Chap. 362. 
Efigmt) 
'Herb, 
s. 
5 l 7 
Hr iking fir, at into the Ground, and pcrijhcs every 
Year. From this Root fpri.ng forrh feveral ieeole 
Stalks, growing alnloff upright, or a little enclimng 
towards 'the Ground, having ac certain diltances ie- 
veral joints thereon.- The Leaves are of an A/ehxj 
or Ground Ivy Form, a 1 mo 11 round-, and not much 
unlike thole of tile Dead Nettle , they are a little 
dented in on the edges, of a dull green color, and 
iomewhat hairy, as the Stalks alfo are, which have 
at every Joint fueh round dented Leaves as grow be- 
io.v - but whereas thole which grow below, grow 
upon pretty long Foot-ffalks, thefe which grow 
higher at the Joints of the Leaves, are without 
Foot-ltalks, and encompals the Stalk at their bot- 
toms From the Bolbms of thefe Leaves, trom the 
middle of the Stalk upwards, come forth (lender 
blew Flowers, tending to purple, and hooded, not 
much unlike to thole o Y Germander, or like thofe of 
the Small Dead Nettle , which being pall away’ fmall 
Seed follows after them in their places. 
IV. T be fecond , or Small Henbit-. It has a Root 
which is fmall , and fibrous or thready: This Plant 
grows lower, and more leaning upon the Ground 
with its Stalks and Branches , which are lomewhat 
hairy, alio fmall, and more tender than the former, 
with feveral Joints thereon ; the Leaves are thin and 
hairy, fomething broad, yet nothing fo large as thofe 
of the Greater , which very much refemble a Dead 
Nettle , or Ground-Ivy Leaf, whereas the Leaves of 
thefe are dented in with two gafhes in the fides , 
which makes them a little reprefent the Climbing 
Ivy , whence the Name in both of them, and in fome- 
fort thefe Leaves refemble the back of a Bee when 
ihe flies ^ the Joints of the Stalks and Branches are 
fet alfo with two Leaves of like form at a Joint, e- 
ven up to the tops of the fame ; the Flowers grow 
at the tops, and come forth alfo from the bottoms 
of the Leaves, at the Joints , upon long Footftalks , 
confifting of five fmall, blew, round pointed Leaves ^ 
and the Seed is fmall , contained in little round 
Heads. 
V. The Places. Thele Plants grow upon Hills 
and Mountains in feveral pares or Italy, Spain , France , 
arid England , and 1 have found them growing alio 
in the Hilly and Mountainous parts of Honda-, they 
grow in Fields alfo after the Com is off', and in 
fome Gardens. 
VI. The Times. They both Flower in June and 
July , and the Seed ripens in Auguft. 
Vlf. The Vitalities , Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues of thefe are probably the fame with the 
other Chickmeds in Chap. 127. aforegoing, but ocher- 
wife Authors have faid nothing of them from Expe- 
rience of what they may poflibly perform, but ic is 
very likely, that being in taffe very much agreeing 
unto the common forts of Chick-weed . , their dualities 
and Virtues may not be much differing. 
HERBAGE. See Grafs. Chap. 327. 
HERB GERARD. See Gout wort. Chap. 326. 
HERB CARPENTER. See Self-heal. Chap. 
HEI^B BENNET. See Avens. Chap. 41. 
HERB GRACE. See Rue. Chap. 
HERB IVY. See Groundpine. Chap. 330. 
HRRB PARIS. See Oneberry. Chap. 
HERB TRINITY. See Hearts-Eafe. Chap. 346. 
HERB TRUE-LOVE: See Oneberry. Chap. 
HERB TWO-PENCE. See Moneywort. Chap. 
HERB WILLIAM. See Bifhopfweed. Chap. 74. 
HERB "WILLOW. See Looftrife. Chap. 
HERCULES ALLHEAL. See Woundwort Hercules. 
Chap. 
CHAP. CCCLXIII. 
Of HEPvB CHRISTOPHER. 
IIE Names. It has no known Greek Name, 
A nor fcarce any good Latine Name , but it is 
called by moft Authors Chrifiophoriana , alfo Herb a 
Chrifiophori , C? Santti Chrifiophori , but for what 
caufe or refpeft is not known, and in Englifh Herb 
Cbnfiopher. 
II. The Kinds. Gerard lays, that tho’ this Plant 
be none of the Bindweeds , or of thole which have 
need of fupporting , fo as it might climb up upon 
any thing, yet becaufe it bears Grapes, or duffers of 
Berries, it might have been numbred among the’^- 
tkMi or Vine like Plants: There are two Kinds of 
this Herb , viz. 1 . Chrifiophoriana vulgaris , Our 
Common Herb Chriftopher. Lugdunenfis calls it 
Napellus Leucanthemos , fome Aconitum Baccijerum, 
others Napellus Racemofius , fome call it Cofius niger , 
but that is a vain Name ^ Pena and. Lobe l almoft 
make it Alicea Plinij Lib. 7. Cap. 7. becaufe his 
Attcea bears black Berries, but doubdefs Pliny's Affaa 
is Ebulus , which has a rough Stalk, whereas this 
has a fmooth -, but Paulus JEgineta interprets the 
Root of Alicea to be the Root of Sambucus : Bauhi- 
nus calls it Aconitum Racemofium fome call it Scro- 
phularia Chrifiophori : Camerarius calls ic Luparia , 
which is a kind of Wolfsbane , but Parkinfon no t 
finding therein by the taffe any pernicious quality , 
could not judge it to be any of thefe dangerous and 
pernicious Herbs. 2. Chrifiophoriana Americana , 
Chrifiophoriana Canadenfis , Chrifiophoriana Ameri- 
cana vel Floridiana Baccis niveis Ef rubris Jacobus 
Cornutus in his Canadenfium Plantarum Hfioria calls 
it by the Name Pan aces xdwtiov, five Racemofium Ca- 
na denfe 
