Chap. 620. ‘EngUfh Herbs. 
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CHAP. DCXX. 
Of S A V I N E. 
f. Names. It is called in Arabick, Ab- 
A he/, in Greek, B ?£<)©-, BrJ .6 v, ^ 
Bratkos , Brathy , Bar at hr on -, in Latine, Sabina , and 
Savina , and of i'ome Savinera -, in Englifh, Savine , 
and is a Shrubby kind of Plane. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make three Sorts of 
this Plant. Sabina Vulgar is, Savina Communis, our 
common Savine. 2. Sabina Baccifera Mdttbio/i , 
Camerarij , aliorumque , Sabina altera Dodonti • 5 b- 
/>;/ra Cupreffo fimilis Cordi & Lugdunenjis , Berry 
bearing Savine. 3. Sabina altera baccat a Lobe/ij & 
Lugdunenfis : Sabina famina major Tabcrnsemon- 
tani , Sabina, alt erius alter a icon Dodonai : Savine 
Gentle, or the greater Berry bearing Savine. 
T/ae Defcription. 
III. Thefirft, Or our Common Savin, has a long, 
Branched out , zww/y which /firings up 
a fmall low Bujh or fhrubby Plant , //jm> or four 
feet high : having a Woody Stem , with many woody 
Branches on it, crooked or bending -, on which are 
fet many fmall , fhort , hard . thick, and prickly 
Leaves oj a dark green color , which are frejh and 
green both Winter and Summer. The Leaves are 
fmall , in great Numbers, and almojl like Cyprefs 
or Tamarisk, but thicker and more fharp or prick- 
ly, of a very prong , but yet not unp leafing Smell. 
It is faid to be Barren, becaufe it is feldom feen to 
bear any Seed or Berries with us -, but Lobel fays, 
that it does bear Berries, altho but in a few^p laces 
and but feldom, and holding the Fruit on its Branch- 
es all Winter till green Fruit grows on them again 
the next Tear • and this is confirmed by good expe- 
rience, as Cordus, Dodonscus, Fuchfius, Gefner 
and Lugdunenfis do t eft i fie : in its Native Coun- 
tries it bears fmall Black Berries like unto Ju- 
niper. 
IV. The fecond or Berry bearing Savine. This 
is the greater plant of the two -, it Jpreads not fo 
much as the former, but grows fomewhat higher, as 
to the height of four, and fometimes of five pet, 
fpreading forth Arms and Branches fully fur- 
nifhed with Leaves, which at their fir ll coming 
forth, are fomewhat like unto Tamarisk Leaves 
but being grown old, are more like unto the Leaves 
of the Cyprefs Tree, hard and pricking, and of a 
dark green color, with an eye of blew fhadowing 
them -, having a lefs ftrong fmell, and nothing fo 
fharp as the common kind before deferibed. It 
has not been obferved to bear any Flowers, but 
fmall round Berries, like unto Juniper Berries 
but larger, and of a J harper tafte, black when they 
are ripe , with an eye of blew upon them, like to 
the Jumper, or thofe of the common Savine before 
deferibed, which Berries remain on the Branches 
all Winter alfo, till new green ones come upon 
them again. 
V. The third, or Savine Gentle, or greater Ber- 
ry bearing Savine. This grows fomewhat higher 
than the fecond, with us-, Jpr coding out more fen- 
der and weak Branches, on which are fet fmall and 
Savins bearing Berries. 
long Leaves , of a snore f leafing and gentle /me/’ 
than the others. On the Branches among the 
Leaves, came forth fitch like Bernes, ns on the 
other, end very like unto Juniper, 'block otfo when 
they are ripe , and but a little bitter in Tafic not 
altogether unpleafanr. 
VI. The Places. Thefirft is planted in our Eng - 
hfh Gardens almoft every where. The fecond and 
third grow upon Hills and in Woods in Candy 
Mifia, and in . other parts of Greece, and other 
thofe Eaftern Countries ; The third on Mount Tau- 
rus, Olympus, and Amamts-, as alfo upon the 
Mountains in Apulia and Calabria, as alfo upon 
the Plains of the Alps, near unto Gratianople 
Gerard fays, that both chefe latter grew in his 
Garden. They are all planted hy the Slip • but 
the fecond both by the Seed and the Slip, which 
mult be fet in a ground fomewhat Moift and 
Shadowy, till they have taken Roor. The Plants 
growing from the Slips, decline towards one fide 
ltill retaining the Nature of the Bough: but the 
Savine which is produced by the Seed grows more 
upright. 
VI I . The Times. Thefe all of them, continue 
always green both Winter and Summer. And 
thofe which bear Berries, have them ripe com- 
monly in Winter; but they have fruit at ail times- 
for before that the old Berries fall off, new come 
on upon the fame Brandies. 
VIII. The Qualities. Savin is hat and dry in 
the third degreeandof fubtil parts: Aperitive Ab 
fterfive, Anodyn, Atra&ive, Diuretick, Neurotick 
Hylterick, Emmenagogick, and Alexipharmtck ’ 
IX. The Specification. Savine isheldto beavery 
good Remedy agawft the Kings-Evil, Stone, Sand 
Gravel, andTartarous matter in the Reins or Blad! 
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