tn6 Salmons 
XV. The Cat dp Inf m of the Greer. Herb \ It is 
an excellent thing to conglutinate Green or Frelh 
Wounds, and to heal them being applyed thereto: 
and is profitable to itop Defluxions of Rheum, 
from the Head upon the Eyes, Nofe, or Teeth, be- 
ing bound upon thole parts : It is profitable alfo to 
dry up the moifture of moil! and running Ulcers , 
being put upon them, they being ltrewed over firit 
with the Poudcr. 
c H A P. DCVIIt. 
Of RUSHES. 
J. '~jr' H E Names. The E ujh is called in Am- 
1 bick , Dis : in Greek, s*"'©- ( a Loris (3 
E mibus:) in Latine, J uncus ( kjungendo J from 
the fame ufe, of binding things together : and in 
Englifh, Ljtsjh. 
II. The Kin Is. Authors have given us 
almolt thirty feveral forts of Rufhes , moll 
of which grow neither in our Brittijh Iftands, 
nor yet in any of our Forreign Weft-lndia 
Plantations; the moft ufual with us are the 
thirteen following, viz. i. AUrifcus Plinij 
Bauliino (if Gaza-, Hohfchnms ; J uncus Flori- 
dus, which fome take to be, Gladiolus Palu- 
Jjris , as Lugdunenfts thinks; others call it Scir- 
pus, tho’ the Ancients (as it is thought) took 
them to be different Plants: yet Terence in 
Andria , fays , Junci Species eft Scirpus l trots 
£? enodis : and fuch a one is this Rufh, having 
neither Joint or Knot in it, whence came the 
Proverb, Nairn in Scirpo querere , fpeaking 
of fuch as fcruple or doubt, where none is to 
be made or found. It is called by Diofcondes 
ro/i; Co ttis , J uncus Levis ; but fome think the 
Text is there corrupted , and that it ought 
to be vQ’ V.dsA, Juncus pa/uftrss, as Vauh/s 
JEgineta calls it, which Hcrmolam Barbaras 
obferved alfo; Juncus graniit Holofchtnos Do- 
doniti (3 Gefneri ; Hohfchstnos Tbeophrafti Lug- 
clune nfe ; June us paluftrh major Tragi-, J uncus 
aquaticus (3 L.evis maximus Lobe h j , aliorum- 
que ; Our common great Bull Ruth. ' i. Jun- 
eits Lsvis vulgaris ; June us five Scirpus Me- 
ditts Bauhini ; Juncus Sylvaticus Tabernumon- 
tani. Our common fort of fmooth Wa- 
ter Rulh , or middle fort of Bull Rufh. 3. 
Juncus Ltevis panicu/a fiparfiu major, Juncus 
vulgaris alter Tragi ; Juncus Ltevis (3 vulga- 
ris^ Cordi, Dodonei, (3 Lobelij-, Oxyfchenos An- 
guillara (3 Lugdunenfts , Another fort of great 
l’moot Rufh. 4 Juncus Lavis panicttla fiparfia 
minor Bauhini, The lmaller Bull Rulh with dif- 
perfed Tufts. 5 . Juncus Ltevis Flore Glomerate 
Lugdunenfts ,- Round Headed Ruth. 6 . Juncus 
acutiis vulgaris , tofffu Gxyjchsnos ; Juncus 
acutus (3 ajper ; Juncus acutus vu/gatior Dodonai, 
(3 Lobelij , Out common fmall hard Rufh. 7. 
Oxyfichtenos five Juncus ^Hltus Cambro Brit ant cu s , 
Our Welch fhavp Rulh. 8. Juncus acutus Maritimus 
Anglicus, Englifh Sea hard Rufh. 9. Juncus Capi- 
tttHs Equifieti-, Juncus aquaticus minor capitulis 
equifieti Lobelij-, Juncus clavatus Dalecbampij 
Lugduncnfie , The greater Aglet Headed Rufh. 
10. Juncus capitulis equifieti alter-. The leffer Aglet 
Headed Rufh. 11. Juncus Flortius major-, Ca/a- 
Herlal. Lib. J. 
megrof it fccunda Tragi •, Juncus floridus Cameron], 
Lugdunenfts & Matthioli * Juncus Cyper oides flori- 
dus paludofus Lobelij , The greater flowering Cy- 
perus Rulh. J3. Juncus Gr amine //>•, Juncus 
Maritimus ; Gramen Juncus Maritimum Gerardi , 
Sei Rufh , Marfh RufR Grafs , called by fome 
Goofe Corn. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. 'the f/fij or Our common great Bull Rufh. 
Its Root is of a blackifh brown color , grows fome - 
what great and Jloping , with feveral Fibres or 
Strings thereat. It fends forth feveral tall foft , 
round and fmooth Shoots , which are the Rulhes, 
of -a, frefh pale green color , greater and larger than 
Ball Ra/h great. 
any of the other fort of Rudies , hiving certain 
Sheaths like Leaves, encompajfing them at the bot- 
tom, and pointed at the ends, but not jharp, full of 
a white Pith, which are ferviceablt ’, ( the outward 
Rinde being peeled away ) for Lights , to make 
Rufh Candles of, being dipt into Suet or Tallow. 
Towards the tops of which Rufhes on the one fide, 
break forth feveral fmall brownijh Cbajfte Heads, 
each upon a Jhort foot Stalk , in which are con- 
tained three corner’d blackifh Seed. 
IV. The feconi, or Our common fort of 
fmooth Water Rulh, or middle fort of Bull 
Rufh Its Root is not great as the former , 
but are a Bujh of Strings or Threads. This 
Rulh is tn all things like the foft, but much 
leffer and Shorter, having a wbitijb Pith with- 
in , as the other has , which ferves for the like 
\Jfes ; but the Heads are longer-, and the Tuft 
or Panicle is clofe , and not fpread open m the 
