Chap. 499* *Englifb Herbs, 729 
ftxteenth Species, is feldom found but in wet 
woody Grounds, upon Bogs and Moorilh places, 
yet fometimes it has been met with in fhadowy dry 
Ditches where the Sun does not come. Gerard 
fays, he found it in great abundance in alhadowy 
Ditch upon the left hand near unto a Gate 
which leads from Hampfied-Heatb towards high- 
Gate. 
XXVI. T he Times. They all flourilh chiefly 
in the Summer Months. 
XXVII. T be Qualities. They are cold in the 
firft Degree, and dry in the fecond ; Aftringent, Re- 
percuflive, Vulnerary, Diuretick, Stomatickand Ne- 
phritick: and of them all, the firlt, fourth, and 
eleventh , viz. the Common- Mofs , the Club- Mofs , 
and the Cup-Mofs , are faid to be the mot lingular 
and effeftual. 
XXVIII. The Specification. The firft and 
fourth are good againft the Strangury, to pro- 
yoke Urine, and break and expel the Stone. 
The Cup-Mofs effectually helps the Chin-Cough 
in Children. The Club-Mofs is faid to recover Loft 
or Prickt Wine. They all of them are good to 
heal Wounds and old Ulcers, to flop all forts 
of Fluxes of the Bowels, as alfo Fluxes of Blood. 
XXIX. The Preparations. You may have 
theretrom, i. ji DecoSon in Wine. 2. A Ponder. 
3. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XXX. The TbecoBion of the Common or Club- 
Mofs in Wine. Being drank for fome time is faid 
to be drying and Altringent, to Hop Fluxes and 
Bleedings of all forts, and is a Angular good thing 
to break Friable Stones in the Reins or Bladder, 
and to expel the fame, as alfo Sand, Gravel, or 
Tartarous Matter affeCting thofe parts : ir opens 
their obftruftions, provokes Urine, and gives eafe 
in the Strangury. The DecoRion of the Cup-Mofs 
in Water or Whey, effectually cures the Chin-Cough 
in Children ; being taken for feveral days toge- 
ther. 
XXXI. The Ponder. Made of any of the Mof- 
fes and given to a Dram, it has all the former Vir- 
tues, and outwardly applyed it flops Bleeding upon 
the fpot, and drys up old Sores and putrid running 
Ulcers. The Pouder of the Cup Mofs given to 
Children for feveral days together. Morning, Noon, 
and Night, it certainly cures them of the Chin- 
Cough ; more efpecially if it is given in the De- 
toliion. 
XXXII- The Cataplafm. Mofs bruifed and boil- 
ed in Water , and applyed to any Inflamation, or 
pains arifing from a hot caufe, allays the heat, and 
eafes them 5 and therefore it is applyed by many ro 
places affeCted with the Gout, and that as it is faid 
with good fuccefs. 
XXXIII. An Obfervation. C/ub-Mofs being 
hung in a Veffel of Wine, that has loft its Vigor, 
and is become flat or prickt (fo much as is conveni- 
ent for the bignefs of the Veffel) is faid in fhort 
time to recover it again : for which reafon Brun- 
felftus called It Weinkraut , or the Wine herb. 
ERAT.UM. 
Page 728. Set?. XX. line 37. for , Hoary Coral-like 
Mofs j read. Stone Heath Mofs. 
CHAP. CCCCXCIX. 
Of MOSS Tree. 
I. ' 1 ' H E Nantes. It is called in ArabicK, 
* Arncx, ; and Ufncc : in Greek, Bpi/oi> £ c-od- 
vw AvSeutov : in Latine , Mufcus Arboreus , tf 
M.fcus Quernus, fbecaufe it is moftly to be found 
growing upon Oak Trees : ) By the Apothecaries it 
is called XJJnea , ( which is a Name alio given to 
the Mofs growing upon Humane Sculis:) and in 
Englijb ir is called, Tree- Mofs ‘ and if it grows 
upon Oak Trees, then Oak-Mofs. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Species of this 
Mofs, viz. 1. Mufcus Arbore its vulgar is, Mufcus 
Qjtercinus vulgaris , Our common Tiee-Mofs , or 
Oak-Mofs. 2. M. fcus Arboreus Nodofus five Ce- 
niculatus. Knobbed or Kneed Tree-Mols. 3. Muf- 
cus Qucrcintts lixniculatus. Fennel like Oak-Mois, 
4. Mufcus Quernus, vel dftreinus fruticofus capita- 
lis cavis. Tree or Oak-Mois with hollow Heads. 5, 
Mufcus quernus vel qucrcinus alter latijolius Coralloi- 
des. Oak Mofs with broad horned Leaves. 6 . Mufcus 
ariirn cruft at is, Crufty dry Mofs or dry Li ver-wort or 
Lung-wort. 7. Mufcus Pulmonarius , Lichen Arbo- 
rum, Mofs Lung-wort, or Tree Lung-wort, or 
Oak-Lungs, of which we have already dilcouried at 
large in Chap. 458. aforegoing. 
T he Descriptions. 
III. The firft , or Common Tree-Mols, or Oak- 
Mofs. This generally grows on all Trees , and is 
nothing elfe but a number of hairs or jinuU lhreads , 
proceeding from the Bodies and Branches of them, in 
Oak or Wofs. 
fome Jhoner, in others longer ■, all for the mft pan 
hoary, or of a whitijh gray color, which have nei - 
ther Root , nor Stalk , nor flower, nor Seed, Some- 
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