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manner, and nor much lower, bearing the like 
Leaves, but fmaller, and of a white green color, 
much like thofe of Lilly Convally. The top of the 
Stalk has many more Flowers, but leffer, growing 
together Spike-faihion, with fmali Ihort Leaves at 
the Stalk of each Flower, which confifts of five 
fmali white Leaves, with a fmali clofe Hood in the 
middle, without any Smell, and having alfo like 
Seed. 
V. T be thirds or Small wild white Hellebor with 
blufh Flowers. The Roots , Stalky Leaves , flowers 
and Seed as alfo its Manner of Growing , are all 
■much like the lajl but herein this differs from that, 
that the Leaves hereof are narrower than thofe, and 
the Stalk and Flowers are fmaller, the Flowers in this 
being of a pale purplifh or blufti color, with very 
fmali dufty Seed. 
VI. The fourth , or Wild white Hellebor with 
whitifli green Flowers. This is alfo one of the fmali 
kinds of the Wild white, and differs not much from 
the luff cither in its Root , Stalk, Leaves , Flowers 
or Seed , but only in the Color of its Flower for 
whereas that was of a blufh color, this is greenifh- 
colored oh the outfide, and of a whitifh color with- 
in, with like fmali Seed. 
VII. The fifths or American wild white Hellebor. 
This is a Species of the firft Great kind of Wild 
white Hellebor, or Ladies Slipper which fort has 
been brought to us from the Northern parts of A- 
merica , and differs in this only. That it is greater in 
Its Stalks, Leaves and Flowers, which are not yel- 
low, but white, with reddilh Strakes thro 5 their 
^Bellies. 
VIII. The Places. The firft four grow not only 
beyond Sea, as in Germany , Aujlria , Hungaria -, but 
alfo are found Wild in many places of England. The 
fourth particularly in a Wood called the He Iks' in 
Tancaflnre , near the Borders of TorkJhire. The 
fifth grows in the Northern parts of America , as 
New-England, New-Tork, Maryland . The fecond 
was found in the Woods by D/gaW-Paitures, halt a 
Mile from Welwen in Hertfordshire -, it grows alfo 
in a Wood five Miles, from London , near a Bridge 
called Lock-bridge •, and by Robin Hood's Well -, in 
the Woods by Dunmore in Effex -, by Southfleet in 
Kent , in a little Gro.ve of f uniter and in a Wood 
by Clare in Effex. 
IX. The Times. The firft flowers about the mid^ 
die of June the other four in the Month of May, 
and if the Weather proves cold, in the beginning of 
June : fome earlier and fome later than others, ac- 
cording to the Richnefs of the Soil, and Warmth 
of the Situation ; and perfect their Seed in Au- 
X. The Vitalities, Specification , Preparations and 
Virtues of thefe, are the very fame with thofe of 
the True black and True white Hellebors in Chap. 7, 48. 
and Chap. 351. aforegoing, tho 5 poflibly not full out 
fo ftrong, and therefore the more fit, and the rather 
to be chofen for the more vulgar Life. 
XI. An Obfervation. The fecond of thefe is fap- 
pofed to be the Epipattis of Di of cor ides •, but if ei- 
ther that or any of the two following be it, he lays 
it is good again!! the Diftempers of the Liver, and 
againlt Poifon, and to procure Vomiting, which 
Tkeophraflus alfo affirms : and Gerard fays, that the 
DecoCtion of Wild white Hellebor being drunk, 0- 
peris the ObftruCtions of the Liver, and helps any 
Imperfections of the fame. This is certain, That 
the Juice, or a very ftrong DecoCtion of any ot' 
them is good to wafh and bathe the Skin withal, 
in order to the taking away of Scurff, Morphevv, 
Scabs, Itch, Leprofy, Herpes, Pimples, Freckles, Len- 
tils, Yellownefs of the Skin, or any other Defedati-* 
on thereof 
CHAR CCCLIII. 
Of HELME T-F LOWERj 
0 R, 
MONK S-H O O D. 
1. '“1“' H E Names. It may be called in Greek , 
JL : in Latin , Nape Hits , Thor a, and Cap* 
pa alfo Lappa Monachi , and Luparia : in Englijh , 
Helmet-flower and Monks-hood. 
II. The Kinds. It is a Species, or of the Stock 
of the Aconita or Wolfs-bane ■, and is manifold ^ bilt 
thofe which we {hall take notice of^ are only the 
three following, viz. 1. Napoli us Vents, (Verus is 
added becaufe it is the True Napellus of the Anei- 
entSj which they fo termed from the Form, of a long 
Turnep , called Napus in Latin : ) Capph , Lf Cappa 
Monachi, The true Helmet-flower, or Monks-hood. 
2. Napellus minor, Lycottonum c&ruleum parvum 
facie Napelli Lobeljj, Thor a It alien Gefneri Cf Ban - 
him ■, Aconitum Lycottonum 'tertium caruleum par- 
vum Dodonai -, Aconitum decimum Clufij, The fmali 
blew Helmet-flower, or Monks-hood. 3. Napellus 
tertius Bauhini , Napellus purpureus -, Aconitum 
neubergenfe Clufij , The purple Helmet-flower, or 
Monks-hood. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or True Helmet- 
flower, or Monks-hood ; its Roots are brown iff on 
the outfide, and white within , fomewhat big, and 
round above , and fmali downwards , Jomething tike 
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