Chap. 204. 'Englijh 'Herbs. 
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and very narrow , not rifing fo high as the former , 
but Ait her lying on the Ground. It feldom bears a- 
ny Fruit or Hole •, but when it does, it is whitifh, 
l iiiili and long, with a very long and fmall reddifh 
Peftle in the middle, like unto a long Worm, fcarce 
rifing above the Ground -, and the Berries which fol- 
low are white, and not red. 
V. The Places. Thefe Plants are Natives of Ita- 
ly, and are found elpecially in Tufcany , about Rome, 
and in Dalmatia , us Anguillara fays : they alfo grow 
in Spain and Portugal : but in England they are on- 
ly nurft up in Gardens , where they thrive very 
well. 
VI. The Times. They both fhoot forth their 
green Leaves in Autumn , prefently after the firft 
have pulled down the Stalks with the Fruit, and a- 
bide green all the Winter, withering in Summer, 
before which their Husks appear. 
VII. The Qualities , Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues , are the fame with thofe of the Dragons 
or Dragon-worts in Chap. 229. aforegoing, fo that 
we need fay no more thereof here. 
CHAP. CCCIV. 
Of FUMITORY Common. 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , K aw os, $ 
1 vjarvtov, Fumulm, y&irvtTH^ quafi, Fttmus, Va- 
por , Nidor ; from whence the Latins called it, F u- 
maria and Fumus Terra : in Englijh , Fumitory and 
Fumiterry. The Arabians call it, Scheiteregi. This 
Herb being of a whitifh blew color, as Smoak is, 
it appears to thofe who behold it at a diftance, as 
if the Earth was all in a Fume or Smoak ^ and from 
hence ( as it is fiippofed ) came the Name. 
II. The Kinds. There are three principal kinds 
hereof, ( if the laft fort may be accounted a .kind 
thereof - ) viz. 1. Fumaria Anglic a, Englifh Fumito- 
ry, of which in this Chapter. 2. Fumaria Indica , 
vel Virginiana, American or Virginian Fumitory, of 
which in the next Chapter. 3. Fumaria bulbofa vel 
tuber of a. Radix cava. Hollow-root, of which in its 
place. 
III. Of Our Englijh Fumitory, there are thefe fol- 
lowing Species, viz. 1. Fumaria vulgaris, Capnos 
vulgaris Lobe hi, Fumaria purpurea , Common or 
Purple Fumitory. 2. Fumaria tenui folia, Fumaria mi- 
nor, The fine-leav’d, or lelTer Fumitory. 3. Fuma- 
ria latifolia alba, Ef alba claviculata, Capnos Lobelii , 
Fumaria altera Dodonxi, Capnos phragmites Gefneri, 
Corydalis, Ef Corydalion aliorum. White broad-leav’d 
Fumitory, or Climbing Fumitory. 4. Fumaria lu- 
tea, Ef lutea Montana Lobelii, Fumaria Condalis 
Matthioli, Fumaria Montana Gefneri Ef Taber nmon- 
tani, Corydalis Anguillara EJ Camerarii, Split vul- 
go Cafalpini , Split Ulyrica , Ef herb a Sclavonic a ali- 
orum , Yellow or Mountain Fumitory. 
Common Purple Fumitory. 
IV. TheDercriptions. Thefii-ft , or Common pur- 
pie Fumitory, has a Root which is yellow, finally and 
not very tong, full of Juice white it is green, hat 
quickly perifhmg after it has given ripe Seed. This 
Plant is a tender iappy Herb, having Stalks which 
are fquare, flender and weak, with many little 
Knots or Joints, from whence many Branches fpring 
forth, two or three Feet long, leaning downwards 
on all fides, fo that they fcarcely grow up from the 
Ground, without propping, but for the mod part 
grow fidelong. The Leaves grow from the Branch- 
es upon long Foot-ftalks, which are tender and brit- 
tle, and are finely cut or jagged, fomewhat like to 
thofe of Coriander, being of a whitifh, or rather 
blewifli Sea green color. At the tops of the 
Branches ftand many fmall Flowers, as it were, in a 
long Spike, one above another, as it were, in Clu- 
tters, made like little Birds, of a reddilh purplifh 
color, with white Bellies : after which come fmall 
round Husks, containing fmall blackifh Seed. Note, 
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