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or Strings , very bitter , and creeps here and the re , 
putting up new Shoots. The Leaves of this Crow- 
foot have long Stalks , And are very like unto the 
f mailer Leaves of Columbines, or the Great Spanifh 
ThaliHrum , or Meadow-Rue, which has Leaves 
very like unto Columbine Leaves , four or Jive f eve- 
s' al ones rifing from the Root. The Stalk grows up 
to the height of about half a yard , fomething reddijh , 
and befet here and there with the like Leaves : at 
the top Jiand feveral fmall white f lowers, confining 
of five Leaves apiece , with fome pale white Threads 
in the middle : the Seed is round and reddijh, and 
contained in fmall Husks or Horns. This is t he A- 
quilegia minor Dalefchampii, and Ranunculus pra:- 
cox lecundus Thalietri folio Clufii. 
XIX. The fixteenth , or Small Columbine-leav’d 
Crowfoot, has a Root confifiing of three , four or 
more , thick, fhort and roundifh or oval yellow Bulbs 
or tuberous Produtlions from the main Root or Head, 
like unto the Alphodil Root, from this Root fpring 
forth three or four winged Leaves fpread upon the 
Ground, funding upon long Stalks, and confifiing 
of many fmall Leaves Jet together , fpreading from 
the middle Rib, every Leaf fome what refembhng the 
fmallefi and youngeji Leaves of Columbines. The 
Flowers are white, Jianding at the tops of the Stalks, 
made tf five round Leaves. 
XX. The feventeenth, or Illyrian Crowfoot, has 
a Root which confifis of a Bunch of fmall oval tube- 
rous Roots or Grains , growing clofe together, with 
fome Fibres adjoining , not much unlike to tbofe of 
Pilewort : from whence fpring forth ( upon long 
Foot-fialks) three, four or more narrow greyifh green 
Leaves, divided into four, five or more long fender 
parts , of a Silver-white Jhining color underneath, 
and covered with a certain Downinefs. The Stalks 
are firm and round, but fmall, a foot high or more, 
having fome fuch-like Leaves thereon about the mid- 
dle, and fpreading into three or four Branches , every 
top bearing a fmall Jhining pale yellow Flower, con- 
fifiing of Jive Leaves, and fometimes two together 
upon a Stalk. There is a greater kind of this Plant, 
like to it in all ref pells, but only that the. Leaves, 
Stalk and Flowers are greater and larger the Leaves 
broader and greener on the upper fide, and not fully 
of fo Silver a white color underneath : the Flowers 
are of a fair deep yellow color, and greater than the 
former •, but the Root has not fo many fmall Grains 
of Kernels fet together , from whence white Strings 
Jhoot forth, by which it is nourifhed and encrea- 
fed. 
XXI. The eighteenth , or Plantane-leav’d Crow- 
foot, has a Root compofed of many white Strings or 
Fibres , proceeding from a Head which is fomewhat 
hairy , and abides many Tears •, the Leaves wholly 
perifhing in the end of Summer, and fpringing again 
in March : from this Root rife up three or four 
Leaves fet on pretty long Foot-fialks , being fomewhat 
long and broad, like unto Plantane Leaves, with 
Ribs therein, but more pointed at the ends, not di- 
vided or dented about the edges, but fmooth and plain, 
with fome Veins running thro 5 the length of them, 
and pointed at the ends, of a whitifh grey green co- 
lor, circled as it were with a white Down. The 
Stalk is firm, round and green, about half a yard 
high, bearing two or three longer Leaves , broad at 
the bottom, and encompaffing the Stalk , which divides 
it felf at the top into two or three fmall Branches , 
having every one of them a fmall long Leaf at the 
foot thereof , and a reafonable latge Flower at the 
Head, ( without any Smell ) confifiing of five white 
round-pointed Leaves, with many yellowifh Threads 
in the middle, which growing ripe, hoe many Seeds 
fet together , like to divers other kinds of Crow- 
foot. 
XXII. The Places. The Names ol molt of thele 
Plants (hew w-hence they originally came ^ howe- 
ver, by Tranfplantarion, they are now Natives of 
our own Land , being all of them found in fome 
one or other ol our FlorijVs Gardens , where they 
fiouriffi admirably well. 
XXIII. The Times. The Broad-leaved Candy 
Crowfoot flower more early, viz. in March or April': 
the others flower from April to the end of June •, 
and the Seed is ripe in July and Augufi. 
XXIV. The Qualities. The hot, biting and ex- 
ulcerating kinds, ( which are thofe only whofe Vir- 
tues we.defign to give you in this place) are hot 
and dry in the fourth Degiee and exulcerating. 
XXV. The Specification. They are peculiar for 
curing the Scrophula or Kings-Evil. 
XXVI. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, I. A liquid Juice of the Roots or Leaves. 2. 
An Effence. %. A Pouder of the Roots, Flowers or 
Leaves. 4. A Cataplafm of the fame. 5. A Deco- 
ttion. 6 . An Ointment. 7. A difi tiled Water. 
Some are for ufing the Roots only , fome for thd 
Flowers, fome for the Leaves, but they may be all 
taken and ufed promifeuoufly, according to the In- 
tentions -, but none of them to be ufed inwardly, 
being but little better than Poyfon, by reafon of their 
exulcerating Property ^ more efpecially the Illyrian 
Crowfoot, which fome call Apium Sylvejire, and 
fome Apium Rif us , but is not the true Apium Rif us, 
of which we fpeak in its proper place. But as to 
this Ulyrian or Laughing Crowfoot, if it is taken in- 
wardly, it is faid to caufe the Perfon to fee divers 
Ifrange Sights, and to kill them Laughing : with- 
out doubt, it hurts the SenfeS and Underftanding, 
and rather caufes Cramps, Convulfions, and Wring- 
ings or Drawings of the Mouth and Jaws awry, 
feeming to the Standers by as if the Patient Laugh- 
ed, and dying in this Condition, to dye Laughing, 
whereas it was no Laughing, nor was the Party in 
any Condition to Laugh, but rather it was a violent 
Convulfion of the Nerves, caufing the Man or Wo- 
man to die with great Torment. 
The Virtues. 
XXVII. The liquid Juice. It is fhatp and biting, 
good to bath gently rhofe Parts of the Skin which 
are affefted with Scurff, Morphew, Leprofie, Frec- 
kles, Spots, Yellownefs, Roughnefs, &c. The Skin 
is firft to be wafhed with warm Water very well 
to. loofen and open the Pores thereof ^ then being 
wiped dry, to be immediately bathed with this 
juice, which is to be done twice a day. It is good 
alfo to dry away Scabs and Itch. 
XXVIII. The Effence. It is powerful to' all the 
Intentions aforefaid, but more drying. It is good 
to wafte away and confume Warts, Corns, hard 
Scabs of the Skin, Ruggednefs of the Nails, and 0* 
ther like Deformities of the Cutis. The Head be- 
ing walhed with it, it kills Worms dt the Roots of 
the Hair, which eat the fame and caufe it to fall 
off. Neither Juice nor Effence, by reafon of their 
Violence, are ever ufed inwardly. 
XXIX. The Pouder. It is cleanfing and drying, 
and is good to be ftr^wed into old, running and pu- 
trid Sores, and Ulcers which have Worms in them. 
Snufft up the Noltrils, it purges the Head and Brain 
by Sneezing. 
XXX. The Cataplafm. Laid to the Wr ills of the 
Hands, it is faid to drive away Agues, efpecially if 
a little Bay Salt is alfo mixed with it. Jf it is 
made of the Root of the Bulbous or Tuberous kind, 
the Germans, as Camerarius fays, apply it to Plague 
Sores and Peftilential Bubo’s, to induce Maturati- 
on : and it is not unlike, for it will fuppurate and 
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