884 Salmons 
Compound Decbttions are given * tho’ I think the 
latter ot them to be the better Medicine , becaule 
Polypody of its fell is a very weak Purge, and fo 
weak, that in feme Conftitutions it will nbt work 
at all; 
XV. The C at apl af m. It is made of the frejh 
‘Toots beat final l and mixt with Honeys or of the 
Tender thereof mixed with Honey. Being apply- 
ed to Diflocations, it Strengthens and Confirms the 
Joints, Tendons, fife. Applyed to the Polypus of 
the Nofe, (which fometimes grows fb big as to 
flop the Noltril up) it is Paid to cure ir. It cures 
alfo thofe Clifts or Chaps , which fometimes hap- 
pen between the Fingers of the Hands, or Toes of 
the Feet, as alfo thofe coming in the very Funda- 
ment. 
. XVI. The Difl tiled Water, from both Roots and 
Leaves. It is much commended for the Cure of 
the Quartan Ague, being taken many Days toge- 
ther ; as alfo againft Melancholy , or fearful or 
troublefome Dreams. If it be dulcified with Sugar 
Candy, it is good againft all the difaffeftiens of 
the Lungs, as Althmu’s, Coughs, Colds, fhortnefs 
of Breath, Hoarfnefs, Wheezing, and Catarrhs, or 
thin Diffillations of Rheum upon the Lungs, which 
oftentimes caufes a Confumption, as an Atrophia, 
and Confumption of the Lungs. If a Ext Salt 
be made of the Herb or Root by Incineration , and 
it be added to the Diflil/ed Water , it makes it 
more efficacious or powerful to all the purpofes 
and intentions aforementioned. 
XVII. Mote. It is creditably reported, that if 
the Deeoliion of the Roots made with Wine , of the 
Roots themfelves , be given to Hogs , that it will 
preferve them from the Murrain , by purging away 
the poifonous, deleterious or malign Humor, 
which caufes it. 
POMGRANATE TREE, fee it in Lib. 2. 
POMPION, fee Melon, Chap. 482. 
POMPION WILD, fee Melon Wild, Chap. 
CHAP. DLXXII. 
Of POND - WEED. 
0 R, 
ftlVER-WORt. 
0 R, 
W A T E R - S P I K E. 
i. 'T' H E ' N antes. It is called in Greek, n m- 
X cc-iiat.-, ( quafi I him) mb vs vicina: ) and 
£•» x<im (quafi Spicata Yontahs.) In Laiine, Po- 
tamogeilon , Eontalis , IS Spicata. In Englijh , 
Pond-weed, River- wort, and Water Spike.' 
11 - The Kinds. Authors give us many Kinds of 
Shis Plant , but we fhall deferibe only the four fol- 
lowing, as being thofe which are found grow- 
ing in our Country, viz. r. Potamogeiton latifoli - 
■um majus vulgar e j Yontahs latifolia major vulga- 
ris j Our common greater broad Leav’d Pond- 
weed. 2. Potamogeiton latifolium minus vulgar e , 
Yontahs latifolia minor vulgaris -, Spicata, latifolia 
Herbal* Lib. 1, 
minor Lobelij -, The Ieflbr broad Leav’d Pond-weed. 
- Potamogeiton Anguflifoliim majus, Yonta/is longi- 
folia major -, The greater long or narrow Leav’d 
Pond-weed. 4. Potamogeiton longifolium minus ; 
Potamogeiton foliis longis a: lit is ; Yontahs longifolia 
minor, Potamogeiton alteram Dodomri ; The lefftr 
long Leav’d Pond-weed , or Long fharp Leav d 
Pondweed. 
1 he Descriptions, 
II}. T he firjl , or Our common greater broad 
Leav’d Pond-weed. Its Root creeps too and fro 
in the Mud , with feveral Joints and Tufts of Yi- 
bres at them, by which they are faftned to their 
place of growing. It rifes up with Jeheral [lender 
round Si alls, full of Joints and Branches, and fair 
Yond-med Iroad Leav'd great. 
broad round pointed dark green Leavr, With long 
Ribs in them like Plantain, fet fingty at the Joints 
and lying flat on the top of the Water. At the 
tops of the Staks and Branches , uf tally (more fel- 
dom at the lower Joints) come forth long Spiked 
Heads , of blujh colored Y lowers upon long foot 
Stalks, like unto thofe of Arfmart or Biftort- on 
which, after they are paft, come Chaffie Husks con- 
taining within them blackifh hard Seed. 
IV. The fecond, or Leffer broad Leav’d Pond- 
weed. This differs not much from the former 
but that it is leffer , being the third Species of Do’ 
donaius his Potamogeiton. Its Root is Yibrous 
and throughly faffned, as the other is. It [hoots 
forth into many J. lender and round Stems , -which 
are divided or fpread out into feveral Branch- 
es. The Leaves are pretty broad, long and fharp 
pointed , with Ribs running along the length of the 
Leaf, but they are much lefs than the frit , or for- 
mer Kind. Out of the Bofoms of the' Branches and 
Leaves , 
