Chap. 541. Engliflj 'Herbs . 
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XI. JYcra. t. But it is here to be obferved, 
that the two firft Kinds of Macedonian Stone 
ParJJy are much ftronger, and much exceed our 
Garden ParJJy, in their properties and eftefts. 
And fome have thought that the Mountain Kinds, 
exceed hlfo the Macedonian in their Virtues and 
Operations : however this is certain, that they all 
of them exceed the Common Garden Kind by many 
Degrees , and are therefore to be chol'en before it, it 
they can be had. 
XII. Kota. 1. Galen fays, that the Seed of the 
Macedonian Stone Partly is molt inufe: The Herb 
and Root are alfo ufed alike, but are of a weaker 
property than the Seed , which is very (harp in 
Talte and bitter alfo , hot in quality, and of an 
attenuating and inciding property withall, for 
which reai'on it mightily provokes Urine, and Wo- 
mens Courfes : warms and comforts the inward 
parts, being hot and dry in the third Degree, 
and therefore expels Wind. It is profitable againlt 
Wind and Belchings in the Stomach, as alfo the 
Wind Colick, and gives eafe in the griping pains 
and torments of the Bowells ; as alio in Stitches 
and pains of the Sides and Spleen, and the excru- 
ciating torments of Stone and Gravel, whether in 
the Reins or Bladder, being put into thofe Medica- 
ments which provoke Urine. 
XIII. Kota. 3. Diofcoridcs fays, That Moun- 
tain ParJJy provokes Urine, if the Root and Seed 
be taken in Wine. It brings down alfo Womens 
Couries, and is put among thofe Medicines which 
expel Sand , Gravel and Stone; and by its heat, 
warms and comforts fuch parts as are weakned by 
cold and moifture. Galen fays. It operats like to 
Smallage, hut it is more effeflual. Dodonaus fays, 
That the firft Mountain Parjly is hot and dry in 
the end of the fecond Degree, or beginning rather 
of the third, and is good for many things. That 
it does incide, and attenuate, or make thin, thick 
and grofs Humors ; that it cuts tough and clammy 
Flegm, opens obltruffions of the Liver and Spleen, 
provokes Urine, and Womens Courfes; breaks 
and expels the Stone; and is profitable againlt the 
Yellow Jaundice : And being chewed in the Mouth, 
that it draws away much watery Humor and eafes 
the Tooth-ach. 
CHAP. DXLI. 
Of PARSLY Wild. 
I. 'T' H E Karnes. It is called in Greek, 
X Si uMijtiiti in Latine , Selinum vel Pe- 
irofelinum Sylveflre ; Apium Agrejie vel Sylveflre ; 
and in Englijb , Wild Parjly. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Kinds of this 
Plant as, 1. XiewMivaf. Sifon vttlgarc ; Sinon Ga- 
le ni Sinnon Hippocratis, (fo that Sifon and Sinon, 
be but one Plant, as Cordt/s dees alfo acknowledge 
{mall Wild Parjly. The Ignorance of many Ger- 
man Apothecaries took the Seed of this to be 
Amentum, as T ragtis, Gefner , and others affirm, 
but very Erronioully; and fo they called it Amo- 
mum Germanicum : f'ucbfius and Boiomtus cal- 
led it, P etrofelinum Maceionicutn, which is yet 
as great a Miftake as the former. 2. Sifum 
Qdoratum Alpini , Sweet Wild Parflv. 3. emeeim. 
? sr, {tiiietr Jywv : T TiyJJelinm Plirtij , Apim Syl- 
veflre, Jagged Parfly, Wild Parily with fmall 
jagged Leaves, Wild Parily, Wild Milky Parfly 
Gefner in Horlis calls it Battens Pa/ufiris ; it is 
the Olfenichium Cordi, (fo called from the German 
Name, OJenick:) Apium Sylveflre Bodomei, & 
Kugdunenfis ; ( but both Bodonn/s and Lobe l lay, 
that in former times it was Ulcd in the Shops for 
Meum or Spignel: ) Baubimis calls if, Apium Syl- 
veflre Succo 1 alien turgens , which we render in 
Englijh, Wild Milky Parfly, to dittinguifii it from 
the other forts of Wild Partly. 
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III. The fir ft, or Small Wild Parfly, Common 
Wild Parfly. Its Root grows down deep, and fpreads : 
every way, by which means it takes fajl hold of the' 
Ground, and abides long. It rifes up with a tall 
l lender Stalk , fcarccly able to fi and upright 'without 
help, thinly Jet with winged Leaves on its Branches, 
the lower Leaves being larged, and feveral being 
Jet on a Stalk on both fides , eacfj of which is as 
fmall almod, as the Leaves of our Common Ammi, 
or Bifli ops Weed -, fome whereof will be cut in on 
the edges more or lefs, and fome not cut in at all-, 
but all of them dented about the edges. At the 
tops oj the Stalks and Branches, grow fmall Um- 
bels of white Flowers, which turn into Jmall black - 
ijh Seed, fometbing lejfer than Parfly Seed, but 
of a ftrong Scent , and of a quicker , and hotter 
Table. 
IV. The fecond, or Sweet Wild ParIJy. Its Root 
is long 3 white and /lender-, from whence fprings 
forth a Jingle Stalk, about three Feet high, with 
long Fennel like Leaves at the Joints, which have 
a fwcet Stnell, between that of Dill and Fennel, 
At the top oj the Stalk and Branches, are fmall 
Umbels oj white Flowers , which are thin fet. Af- 
ter which follows the Seed t which is fmall, black, 
of a good fmell, and bitterijh in Tajle, fomewhat 
like to Smallag Seed. This Plant is called Odora- 
rum, or fweet Scented, to difiinguifh it from the 
former Sifon vulgare, tho 7 I am apt to believe , that 
this is not the Sifon verum Diolcoridis. Some have 
thought alfo that this Herb was the Sefeli Mafll- 
lienle , dr Hart-wort of Marfellis , but were 
miflaken. 
V. The third , or Jagged Parfly, Wild Parfly 
with jagged Leaves, or Wild Milky Parfly. Its 
Root fpreads its felf out into many long Strings 
and Fibres , blackifh without , but white within 
and running deep into the Ground, fome what like 
unto Meum, or Spignel, abiding or living many 
Tears. This Kind of Wild Parfly, has feveral 
large, well fpread winged Leaves, fometbing re- 
fembling thofe of Garden Parfly, *. but are divided 
into more parts, and each divifion hath f mallet 
Leaves , which look l as if they were cut or jagged 
into fmall parts : from among which , rifes up an 
hollow flraked Stalk a Tard high , reddifh towards 
the bottom, fometimes with the' like Leaves at the 
Joints , where it Branches out diversely, bearing 
at the tops of the Stalks and Branches, thick Umbels 
of white Flowers , reddifh on the one fide , and pale 
on the other, and after them fiat Seed, fomewhat 
like unto Parfnep Seed, but a little lefs, hot in 
Tafte, and fomewhat Aromatical. The whole Plant, 
and every part thereof , if broken in any part , 
yields a Milky Juice. 
VI. The Places. The firft was formerly thought 
to be 3 Foreign Plant, the Seed being to be had 
in 
