Chap. 246. ‘Englij 
has a thick, tough and woody Root, with many Strings 
adjoining thereto ; from which rije up many broad 
Leaves , fpreai upon the Ground , like to tbofe oj 
Garden Endive, but /offer , and Jomewhat rougher . 
among which rife up many Stalks, immediately 
from .the Root, every one of which are divided into 
feveral Branches, upon which do grow many blew 
Flowers, in Falhion like the former, fave that they 
are lefler. 
V. T he Places. The fecond grows in Meadow's, 
and Borders of Meadows in many places. The firft 
is found to grow Wild in feveral High-ways, and 
upon the Heads of Ploughed Lands in feveral Parts 
of the Kingdom, as alfo upon wild and untilled 
barren Grounds, efpecially in chalky, lfoney and 
gravelly places. 
VI. The Times. They flower from the latter end 
of July to the end of Attgujl, the Seed ripening 
foon after. 
VII. The Qualities, Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues, ate the fame with thofe of the Garden 
Endive in the former Chapter, fo that no mote need 
be faid of them in this place. 
VIII. Kota. In the Spring time the vulgar Peo- 
ple are ufed to boil thefe Herbs in Pottage or Broths, 
for fickly Perfons , and fuch as have weak and ill- 
difpofed Stomachs ; for fo they correft the ill Fer- 
ment of the Part, ftrengthen the Ventricle, and pu- 
rify the Mafs of Blood. 
CHAP. CCXLVI. 
Of ERYNGO, 
o R, 
SEA-HOLLY. 
I. *Tp H E Names. It is called in Greek , ’£ fdyyw : 
X in hat in, Eryngium, Erynge Plinii , Centum 
Capita •, and by fome Apothecaries it is called, Irin- 
gus : in Englijh , Eryngo and Sea Holly. 
II. Not a. Some relerr Acanos to Eryngium •, but 
hotel doubts thereof, and referrs it to Dry pis Tbeo- 
phrafti -, but Cafalpinus to the Crocodilion Diofcori- 
dis : haciuia calls it Glycyrrbiza fpinofa. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make fix feveral kinds 
of this Plant ; but there are but two which are 
known to, and grow with us, viz. i. Eryngium 
Mar in urn, Eryngium Maritimum Bauhini (J? Gefnen 
in bortis, Glycyrrbiza fpinofa hacun*, Our common 
or vulgar Sea Holly. 2. Eryngium Mediterraneum 
Gefneri, Turneri, Gerardi , hobelii , Eryngium Cam- 
pejire hobelii ■, Eryngium vulgare Bauhini, Clufii, 
Came rani, ( becaufe in Germany there is no other 
fo Sequent •, ) Eryngium Mon tan urn, Matthioli Cf 
hugdunenfis ■, Eryngium hacunjf, Cordi, Ccefalpini 
Cf Taber nmontani, limply fo called without any E- 
pithife, and we in England call it, Mediterranean 
Mountain or hand Eryngo. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The Jirfl, or Common 
Sea Holly, has a Root of an admirable hength, even 
to eight or ten feet long, fo that it can fcarcely ever 
be all pulled up, and about the Thicknefs of a Man's 
f inger, fet with Knots, Rings or Circles here and 
there towards the upper part, but fmooth and without 
Joints down lower, brownifh on the out fide, and very 
h ‘Herbs. 
white within, with a Pith in the middle, of a very 
ple.-J.mt Tajle, but much more delicate, being Pre- 
Jeryed or Candied with Sugar. From this Roor 
Ipring up feveral Leaves, broad, almolt like to 
Mallow Leaves, but cornered on the edges, and 
deeply dented or cut in, fet round about with hard 
Prickles, (harp-pointed, and alfo a little crumpled, 
fat, of a blewifh white, of an Aromatick or Spicy 
fade, and each Handing upon a long Foot-Hulk, but 
they which grow up higher with the Stalk, do as it 
were encompafs it at the bottom : thefe Leaves are 
gentle, or nothing fo hard and prickly as when they 
grow older. The Stalk it felf is round and ftrong, 
yet fomewhat creifed, having Joints, and Leaves on 
thole Joints, more divided, (harp and prickly than 
the lower ; this Stalk is thick, about a Cubit in 
Height, now and then lomething red below, branch- 
ing it felf out towaids the top, which Branches 
have alfo leveral other Branches proceeding from 
them, each of them bearing on their tops leveral 
blewifh, round, prickly Heads or Knots, about the 
Bignefs of a Wallnut, held in for the mod part 
with fix fmall, jagged, prickly Leaves under them, 
or encompaffing rite top of the Stalk round abour, 
and Handing like a Star s which Leaves, as well as 
Heads, are of a glidering blew, and fomecimes are 
found greenilh or whitilh. The Flowers coming 
forth ol the Heads are likewife blew, with white 
Threads appearing in the middle. 
Eryngo , or, Common Sea Holly. 
V. The fecond, or Mediterranean Eryngo, has a 
long Root, like the former, but,Jhorter and jlenderer 
yet nearly a Fingers Thicknefs, black without and 
white within, being of a Tajle and Smell like the ci- 
ther, which whi/Jl new fprttng up, and that they are 
young , are alfo tender and fit to be eaten , tho ’ not al- 
together fo fweet to be Eaten, nor fit to be Prefer- 
vedyter full out of fo Aromatick a Tajle. The Leaves 
are diverliy cut into feveral parcels or pieces, being 
all full of Prickles along the edges ^ they are more 
divided, more prickly, and lels Aromatick than the 
former. The Stalk and Branches are not fo thick 
as the fil'd ; but the Stalk is divided or fpread out 
(like 
