Chap. 379. Unglijh H erbs. 5^ 
ten item Plinij (from the many joints it has) of Mat- 
tbiolus , Gcfner , and others , Polygonum Fcemina Se- 
vune Vidua Lobelij , Sanguinalis f'temina Cordi , Bar- 
ren Marih Horfetail, Marfh Horfetail with (horter 
Leaves. 7 . Equifetum minus tenuifolium , which is 
the fmalleft and fineft Leav’d Horfetail , and is .very 
like to Equifctuth temiffimis & tongiffimis Folijs Bcut- 
hini. 6 . Equifetum Fcetidum, Stinking Horfetail. 
IV. The Defcriptions. T befirjt, or Greater Marfh 
Horfetail. It has a pretty thick Root , which creeps 
under Ground, having Joints at fever al places, and 
Fibres f fringing therefrom -, at its firft fpringing up 
it has Heads, fomething like to thofe of Afparagus, 
which afterwards grow to be hard, rough, hollow 
Stalks, jointed at feveral places up to the top, grow- 
ing to be a foot high , fo made as if the lower part 
were put into the upper, at which grow on each fide 
a bufh of final!, long, hard, Rufh-like Leaves, each 
part refembling a Horfe Tail, (from which it came 
to be fo called , (as is abpve hinted) at the tops of 
the Stalks come forth fmall Catkins, like to thofe 
of Trees. 
V. The fecond, or Broad Leav’d Marfh Horfetail, 
has a Root which is creeping , and jointed , like the 
former -, the Stalks are about a Foot and half high, 
hollow, and jointed in the fame manner, fet with 
Leaves after the fame fafhion , but that they arc 
broader than thofe of Toad-Flax , green, rough, long, 
and ea fie to break ^ what Julie or Catkin it bears has 
not been obferved. 
VI. The third , or Leffer Marfh Horfetail. It has 
a very long Root , according to the depth of the Water , 
£ ro fs,. thick, and jointed, with fome few Fibres or 
Threads adjoining thereto-, from the heads of this 
Roo't rife up great, thick, jointed Stalks, on which 
grow long, rough, Rufhy Leaves, Pyramid or Stee- 
ple fafhion * the whole riant is alfo rough , hard , 
£t S r i :ub » flwveor fmootH wooden things, as 
fome of the odiets; it differs not much in the nun- 
net of growing front the former, the chiefeft differ- 
ffles ‘r “f 131 ,t ., is , rmaI , ,sr i the Leaves or Bri- 
lfles (as fome call them) which are fet at the Joints 
are fewer and fhorter. J > 
VII. The fourth , or Barren Marfh Horfetail It 
has,! long Root, like that of Couch, or Quitch-Grafs 
tZl ’ os from a kind of Joints, Ene forth ma- 
ny bibtesor Threads ; and from which Hoot at cer- 
tain diftances rife up feveral hollow Stalks, which 
at feveral fpaces are fet with fmall Leaves in rundles 
like to thofe of Poodroof altogether barren of Flow- 
ers and Seed, for which reafon Lobe l called it: Polv- 
gonum Fcemina Semine Vidua-, but Johnfcn favs that 
it is lometimes found with ten or more Seeds at each 
Jp 11 . 1 ^ for winch reafon Bauhine called it Epiifctum 
P'E Fo Mt‘™°n; this Offers 
little from the laft , favmg that it is often found to 
bear no Seed, as the others do. 
VIH. Tit-yf/I/;, or Smalleft and fineft Leav’d 
Horfetail. It has a kind of jointed and Brats Rot 
from whence nfes up one pretty thick Stalk and v-yy 
full of Joints , fpreadmg it felf out into many long 
Branches,- and making of the whole a kind of Bu(K 
every of which Branches arc repleat with very fmall 
and fine Leaves, and growing much after the fame 
manner as the others do. 
IX. Jbe jixtb, or Stinking Horfetail: It has a 
long jointed Root, fet with Fibres , and the Stalk grows 
to be many limes about a yard long , growing f emetines 
wholly under ll a/er , and fometimes both in and out 
the I Voter ■ the Stalks are repleniihed with feve- 
ral branches, but ftriped athwart, and fet with fhorc 
Leaves at every joint, as in tiie other Horfetdils but 
they are fomewhat jagged or divided towards the 
tops, and at the joints under Water come forth fe- 
V l r - 1 ? ibres or threads ; the Plant is green 
whilft it is m the Water, but taken forth and dried 
K becomes grey and brittle, eafily to be rubbed into 
pouder with ones Fingers, and falling alfo into pou- 
der or its felf by lying; it fmells fomewhat like to 
Brtmftone , whence came the Epithet fcetidum. 
X. The Places. They all grow in wet and moift 
places, and fome of them in Handing Waters in 
many parts of this Kingdom ; the firlt and fecond in 
moiit or wet Grounds, the third and fourth in Hand- 
ing Waters, the fifth in low wet Grounds in Woods 
as near Highgate , not tar from London , &c. the fix tb 
Gerard fays may be found towards the latter end of 
the Year in feveral Ditches on the back fide of South- 
Mark, near St. Georges Fields, covered over with 
Water, as alfo in the (landing Waters of St. James' 3 
Park*, and this is that which is taken to be Bauhi- 
nus's Equifetum fcetidum fub Aqua repens. 
, , XT Tbe Times. They fpring up with their 
blackfill heads m April, their blooming Carkinsap- 
pear in July , and their Seeding time is tor the mod 
part in Augijt , after which they perifh and fall to 
the Earth, fpringing up afrefh again the next 
Spring. 
XU. The Qualities. It is temperate in refpefl to 
heat or erfdnefs, and drv in the third degree it has 
fome jbitternefs, and mightily dries without biting; 
it is hfttmgent; Diuretick , and Traum stick Nc- 
phritr'K, Arthritick, and Pectoral. 
XIII. The Specification. It Hops all forts of Flux- 
es, and fluxes of Blood, whether inward or outward; 
heals bikers and Excoriations, and cures Catarrhs, 
Coughs, and Colds^ and prevails again!! rhe Strait- 
gury. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
/rom , 1. A hi quid Juice. 2. An- Ejfcnce. 3. A 
Decoffio/i 
