1174 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. 1 . 
out a Bujh of Feather- like Flowers , of a zohite color , 
dafht over flight ly with aWaJh of light Carnation -, 
after which follows the Seed , contained in fmall 
Buttons , or knobby Husks , of a brown yellowifh co- 
lor , /#& unto Millet, and of a bitter Tafie. 
V. The fecond, or leffer Marfh-Trefoil, or Buck- 
Beans. It differs not in its Roots , Stalks, Leaves , 
Flowers , Sm/, and manner of growing , /row //;o 
former or greater kind , but only in its Magnitude , 
/tor f mailer Species (if it be a different fort ) being 
only lefs : But fome Authors think , oW 1 am al- 
moft of the fame Opinion , that they are both of 
them but one and the fame Plant and Kind ; and 
that the difference between them of greater and 
leffer , arifes chiefly from the Clime or Country , 
p/doo 0/ growing , 0/7/ quality of the Soil. 
VI. Tto Places. Marfli Trefoil grows only in 
wet and moorifh Grounds, and will not thrive out 
of them, but will quickly grow rank and wither ; 
and therefore is to be fought for in Marfli and 
Fenny places, and may be found in a boggy Soil, 
almoft every where. 
VII. The Times. It Flowers from June to the 
end of July , and fometimes in Augufi , the Seed 
ripening in the mean feafon. 
VIII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the 
firft Degree, Aperitive, Abfterfive, Diuretick, 
Anodyn, PeQoral, Hepatick, Splenetick, Nephri- 
tick, Arthritick, and Hyfterick. 
IX. The Specification. It is an experimental 
Prefervative, and Cure of the Gout and Rheuma- 
tifm, whether in Old or Young ; opens Obftrufti- 
ons of Stomach, Lungs, Liver, Spleen and Womb; 
refills Hypochondriack Melancholy, and is excel- 
lent againft Afthma’s, Coughs, and other Diftem- 
pers of the Lungs. 
X. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, 1. A Liquid Juice or Effence. 2. A Syrup 
of the fame. 3. A Deccttion , or rather lnjufion , 
in Wine or Water. 4. A Pouder of the Seed. 
She Virtues. 
XI. The Liquid Juice or Effence. Taken in- 
wardly from 3 Spoonfuls to 6 , in any convenient 
Vehicle Morning and Night, for fome confiderable 
time, it deftroys the very Effence of the Gout ; it 
not only cures Gouts and Rheumatifms, but is alfo 
a prefervative from the fame, and prevents their 
return again •, this Plant being found to be the 
greateft of all Simple Vegetable Alterative Pro- 
duftions, for the rooting out thofe Difeafes. The 
Effence cures Hypochondriack Melancholy in Men, 
and Vapors and Fits of the Mother in Women 3 
and powerfully opens all Obftru&ions of the Vif- 
cera, chiefly of the Stomach, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, 
Mefentery, Reins and Womb ; and therefore is a 
remedy againft the Difeafes of thofe parts caufed 
thereby ; for by removing the ObftruHive matter, 
and reftoring the Tone of the Bowels, it quickly 
brings Health to fuch Difeafed Bodies. Thefe 
Preparations have been found alio experimentally 
good to (top a fpitting of Blood. 
XII. The Syrup of the fame. It has the former 
Virtues, but is chiefly adapted to Obftru£tions and 
Diftempers of the Lungs, as Althma’s, Coughs, 
Colds, Hoarfenefs, Phthifick, Wheezings, lofs of 
Voice, Etc. being given for fome confiderable time, 
Morning and Night, as before dire&ed. 
XIII. The Decoition, or rather InJ ufion in Wine or 
Water. It has all the Virtues of the Juice, Effence and 
Syrup ; hut if it is given againft the Gout, Rheuma- 
rifnt, Melancholy, and fuch like Difeafes, it ought to 
be made in Water; hut if againft Difeafes of the 
Scomach, Mefentery or Reins, in White Port or 
Lisbon Wine. It may be given halfa Pint of more 
at a time, Morning, Noon and Night, either 
limply alone, or dulcified with Sugar, as the Pa- 
tient likes belt. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Seed. It may be given 
from two Scruples to a Dram and half, or four 
Scruples, mixed with Syrup of Clovegilliflomrs , or 
Syrup of hyjfop , or for want of them with a little 
choice Honey, Morning, Noon, and Night, againft 
Afthma’s, Coughs, Phthificks, fhortnefs of Breath, 
difficulty of Breathing, and other Difeafes of the 
Breft and Lungs; for it cuts tough Flegtn and 
grofs Humors, and makes them ealier to be ex- 
peftorated ; thereby cleanfing the Stomach, Lungs, 
Liver, Spleen and Mefentery, and (Lengthening 
them withal againft their Habitual Weakneffes. 
CHAP. DCCVIII. 
Of TREFOIL Peafe. 
I. np H E Karnes. It is called in Greek, a^t©- > 
JL in Latine, Lotus , and in Englifli, Peafe 
Trefoil. 
II. The Kinds. Diofcorides and Galen maker 
two kinds of Lotus , viz, a «V ©- Lotus Vr- 
bana , which is our Tei<pv\hov riiA&v, Trifolium Odo- 
ratum , Sweet or Garden Trefoil, of which we have 
already difeour fed largely in Chap. 704. The other 
to be A U7&- dye/©-, Lotus Sylveflris , Trifolium 
Sylvefire , The Wild Lotus, or Peafe Trefoil , of 
which we £hall treat in this Chapter. 
III. The Kinds of the Peafe Trefoil. Authors 
make the heft part of twenty Species of them, the 
molt of which are perfeft Strangers in our Coun- 
try, and not to be feen of us (unlefs a great Travel- 
ler) in many Ages. We ftiall only take notice of 
fuch as grow either in our Gardens, or Wild abroad 
in the Fields, which are the fix following, viz. 
1. Lotus edulis Creticus , Lotopifum Ponce ; Lotuv 
Cretica Bauhini , Trifolium Pifi genus , The com- 
mon Candy Peafe Trefoil. 2. Lotus P if at us ma- 
jor , Trifolium Hctmorrboidale majus , The greater 
Peafe or Pile Trefoil. 3. Lotus P if at us minor , 
Trifolium Hcemorrboidale minus. The leffer Peafe 
or Pile Trefoil. 4. Lotus corniculatus frutejeens, 
Bufhy horned Trefoil. 5. Lotus corniculatus mi- 
nor p 'tlofus , The leffer hairy horned Trefoil. 
6 . Lotus corniculatus 'mean us. Trifolium cornicu- 
latum vulgatiffimum. The common hoary horned 
Trefoil. 7. Lotus Siliquadratis, vel Siliquis Qua - 
dripinnatis , Trifolium Siliquofum flore rubro, 
Crimfon, or fquare Codded Trefoil. 
T he Descriptions. 
IV. The firft, or common Candy Peafe Trefoil. 
Its Root is fmall. Fibrous and Annual, which fhoots 
forth fcveral J. lender Stalks, Jet with brownifh 
green Leaves at feveral difiances , three always 
growing together on a Footfialk, which are flippy , a 
little thick , and pointed. The Flowers are yellow , 
but like unto fmall Peafe Bloflbms, which are fuc- 
ceeded by roundifh Cods a little crooked, and are 
great in refpett to the fmallnef r of the Plant, in 
which are contained round Peafe of a fweet Tafie, 
