Chap. 6po. Unglijh Herbs. 
pie Contufions, Pains, Aches, Sore Ulcers, whe-i 
rher New or Old, reprefles defluxions of humors, 
as alfo their heat and Iharpnefs, flowing to any 
part, abates the Inflamation, and prevents a Gan- 
grene, whereby it prefently reftores the parts to 
rheir Priftine health. 
SENA, fee Chap. 
SEN GREEN, fee Houfieek . Chap. 384. 
SENVIE field , fee Muftard. Chap. 51*. 
SERAPIAS-STONE , fee Orcbies flies, Chap. 
( 530 * 
SERPENTS-TONGUE , fee Adders Tongue. 
(Chap. 1. 
SERVICE-TREE, fee Lib. II. Chap. 
SERVICE-TREE Wild, fee Lib. II. Chap. 
SESAMOIDES, fee IVoad Bafiard. Chap. 
SET-FOILE, fee Torment'd. Chap. 
SET- WALL, fee Valerian. Chap. 
SET- WALL Mountain, fee Spicknard Celtick. 
(Chap. 
SETTER- WORT, fee Hellebor Black. Chap. 349. 
SHARE-WORT, fee Star-wort. Chap. 
SHAVE-GRASS, fee Uorfe-tail. Chap. 329. 
CHAP. DCXXX. 
Of SHEPHERDS NEEDLE. 
OR, 
VENUS COMB. 
I- '"T"' 4 B Names. It is called in Greek 
X in Latine, Scandix , alio and Ac us Veneris, 
Acits Paftoris, Pe3en Veneris, Acula,mA Scanaria • 
and in Englilh, Shepherds Need/e and Venus Comb. 
II. The Kinds. There are fereral forts of 
this Plant, viz. i. Scandix Vulgaris, Peftcn 
Veneris, Scanaria, Our Common Shepherds Nee- 
dle. 2. Scandix Minor, Anthrifcus Plinij Ani- 
fomarathum Colimne, Scandix Crctica Minor 
Small Shepherds Needle. 3. Scandix Alkor 
Scandix Crctica major. The Greater Shepherds 
Needle. 4. Scandix altera Capite Glomerate, 
round headed Shepherds Needle. 
The Defcription. 
III. The firlt, Or our Common Shepherds Nee- 
dle. Its Root is very f. mall and fibrous or Thready 
It nfes up with Several long, hard, large, green 
Stalks of Leaves, much divided, and into more 
parts, and of a fodder brown green color than 
Uiervil, having no fmell. The Stalks grow afoot 
high, bearing fmall Tufts of white flowers and 
a ter them, five or fix, more or left, of long Seeds 
Something round, and pointed at the ends a lit- 
tle rough as if they were dented, and all A them 
coming from one Head, or Umbel, with a few fmall 
Leaves under them. 
IV. Gerard fays, its Root is white and of a 
lingers length- that it does not much differ in 
the quantity of the Stalks , Leaves and Flowers 
from Chervil, but has no fuch pleafant fmell as 
that has-, the Leaves are leffer, more finely cut 
and of a brown green color. The Flowers grow 
at the tops of the Stalks in fmall white Tufts- 
after which come up long Seeds very like unto 
rack-Keedles, and orderly f et one by another like 
the great Teeth of a Comb, from whence come 
Needle’^ Peae " VenenS ’ Camb ’ or 
iTTY- T r° °f’t ° r fn, | U She Pberds Needle. 
Its Root is fmall long and white. It has feveral 
Stalks of very fine cut leaiies, not bujhing thick 
like the former, but more fparfed and thfn, com- 
tng fomethng near to Camomil, but finer, and a 
httle hairy, of a pleafant fmell and tafte ; from 
among which rife up Jlender Jhort ■ Stalks foZ- 
frjrih 
five or fix fmall white Jljers ilofefefitlge- 
ther confijhng of five Uaves apiece: inthe 
middle whereof is a dark purphfh Rile ~ 1 c 
longer than the reft, fleeing forth /iZ{ 
bhztngfiar ; after which follow long Seeds Ike the 
former, but fmaller, lugger below, and enfftng l 
bove ,n two fmall pomts, whofe edges are more 
rough and feem more dented, and 'are aZtle 
Pmpltjh as the young ones are, before they be 
Zn IgZZZZZ’a fetich 
*hZ\ " w > 
ifiZdetZd ‘ZfiTui **» 
fmall Leaves, like thofe of thefiLerf butZ 
“ {‘‘“fit f«lU tad tafie, fome thing lib that If 
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