1 2 6 Salmon V 
then fends forth from the fides of the fame Stalk 
feveral fmall Stalks, of very fine cut Leaves, almoft 
like them of Parfley or Hemlock , but much fmaller 
and finer jagged, of a fad green color. At the top 
of the Stalk grow feveral Branches of white Flow- 
ers in Umbles, not unlike to the former, or thofe 
of D/ 7 /, but much lelfer, and fuch like Seed as in 
the Greater kind , but that it is lelfer ; and is fharp 
in Tafte. 
V. T be Places. The firft grows Wild, and very 
frequently in France, Germany and Italy , and in 
l'ome places in England -, but with us it is for the 
molt part nurs’d up in Gardens. The fecond grows 
with us in Corn-fields, and in Meadows, almoft e- 
very where, as in the Meadows in Lynn Regis , near 
Alb allows Church , and in the Paltures going from 
Hardwick, within a Mile of Kings-Lynn to Weft- 
wench : alfo in fome of the Meadows by Hamp- 
jiead, near London : in all which places I have ga- 
thred it. There is a Field adjoining to Highgate , 
on die right fide of the middle of the Village, co- 
vered over with the fame ^ and likewife in the next 
Field to the Conduit-head by Mari bone, near the Way 
which leads to Paddington, not far from London : I 
have found it to grow alfo in many Meadows in 
Kent and in Surry, and in feveral other places. 
VI. The Times. They flower in the beginning of 
June (juft at which time their Roots are in Perfe- 
ction ) and in July -, and the Seed is ripe in fome 
little time afterwards. 
VII. The Differences. The Greater differs from 
the Lef)er, for that the Leaves are larger and green- 
er : the Root alfo of the Greater is not fo far with- 
in the Ground and it alfo fends forth fome Leaves 
from the Tuber or Bulb it felf •, whereas the Smaller 
kind has only the end of a fmall Root, (like a String 
as it were) which carries the Stem and Leaves up- 
on it, as you may fee exprefs’d in the Figure. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in 
the firft Degree ; the Seed in the fecond ; they are 
‘Herbal. Lib. I. 
Aperitive, yet Aftringent andDiuretick ; Stomatick, 
Nephritick, Spermatogenetick and Analeptick. 
IX. T he Specification. They provoke Urine, and 
peculiarly help luch as Spit orPifs Blood. 
X. The Preparations. The Seeds and Roots are 
chiefly ufed ; and therefore you may have there- 
from, I . A Ponder of the Seed. 2. A Spirituous 
1 injure of the Seed. 3. The raw Roots. 4. The 
Roots prepared, y. Sanguis , or Blood of the Roots. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Ponder cf the Seed. You may give it 
to a dram or dram and half in a Glafs of White 
Port Wine, Morning and Night, againft the Stran- 
gury, Sand, Gravel and tartarous Matter in the 
Reins, Ureters and Bladder ; it opens Obftrufti- 
ons of the Paflaffes, provokes Urine, and expels 
Wind. F 
XII. T he Spirituous Tinllure. It has the former 
Virtues, and may be given from one to three drams 
in any fit -Vehicle. It is very Stomatick, warming, 
comlorting and llrengtheiting a cold and weak Sto- 
mach. It expels Wind from the Stomach and Bow- 
els, gives eafe in the Cholick, and is of good Ufe 
againft all forts of Fluxes of the Belly. 
XIII. The raw Roots. They are commonly eaten 
as tilberds and raw Cheji-nues are eaten -, they yield 
a good Juice, which cleanfes the Urinary Paflages, 
pleafes the Stomach, and nourilhes in Confump- 
tions. 
XIV. T he Roots prepared. They are prepared by 
baking in an Oven, covered with Milk •, or by boil- 
ing them in Water as Turneps, Parfneps or Carrots ■ 
and then drefling them up with Butter, Pepper, Salt’ 
and a little Vinegar: they gratify, pleafe and 
ftrengthen the Stomach, reftore in Confumptions, 
and provoke Urine. The Root roafted in Embers’ 
flops Bleeding, and is good for them who Vomit, 
Spit or Pifs Blood, or have a Bloody-flux, or any 
other Flux of the Bowels. The raw Root does alfo 
the fame thing. 
XV. The Sanguis or Blood. It is prepared as is 
that Of Cullions Sweet in chap.\'&t r fe 3 .Ti. Parfneps 
Carrots , Orchis , Satyrion , and other like Roots. It 
has all the former Virtues of the Roots, whether 
raw, roafted, baked or boiled \ and is much more 
powerful, being given ftom half an ounce to an 
ounce or more, drinking with it a Glafs of generous 
Wine. It is of Angular Ufe for all Confumptive 
Perfons, breed good Juices and plenty of Seed, and 
provokes Lult. 
CHAP. CCXL. 
Of EARTH-NUTS Peafe and 
Wood. 
!■' I 'H E Nantes. It is called in Greek , 'At:®-, 
X R tchfii and Tragi : Matthio/i ’- 
ytaixaiCdrav©-^ Dodonsi and T ubernmontam : in La- 
tin, Apios Tragi , (I fuppofe from its Form, being 
Pear falhion ) PJ'eudoapios Matthioli , Chamsbala- 
nus Dodonsi, (from its fomewhac Rdemblance to 
an Acorn ; ) Tense glans pi. g/andes Lobe Hi O’ Pe- 
nn, G/andes Terrejbes C/ufii 1 in Enghjh , Wood 
and Peafe Earth-nuts. 
II. The Kinds. There are three forts of them, 
viz. 1. Balanus Lathyrine, Terrs g/andes, Balanus 
Pifane, with all the reft of the Names in a forego- 
ing 
