1084 Salmon'. 
ff reads its felf in the Earth, but not very jar , 
being of a hard and Woody ftbjiance. , which eafily 
penjhes, if it be not carefully defended jrom the 
' Extremity of Jharp Winters. It has no great 
Stem , but a J. mall Jhrub of about three Feet high. 
The whole Plant fpreads it fe If from the Ground , 
into many flexible tough green Branches , with 
many fnall twigs , on which ftand ftvcral fmall , 
narrow, long, dark, green Leaves, like Privet, 
but f mailer and blacker, which abide green all the 
Winter. The flowers grow at the ends of the 
Branches and are very fmall. Scarcely to be feen , 
of a pale yellow color, and come forth between the 
Leaves and the Stalk , made of three Leaves a- 
piece. Which being pafi there comes a fnall , 
blackijh triangular berry, very like to the Titby- 
ntales, three ufually ft together, for which rea- 
fon the Plant is called Tricoccos. Tbefe Berries 
are green at fir ft, afterwards red-, and brown , 
when they be withered : which contain in them an 
Oily fatnefs , like that of the Olive , and are of a 
hot biting tafte, burning the Mouth and Tongue, 
as do alfo both the Rinde and Leaves. 
V. The third, or Spurge Olive, properly fo 
called, or Spurge Flax. Us Root is j oft and tender 
lohilji it is young, very like unto a Radifh Root at 
Giulia t joys but woody when it is groan cider, 
covered with a tough thick bark. It rtjes up with 
divers tough Stalks, a Cubit or two Feet high, jome- 
times in very good ground a yard high, of about 
the thicknefs of ones thumb, covered with an AJh 
colored bark, and fpread out into many Branches , 
covered round in a manner with Leaves, which are 
many, fmall , narrow and long like Myrtle 
Leaves or rather like unto the narrow Leaves oj the 
Olive tree, narrower and Icffer than the Leaves of 
Widiow Wail-, Something like to tbefe of Flax, to 
which many compare them, but that 'they are larger 
and broader, being alfo clammy , flat, and pointed, 
continually abiding on the branches, without jailing 
off as thoje of the Chamilea do. At the Tops of 
the branches grow many Jmall Star like flowers, 
conftjling of four white Leaves apiece, after which 
come fnall round berries, which at firjl are green, 
and when ripe of a red Coral-like color, but are 
a little more long than round, of the bignefs of a 
Myrtle berry, with a pulp or fubflance tike unto a 
Hawthorn or Cherry, in which is p white Kernel 
covered with a black and fojt , yet brittle Jbeil or 
skin. T efe are very hot and burning in the Mouth, 
like Mezereon. 
VI. The fourth, or Mountain Spurge Olive. 
Its Root is long , and fpreads about, under the up- 
per part of the Earth. It rifes up with a fmall 
Woody Stem, a, or a, or more feet high, branching 
out towards the Top, into many fmall J lender and 
tough branches, covered with a rough, hoary and 
green bark , befet at the ends thereof with flatter, 
fuller, and f mailer round pointed Leaves than the 
firft or Our Mezereon, of a grayijh green color on 
the upperfide, and hoary underneath, which fall 
away before Winter, as Our Mezereon does. The 
flowers are many, fet together at the ends of the 
branches, greaser than the former, conftfting like- 
wife of four Leaves apiece, of a light blufh color , 
fending in fmall grayijh husks, of very little fmell. 
The berries are fmall long grains, of an excellent 
red color, which afterwards turn black. 
VII. The Places. The firft grows very plenti- 
fully in many places of Germany, and naturally 
in moift and fhady Woods in Poland and thole 
Ealtern Countries ; and in great abundance in molt 
of our Engltjh Gardens. The fecond grows in 
Spain, and in Provence in France , as alfo in Lan- 
HerbaL Lib. 1. 
gucdock , in rough and defart places, but with us 
only in Gardens. The third grows in Spain, and 
in Tufcany in Italy, and about Trent , in rough 
Mountains, and untilPd places, and in England 
in Gardens. The fourth grows on the Alps, in 
the Mountains of Savoy , from whence it has 
been brought to us, and Nurft up in manured 
Grounds. 
VIII. The Times. The firft flowers in Decem- 
ber, January and February , and their beiries are 
ripe in Auguft. The fecond flowers Early in the 
Spring, as in April and May, and the fruit is ripe 
in Autumn, as July, Auguft, and September. 
The third flowers not in Spain till July and Auguft, 
and its fruit is ripe in September. The fourth 
flowers in April, if the weather be temperate, and 
the fruit is ripe in Autumn. 
IX. The Qualities. They are all of them in 
their Roots, Barks, Leaves and Berries, hot and 
dry in the fourth degree * Aperitive, Inflaming, 
Attra&ive, and violently Emetick and Cathar- 
tick. 
X. The Specification. They are efpecially good 
againft inveterate, ftubborn and rebellious bcor- 
bures, Dropfies, Jaundice, Scrophula’s, Gours, 
Sciatica, Rheumatifms, as alfo the obftru&ions of 
the Terms in Women, and Madnefs. 
XI. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from. 1 . A Decoflion of the Roots or Leaves in 
Fat Broth. 2. A Pouder of the Leaves. 3. Pills 
of Mezereon. 4. A Juice of the Berries. $. The 
Grains or Seeds. 6. The Ointment . 
T he Virtues. 
XII. The Decoflion of the Roots or Leaves in 
Fat Broth. It purges Pituitous and watery hu- 
mors from the molt remote parts of the Body, 
and that ltrongly, and therefore is good againft the 
Gout, Sciatica, Rheumatifm, Dropfy, Scurvy, Le- 
profy, Evil ,&c. 
XIII. The Pouder of the Leaves. When the 
Leaves are grofly beaten, the Strings are to be ta- 
ken away out of it, and then it is to be reduced to a 
fubtil pouder. Dole half a Dram in any conveni- 
ent Vehicle : if given to a Dram, ir works as ltrong- 
ly as Colocynthis , but it does wonders in invete- 
rate and rebellious Difeafes, being dfe&ual for all 
the purpofes for which the foimer Deco&ion may 
be given. The fine Pouder may be kept all the 
year, if it be made up into Troches , or Balls, with 
a little Spanifh Juice of Liquorice, and then care- 
fully dryed. 
XIV. Pills of Mezereon'. Take of the Pouder 
one Ounce : Wormwood in Pouder 2 Ounces : with 
Honied Water make a Mafs of Pills, which dry 
carefully . They dilfolve not in the Stomach or 
Belly, but are for the moft part voided whole. 
Mefues makes them thus. Take Pouder of Me- 
zereon Leaves -, Pulp of yellow and Chcbula Myro- 
balans, of each an Ounce : with Manna and Pulp 
of Tamarinds dijjolved in Endive water make a 
mafs of Pills. Thefe Pills are commended againft 
the Droply, and Gout: they expel watery and 
Tartarous humors, but work violently. 
XV. The Juice or Pulp of the Berries. Given 
to half a Dram in Wine, or Broth which is better, 
it purges abundantly all watery humors, and has 
all the Virtues of the Decoff ion and Poud«r afore- 
named. If taken alone it burns the Jaws and 
Throat, and therefore it ought to be fwallowed in 
Honey or in a Raifon Stoned. 
XVI. T he 
