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or Juices in the Body •, it prevails alfo againft the 
Plague or Pellilence, and all forts of malign and 
peltilential Difeafes. 
XIX. The Spirituous T intture. It warms and 
comforts the Stomach, is good againft Crudities, 
and expels Wind; a green Wound wafhed with it 
it cleanfes it, comforts it, reftores its heat, and pre- 
fen tly confolidates or heals it, and is profitable for 
fuch as are aftefted with a Vertigo , Lethargy, Epi- 
lepfie, Palfie, Convulfions, or other like Difeafes of 
the Head, Brain, and Nerves. Dofe from one to 
two Drams in any fit Vehicle. 
XX. The Oily TinUure. It opens obftruclions of 
the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, expels Sand, Gra- 
vel, fmall Stones, or other Tartarous Mucilage out 
of thofe parts, and gives prefent eafe in the Stran- 
gury ; it gives inftant relief m the Colick, and gri- 
pings of the Guts, alleviates the pain in the Back, 
tho’ never fo extream, and reftores and ftrengthens 
the Tone of any or all the Vifcera , tho’ very much 
hurt and depraved ; outwardly it eafes Aches and 
Pains in the Limbs, proceeding from a cold Caule, 
and gives prefent help to Contufions and Punftures 
of the Nerves and Tendons, tho’ the extremity is fo 
great as to caufe Convulfions, performing the Cure 
in a fhort time after. Dofe of this Oily TinUure is 
from eight to twenty drops, according to Age and 
Strength, firft dropped into Sugar, and then mixed 
with the Vehicle you intend to give it in. 
or Johnswort, properly fo called, of which we dif* 
courfe in the former and this prefent Chapter. 2. 
"Acm^y, and ’A<rja/'e?/<TiK, Afcyrum , and Afcyroides, 
Hyper icon magnum, Peterswort. 3. ’A vJ'gfmnwv, An- 
drofemum, Hypericum maximum , Tutfan, or Park- 
Leaves, of both which we fhall fpeak (God willing) 
in their proper places of the Alphabet or Book. 4 
K6e<f, Koric and Cor is. Heath Groundpine, of which 
we have already fpoken Chap. 332. aforegoing. It 
is true that the fecond, or Peterswort , may very 
well be admitted to be a great or large Kind of Hy- 
pericon, becaufe not only the Flowers, but the whole 
form of the Plant befpeak it, but how far Tutfan or 
Rarkleaves will admit of being a Kind we fhall 
leave to the Readers Judgment, I confefs one of the 
Species thereof, vie. Androfiemum Mat thiol i, very 
much refembles Hypericon in its manner of growing, 
Leaves, and Flowers, but that it is very much lar- 
ger, and fo may be accounted the greateft Kind of 
Johnswort ; but the chief thing which enforces the 
Argument of Tutfan to be a Species of Hypericon is 
the form of the Flowers, and their yielding a bloody 
Juice: As to Cork, or Heath Groundpine , I cannot 
fee how it has any relation to Johnswort, farther 
than what the form and color of its Flowers may 
induce. 
Johnswort Lejfer. 
CHAP. CCCCVI. 
Of JOHNSWORT Small, 
0 R, 
Letter HYPERICON. 
H E Names. It is called in Greek 'TmeotWl 
JL ui Ke ) vt in Latino Hypericum minus , and in 
Englijh The Smaller Johnswort , or Lejfer Hypericon. 
II. The Kinds. We fhall take notice but of five 
Species of this Plant, being all that are yet known 
to grow in our Countries, viz. 1. Hypericum minus 
e rehum Bauhini , Hypericum pulchrum Tragi , (as it 
is thought) Hypericum minus Thalij, Hypericum Sy- 
nacum Lobelij , Small Upright Hypericon, or Johns- 
wort. 2. Hypericum minus Supinum, vel Supinum 
glabrum Bauhini , Hypericum Exiguum Tragi , Hype- 
ricum minus Dodoncei Gefneri, Hypericum mini- 
mum Supinum Septentrionale Lobelij, Hypericum Su- 
pinum tertium minimum Clujij, Small Creeping Hy- 
pericon, or Johnswort. 3. Hypericum NumuParU 
Polio, Hypericum tertium Tragi, Hypericum minus 
fecundi Bauhini, Round Leav’d Hypericon, or Johns- 
wort. 4. Hypericum minus Supinum Tomentofum 
Bauhini, Hypericum alter urn Tomentofum Lobelij, 
Hypericum minus Supinum Monfpeliacum, Androfa- 
mum album Dalechampij, The Small Creeping Wool- 
ly Hypericon, or Johnswort. 5. Hypericum Ameri- 
canum , Hypericum Prutefcens Americanum. Flore al- 
bo, American Hypericon, or Johnswort, White Flow* 
ered American Johnswort. 
III. An Gbfervation. Altho’ what I have to fay 
here ought to have been put in the former Chapter, 
yet it is better to have a place out of its order than 
no where-, it is the Opinion of fome Authors con- 
cerning the Generick Kinds of Hypericon that they 
are fourfold, viz. 1. Hypericon vulgar e. Hypericon, 
IV. The Defcriptions. TJse firft, or Small Up- 
right Hypericon, or Johnswort. It has a fmall and 
long Root, and fibrous withal, enduring all the Win- 
ter in the Ground this Plant is very rare to meet 
with, but it is very like that in the former Chapter, 
faving that it is fmaller, yet the Leaves do not ful- 
Uy anfwer the form of the other, but are a little 
broader, and not fo fharp pointed ; the Stalks are 
reddifh, and the Flowers leffer, not fully fo yellow, 
nor do they give full out fo bloody a Color when 
they are bruifed between the Fingers, and fometimes 
they ftand in Circles at the joints of the Stalks as 
well as at the tops ; the Seed is alio refinous, as 
the former. 
V. The 
