Chap. 92. lingiijh 
or Wart Creis. 2. Coronopus repens Ruelii y, Pfeu- 
docoronopus Dodonxi, Cornu Cervi alt e rum Vulgi \ 
Creeping Bucks horn, or Wart Crefs. 
III. The Defcription. The firfl has a final!, long , 
white Root , with many fibres thereat , running deep 
into the ground , the tafie of which is fomewhat like 
to the Garden Crefs , but much milder, from this 
Root come forth feveral Branches , which grow up- 
right , but not very high •, which Branches are alfo 
branched forth into others that are f mailer : upon 
which grow very many fmall , long , divided or. 
cut green Leaves , <?// tf/ew/ o;? both fides of them , 
whofe cuts very much refemble the f nags of a Bucks 
horn, or of Jome of the Leaves of the Garden Crefs . 
Inc flowers grow among the Leaves , coming forth 
will) them at, the Joints , they y conic forth in fmall 
rough Cl ufters, and are fmall and white, or of an 
berby green fh color, many of them fet upon a fmall 
long footfla/k, one above another : which being pad, 
there come in place, fmall, flattifh, rough, round 
husks, feme thing fefe milling rough or [ceded 1 Van s, 
which divide ibemft elves into two parts, and contain 
m each of them a fmall brownijh Seed. 
IV 7 . Ambrofia, or Coronopus repens, is altogether 
like the former, faving in the manner of its grow- 
ing : It is a fmall low herb, mod ufually creeping 
with many long Branches , and fpre tiding a great way, 
almoji round about, upon the ground ( yet in fome 
places funding more upright ■: This Creeping kind 
never rifes above four or five Inches high, but the 
trailing Branches are fur nifhed with fuch like Leaves 
and f lowers ns the former, which have a tafie a lit- 
tle like Creffes. It is many tunes ufed to be eaten ax 
./ Sal/ct Herb , with Salt, Oil, and Vinegar, and that 
both rate and boiled. 
V. The Places. They grow almoft every where 
round about London, and in many other parts of' the 
Kingdom in moift Grounds, and at the foot of 
Banks, where there is any low Trench, or places 
continually plafhed with Water : fometimes by 
Highway fides, efpecially in thofe places where 
flogs frequent, from whence* as is fuppofed, they 
were called Swines Creffes. 
VI. The Times. They flower and feed all May, 
June, and July and their green Leaves abide frelh 
in a manner all Winter. 
VII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
firlt Degree * Aftringent, Ablferfive, Digeffive, Car- 
minative .and Vulnerary •, Cephalick, Stomatick, 
Pefloral,- Hepatick, and Hylterick * Alterative, A- 
lexipharmick, and Spermatogenetick. 
VIII. The Specification. They are faid to be pe- 
culiar for taking away Warts, for that the Seed bear 
the perfect fignature of the Warts upon a Man’s 
Hand. 
IX. The Preparations. Yon may make therefrom, 
1. A Liquid Juicel 2. An Effence. 3. A Deco - 
Sion. 4. A Balfam or Ointment. 5. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Liquid Juice. Given to three or four 
ounces, it is Traumarick, or contributes to the more 
fpeedy cure of Wounds and Ulcers, more efpecial- 
ly in Scorbutick and CacheUick habits of Body : 
made thick with fine Bole, and applied, it flops 
bleeding. . 
XI. The Effence. It {Lengthens the Head, Sto- 
mach, Liver, Womb-, and Joints, and is of lingular 
good ufe againft the Scurvy, Cachexia, and difafte- 
flions of the Womb. It repreffes Vapors, and is 
good againft Fits of the Mother. It is alfo Trau- 
matick* having all the Virtues of the Liquid Juice< 
Dole from one ounce to three, Morning and Even- 
ing, either by it felf, or mixt with a Glafs of 
Wine. 
XII. The Decotfion. If made in Wine, it is a 
good Stomatick, and Hepatick, has the Virtues of 
the Effence, but not all out fo powerful : and ex- 
ternally applied to Wounds, it cleanfes, dries, and 
contributes to their healing, and withal reprefles 
the flux of Humors into the part, hindering Pain 
and Inflammations. 
XIII. The Balfam or Ointment. It is an excellent 
thing for healing of green Wounds, which it fpeedi- 
ly performs : it alfo cleanfes, incarnates, dries and 
heals old Ulcers, or running Sores, (Lengthens the 
parts 
