Chap. 28 9. Englifh 'Herbs . 
XXXIV. The Spirituous TinUure. It expels 
Wind and is good againft the Colick, gripings of 
the. Guts, and obftruttions of the Vifcera. It pro- 
vokes the Terms in Women, ftrengthens the Sto- 
mach and Womb, and Corrects thofe cold and crude 
Juices which breed the Scurvy, Gout, Jaundice, and 
King’s Evil : Dofe, one fpoonful or two, firtt in 
the Morning fading, and laft at Night, in a Glafs 
of White Port Wine. 
XXXV. The Acid TinUure. It ftrengthens the 
Stomach, caufes a good Appetite and Digeftion, 
and powerfully opens all manner of Obftru&ions 
whatfoever. It Cures the Scurvy radically ; and 
as it opens in a fpecial manner the Urinary Paf- 
figes, fo it carries off the Morbifick Caufe of the 
Dropiie by Urine : Dofe, fo much as to make the 
Liquor pleafantly (harp, three, four, or more times 
a day. 
XXXVI. The Oily TinUure. Given to thirty or 
forty Drops in a large Glafs of White Port or Lif- 
bon Wine, to a Woman in Labour, it not only fla- 
ttens, but facilitates the Delivery. Outwardly 
anointed Morning and Night upon any parts affeff- 
ed with Rheumatick Pains from a cold Caufe, or 
with a Numbnefs, Trembling, Palfie, Cramps, or 
Convulfion, it gives relief in a fhort time, and in 
fome reafonable time afterwards a Cure. It isalfo 
good againft the Itch, Tettars, Ring-worms and the 
like. 
XXXVII. The Saline TinUure. Its ufeis wholly 
External, and is applied to Scurffs, Morphew, Le- 
rofie, Sunburnings, Tannings, Freckles, Lentills, 
imples, yellownefs of the Skin, and other like 
defcedations thereof-, being applied Morning and 
livening for fome confiderable time. 
CHAP. CCLXXXIX. 
Of FLOWERDELUCE 
Tuberous Narrow-leav’d, Greater. 
i.np H E Names. It is called in Greek , "lets <t>v- 
JL r«ro<ptMAH *uv ; in Latin , Iris tuberofa 
angufti folia major : in Englijh , The greater narrow- 
leavd tuberous Flowerdeluce. 
II. T be Kinds. There are four kinds hereof, viz. 
1. Iris anguflifolia aurea Tripolitana , The Tripoli 
golden or yellow narrcw-leav’d Flowerdeluce. 2. 
Ins angufti folia cjtrulea major , The greater blew 
narrow- leav’d. 3 . Iris anguflifolia purpurea marina , 
The Sea purple narrow-leav’d. 4. Iris anguflifolia 
purpurea verficolor , The variable purple narrow- 
leav’d. 
III. The Defcriptions. T be firft, or Tripoli gol- 
den narrow-leav’d, has a Root which is long and 
blackijh , like unto the reft which follow , but greater 
and fuller : from whence fpring up Leaves a Yard 
long, or thereabouts, and an Inch or more broad, 
of a fid green color, but not Alining. The Stalk 
rifes up to be four or five Feet high, being round 
and Ilrong, but not very thick, bearing at the top 
two or three long and narrow Gold-yellow colored 
Flowers, of the fafhion of the Bulbous Flowerde- 
luces , as the next to be defcribed is, without any 
Mixture or Variation therein. The Heads for Seed 
are three-fquare, containing within them many flat 
cornered Seeds. The Length of the Leaves of this 
Plant, compared with their Breadth, makes me call 
it a Narrow-leaved Elowerdeluce ^ and yet, as it is 
broader than fome of the aforegoing Broad-leav’d, 
and broader than any of the following Narrow •- 
leav’d , the Length of them makes them feem nar- 
row for which Reafon 1 thought good to let its 
place be in the firtt of this Clajfis. 
Flowerdeluce 'Tuberous narrow -lean d 
Greater. 
IV. T be fecond , or Greater blew Narrow -1 cav'd,- 
has a fmall tuberous Root , blackijh and hard , fpread- 
ing into many long Heads , and more clofely growing 
or matting together : from which rile up Leaves 
which are very long and narrow, of a whitifti green 
color, but neither fo long nor fo broad as the latt, 
yet broader, thicker and ttifter than any of the relt 
with narrow Leaves which follow. The Stalk riles 
fometimes no higher than the Leaves, and fome- 
timts a little higher, bearing at its top divers Flow- 
ers, fucceflively flowering one after another, and 
are like unto the Flowers of the Bulbous Flowerde- 
luces , but of a lighter blew color, and fometimes 
deeper. After the Flowers are paft, fix cornered 
Heads rife up , which open into three parts , in 
which is contained almoft round brown Seed. 
V. The third , or Sea purple Narrow-leav'd, has 
its Root and Seed like the former : from which 
fpring up many narrow hard Leaves, as long as the 
laft, and of a dark green color, which fmell a lit- 
tle ftrong. The Stalk bears two or three Flowers, 
like the former, but fomewhat lefs, and of a dark 
purple or Violet color. 
VI. The fourth , or Variable purple Narrow- 
leav’d, has Roots and Seed not differing from the for- 
mer Sea purple. The Leaves of this are alfo like 
thofe of that Sea kind , and do fmell a little ftrong, 
like them. The flowers are differing, in that the 
upper Leaves are wholly Purple or Violet, and the 
lower Leaves have white Veins and purple, running 
one among another. 
VII. The Places. The Titles fhew their feveral 
places of Growth, but with us they are only nurft 
up in Gardens : the Sea kind is found originally in 
Spain. 
VIII. T be Times. They Sower in April and 
May 
