Chap, <5 2 ] o Englijh Herbs. 
ment being apply ed fpread upon fine Tow 5 
and alter the fame manner they digelt, cleanfe, 
incarnate, dry, and heal foul running Sores , 
and old fcetid Ulcers, if drelt therewith twice 
•a day. 
XV. The Qataplafm of the Herb and Root. It 
is good to heal fimple Contufions as alfo limple 
new Wounds ^ and to cleanfe foetid and putrid 
Sores. And to Confolidate Ruptures in Chil- 
dren and Young Meh , being applyed to the 
part* after bathing of the fame with the Juice or 
Eflence* 
XVI. The fomentation. Take of the Dccotlion 
or Infufion two parts ^ of the Juice or E fence 
one part, mix them. It is of lingular effe&s in 
eafing the Hemorrhoids or Piles, when they are 
very painful, by fomenting them therewith very 
hot for an hour together, twice or thrice a day : 
and if they be very full of Blood, after Leeches 
have been applyed, by fomenting them very hot, 
it perfects the Cure. 
CHAP. DCXXIII. 
Of SAXIFRAGE Englirti. 
I- 1 ^ 'll E Names. Saxifrage, (as to the general) 
_ was fcarcely ever known to the Ancient 
Greeks or Latines, yet there is Diofco- 
ridis, which what that Plant was, is fcarcely 
known to us, but fome of the Moderns have ap- 
plyed that Name to thofe Plants which we call 
Saxifrage: And by late Writers it is called 
in Latine Saxifrage ; and in Englilh, Stone-break 
and Saxifrage , 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Species of 
Saxifrage , the chief of which are. r. Saxifrage 
facie Sefeli pratenfis Saxifrage Anglicana Lobelij , 
Sefelt pralenfe noftra Parkinfoni, Saxifrage An- 
gbrum, Our Englilh Saxifrage. 2. Saxifrage Pa- 
luflns Anglicana, Our Marlh Saxifraga ; ofthefe 
two Species we fhall Treat in this Chapter. 3. 
Saxifraga Alba , Our White Saxifrage, of’ which in 
Chapter. 6 24. 4. Saxifraga Pimpinella, Our Burnet 
Saxifrage, of which in Chapter 62;. following. 
III . The Kinds of the Englijh fo called. 1. 
Saxifraga Anglicana Lobelij, Our Englilh Saxifrage 
fpecially fo called ; it is a lingular Plant of the 
Kind, and by Parkinfon enumerated among the 
Hart-worts. 2. Saxifraga Anglica Occidentalium 
Lobelij, Our Weft Country Saxifrage, which Lo- 
bel thinks to be a Species of Matthio/us his 
Italian great Saxifrage. 3. Saxifraga paluftris 
Anglicana, Saxifrage paluftris Alfmt folia, Marlh 
Saxifrage, or Email Warer Saxifrage. 4. Saxi- 
frage major Italorum Matthioli , The great Italian 
Saxifrage. 
largely fpread, not much unlike to Sefeli ptatenfe 
monfpelienfium, and of a deep green color ■ the 
Sta ks bear at the Tops Ombels of f mail Whmfh 
lellow flowers, and the Seed after them is like 
to Common Fennel Seed, both for form and magnitude 
but of a browner color , and /offer Tajle. 5 
V. The fecond, Or, Our Weft Country Saxi 
frage. It rifes up with pretty thick woody Rems 
fome of them fiandmg upright, and other Come 
creeping as it were upon the Ground, i awards 
thnr //lfrtPJ* p-rtnc lull ... t r 
.u • i a i vicuna, towards 
their lower ends full of Chinks or Clefts tpread 
ing themfelves out very thick, and are full 0 f 
‘rniYItt. m/t n 1 7. ... . ... - y 
The Defcriptiohs. 
IV. The firft, Or our Englilh Saxifrage, fpeci- 
ally fo called. It has a Root which is long, thick, 
Black without, and White within, and of a good 
favor. It rifes up with Stalks two or three feet 
high, and fome thing Crefted, from which Spring 
Stalks of Wmged Leaves, finely cut , almoft like 
to Fennel, but thicker and broader, and not fo 
•r ■ . „ r , • , J u,l,L l,,e JUU ot 
Joints out of which grow two fmall long whit iff, 
green Leaves, out of whofe Bofoms come divers 
leficr Leaves Jmaller and Jhorter growing with 
them. The Flowers grow at the Tops of the 
Branches or fmall Stalks, in fmall Tufts of a 
:r Whitifh color, the whole plant being a lf 0 
w IV. * VI ' T, he .? ird , °, r Mar(l1 Sax ‘fage, or fmall 
Water Saxifrage. Its Root is fmall and Fibrous 
growing nt the Mire with its Strings. It rife's 
up from the Root, with feveral very fmall graft like 
leaves about an Inch long, very fmall aid nar- 
row (a great deal J mailer and Jlenderer than 
fmall Pins, Jays berard) from among which faring 
up divers fender , round, fmooth, firm Stalks a 
bout fix or feven Inches high, full of Joints 
which are Jometmes branched here and there 
with Jmall Branches : at the Joints of all which 
both Stalks and Branches grow fmall Leaves 
many together almoft like the former (but two 
for the tnoji part longer than the ’ reft) fet by 
couples, with others Jhorter coming forth of their 
bofoms ■ which Leaves the higher they grow to- 
ward, the Tops , grow JUll Jhorter and Jhorter. 
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