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fmall round heads (f mailer than the farmer) fuc- 
deed, which contain fuch like round black Seed alfo 
in them. 
VII. The fourth, or Star like Spurry. This 
Me, 
We , 
, , _va not much from the' lafl fort, fiving that 
.he fmall. Short and narrow Leaves, which fund 
at the joints of the low Stalks , are all of an 
equal length, and are jhffcr and harder, funding 
flraight out, in an ci/ttal dijhince, one from ano • 
'ther like a Star. The flowers hereof are fmall, ha- 
ving jive narrow pointed Leaves, laid open abroad 
like a Star alfo, but of a reidijh color : fo that 
whether you have refpdl to the Leaves or the 
flowers, they are both in the form of a Star, and 
from thence the Haul took its Name : but there 
are many other Herbs fo called, which very much 
differ one from another. 
VIII. The Places. They all grow in dry Sandy 
Grounds in divers Countries, as well among Corn, 
as in unrilled and fhady places, efpecially the firft 
and fecond of them ; altho’ the fecond is alfo 
found growing near the Sea Shoar, in the like 
places: it has been found growing in the Salt 
Marjhes about Hartford in Kent, and fuch other 
like places. The third has been found growing 
in Sandy Grounds, as in Tutbil-Sields near IVeJl- 
minfler, and that, as alfo the fourth, have been 
found growing in many other the like places of 
this Kingdom. 
IX. The Times. They all generally flower in June 
and July, and their Seed is ufually ripe in Augufl 
or before Harveft time: 
X. The Vitalities. They are hot and moift in 
the firft degree: Glutinative, a little Emetick, 
Laftogenedc, and Spermatogenetick, 
XI. The Specification. The Seed evacuates Pi- 
tuitous, vicid, llimy and putrid humors out of 
the Stomach by Vomic : the Herb encreafes Milk 
in Nurfes ; rellores in Confumpdons, and makes 
the Body fat. 
XII. The Preparations You may have there- 
from. 1. A Ponder of the Seed. 1. A Liquid 
Juice of the Herb. 3. A DecoClion of the Green 
Herb, in flrong Chicken Broth, Cock Broth, Pork 
or Veal Brot h, See. 4. A Cataplafm of the Green 
Herb. 
Ibe Virtues. 
XIII. The Ponder of the Seed. It may be gi- 
ven from half a Dram to 2 Drams in the morn- 
ing falling in Mutton Broth. It evacuates fleg- 
matick and llimy humors out of the Stomach 
by Vomit ; lliengthens the Stomach, and rectifies 
the Difcrafy of the Juices, which in their depra- 
ved State hinder digeltion , corrupt the Blood, 
and overturn the healthful State of the Body. 
XIV. The Liquid Juice of the Herb. Given to 
Nurfes in White Wine, or Wine mixtwith pure 
clear Ale, or with clear Ale alone, it admirably 
increafes Milk in Nurfes Breafts : and being taken 
for feme time in that manner, very much in- 
cteafes Seed in both Male and Female, and re- 
ltores in Confumpdons. And this is in fome mea- 
fute manifelf for the effect it has upon Cattel in 
Brabant, plunders and Holland, and other parts 
thereabouts, where they Sowe it on purpofe for 
their Cattel to feed on, for that it caufes their 
Cows to give a greater ltore of Milk than other- 
wife without it, makes their Oxen and Sheep fat, 
and caufes their Poultry to lay a greater ltore of 
Eggs, which fays Parkinfon is no idle conceit, 
for that thefe people have found it fufficiemly 
true by their daily ufe thereof. 
XV. The De colt ion of the Green Herb in 
Broth, 8tc. It has all the Virtues of the Liquid 
Juice, but not altogether fo powerful; but if the 
Broth be ltrong, it makes good Milk in Nurfes 
Breafts, and reltores wonderfully in Conlump- 
dons. 
XVI. The Cataplafm of the Green Herb. Be- 
ing made of the Green Herb bruited, and then 
applyed to Cut fingers, or other places which are 
Cut or Wounded, if the Wound is Ample and not 
complicate with Accidents, it quickly heals it. 
CHAP DCLXIII. 
Of STARFLOWER 
O R , 
STAR of BETHLEHEM. 
I- t ~T'HE Karnes. It is called in Greek, 'O f «BS- 
-L jaaov : in Latine, Ornithogalum-. and in 
Englilh, Star-flower, or Star of Bethlehem. 
II. The Kinds. They ate manifold, as, 1. Or- 
nithogalum Vulgare, Out Common Star-flower 
or Star of Bethlehem. 2. Ornithogalum Lutcum 
Bulbus Efculentus, Bulbus Sylvefiris. Cepe agrf- 
ria. The Yellow Star-flower. 3. Ornithogalum 
Arabicum , The Turks calls it Zumbul Arabt, The 
great Arabian Star-flower. 4. Ornithogalum JEthi- 
opicum. The ./Ethiopian Star-flower. 5. Ornitho- 
galum Keopolitanum , The Star-flower of Naples. 
6 . Ornithogalum album uni folium, Bulbus Umfo- 
iius. The One Leav’d Star-flower. 7. Ornitboga. 
lum Hfpanicum minus , The fmall Spanilh Star- 
flower. 8. Ornithogalum maximum album-, (this 
Parkinfon fays, might mote fitrly be called Af- 
phode/us bulbofus a/bus, if fays he, there be any 
AJphodelus bulbofus at all, becaufe this does fo 
neatly refemble an Afphodel, both in the early 
fptinging and decay of the green Leaves when the 
Stalk of Flowers rife up:) Ornithogalum Pannoni- 
cum maximum Album ; The greateft white Star- 
flower. 9. Ornithogalum Pannonicum (fo called 
from its Original or Native place of growth) The 
Hungarian Star-flower. 10. Ornithogalum, majus 
Spicatum album, Ornithogalum Magnum Alyconi 
Da/echampio, The great white Spiked Star-flower 
it. Ornithogalum majus flare fubnigrefeente Af- 
phode/us bulbofus Galeni, The great green Star- 
flower. Several Authors refer this to the Afpho- 
dils , becaufe its flowers are lfraked on the back 
and its Leaves long and narrow like to the ' Af- 
phodils ; but it is certainly of the kinds of the 
Ornithogala, becaufe of its Bulbous Root, and for 
that the Star-flowers have alfo lfrakes on the backs 
of the flowers, and the like long narrow Leaves. 12. 
Ornithogalum luteum parvum. The Dwarf yellow 
Starflower. 
the Defcriptions. 
III. The firft, or out Common Star-flower. Its 
Root is bulbous, white both within and without 
and encreafes abundantly. It has many narrow 
leaver. 
