer 
long, and their Seed is ripe in Augufi and Septem- 
ber • and keep alive in Winter alfo. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in the 
fecond Degree, Aftringent, Hylferick, and Solutive. 
IX. The Specification. They are peculiar to flop 
the Terms in Women. 
X. The Preparations. You may make therefrom, 
t. A Liquid Juice. 1 . An E fence. 3. A Dc co- 
ition. 4. A Syrup. 
The Virtues. 
XI. They are exaftly the fame with thofe Prepa- 
rations in the former Chapter, fave, that whereas 
thofe are peculiar for flopping the Whites in Wo- 
men, and Gonorrheas -, thele are peculiar loi flop- 
ping their Courfes when they overflow •, and are 
alfo of great ufe to flop other Fluxes of Blood in 
either Sex. 
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