Salmons Herbal 
Lib. 1. 
accounted one of the Species thereof; but tor Com- 
pany take with other Authors, I have not contended 
the Point, but have let it pals among thefir»r: 
it is the Hohftium allcrum Lobelii. 
The Pieces. They all grow in Kocky and 
Stot.cv places : the fifth, fixth and feventh. Lobe/ 
lavs, grow near the Sea in Cornwall , in moil! Roc- 
ky places. , „ ' 
' XI. The Times. They fpring up and Hounlh at 
the times when the other terns do, and perifh in the 
like Seafons. 
Xli. The Qualities, Specification , Preparations 
a. a. I Virtues , are the fame with the Common Male 
and female terns ; and therefore to Chap. 259. a- 
ioregoing, I reierr you. 
CHAP. CCLXII. 
Of FERN Water, 
0 R, 
OSMUND Royal. 
I.c-p H E Karnes. It was unknown to the Greeks , 
1 and therefore can have no Greek Name ; but 
it is called in Latin , f'ilix floriia , t'ilix aquattca 
OJmttnda Regalis, t’ilix paluftris, Tilix Luparta Gef- 
neri , tilix latifolia Conli , tilicajlrum : in Englijh , 
Water fern and Of muni Royal. 
II. The Kinds. It is the fifth Species of Terns, 
and a lingular Plant of the kind. 
Osmund 
Rdjal 
or 
Water 
'Wern. 
Water-man : trom this Root flioot forth in the 
Winter time feveral hard rough Stalks, half round, 
and hollowifh or flat on the other fide, which grow 
up to the height of two feet, having iirndry Branches 
of winged yellowifii green Leaves, fpread out on all 
fides, and f$t one againft another, longer, narrower, 
and not indented on the edges, as the Common Ferns 
Ala/e and Female. From the tops of fome of thefe 
Stalks grow forrli a long Bufii of lmall Icaley 
Spikes, as it were, of a more yellowifh green co- 
lor, fet on the lame manner on the Stalks as the 
Leaves are, which by fome Authors are accounted 
the Flowers and Seed, tho’ others again as much 
deify it. 
IV. The Places. It grows in Moors, Bogs and 
Watery places in many parts of England : it did 
grow in the midft of a Bog, at the farther end of 
Hampfiead Heath from London , at the bottom of a 
Hill adjoining to a lmall Cottage •, alfo in divers 
Bogs on a Heath or Common' near unto Burnt Wood 
in EJJex, efpecially near unto a place formerly dig- 
ged in fearch of a Gold Mine, but now it is laid to 
be rooted out of thole places : it grows in wonder- 
ous plenty in boggy places, Swamps and lowmoilt 
Grounds thro’ almoft all Carolina : I found it in 
great plenty in moift and boggy Grounds, bordering 
upon Wadmalaw River in South Carolina , where 
Cart Loads of it might be had, as alfo in divers 
places adjacent to AJhly, Cooper and Wando Rivers, 
and in feveral other parts of the fame Collony. 
V. T be Times. It is green and flourilhes all the 
Summer, as do the other Ferns •, and the Spikes of 
Flowers and Seed are in Perfection in June, July 
and Auguft ■, the Leaves decay and die away in 
Winter, but the Root continues good, and lives for 
many Years. Gerard fays. That if it is tranlplant- 
ed into Gardens, it profpers full as well as in its 
native Soil. 
VI. The Vitalities, Specifications, Preparations and 
Virtues , are the fame with thole of the Male and 
Female Fern in Chap. 259. aforegoing, excepting 
that this is more effectual than they, both for inward 
and outward Difeafes, and therefore rather to be 
chofen than either of them , or any of them all : 
alfo over and above what has been there laid, the 
following Obfervations have been experimentally 
made. 
VII. The Dccotfion in Wine. It is a lingular 
good Wound-drink, and therefore of excellent Ule 
in curing green Wounds, running Sores, old Ulcers, 
Filtula's, and the like. It gives eafe in the Colick, 
and all Difeafes proceeding irom ObltruCtions of 
the Spleen, Womb, Reins, Efc. and it alfo prevails 
againft Ruptures or Burltennefs. If the DecoCtion 
is made in White Wine, it provokes Urine ex- 
ceedingly, cleanfing the Reins, Ureters and Blad- 
der- 
VIII. The Balfiam , Oil or Ointment of the Root. 
They cure any fimple Contufion, heal Wounds, 
running Sores and old Ulcers ^ and are fingularly 
good againft the Gout, broken Bones, and Bones 
out of Joint. 
III. The Defcriptions. It has a great and thick 
Root , folded , and covered over with many Scales , 
and interlacing Roots , having in the middle of the 
great a id hard woody part thereof a Jmall white Pith , 
'which by feme is called the Heart of Ofmund the 
