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2 The common round Cyperus is like the former in leaues and tops , but the roots are here 
and there knotty and round, and not altogether fo wellfmelling as the former. 
t g There is alfo another Cyperus which growes in Syria and .Egypt, whole roots arc round, 
blackiih,and large, many hanging vpon one ftring, and hauing a quicke and aromaticke fmell ’ 
the leaues and fpokyn-tufts referable the former. 
4 There is faid to be another kinde of this lad defcribed, which is Idler , and the roots are 
blacker, and it growes in Creet, now called Candy. 
5 There is alfo another round Cyperus which growes about ditches and the bankes of Ritters 
whereas the Gilt water fometimes comes : the roots of this are hard and blacke without fmell, 
many hanging fometimes vpon one ftring : the ftalkcand leaues are much like the former, but the 
heads vnlike, for they are rough and bfackifh, about the bigndfe of a filbert,and hang fome fix or 
feuen atlhe top of the dal kef It floures in Inly and Auguft. $ 
■J The place and. time. 
1 2 The firft and fecond of thefc grow naturally in 
fenny grounds, yet will they pro fper exceedingly in gar- 
dens, as experience hath taughtvs. 
3 4 The formerofthefe growes naturally in Syria 
and .Egypt, the later in Candy. 
5 This growes plentifully in the Marifhes below 
Grauefend,in Shipey, Tenet, and other places. 
H The name in pencraft. 
Cyperus is called in Greekc,K.-T«e f .,or of the La- 
tines as well Cypirus as Cyperus: of fopie Iuncus quadrat us: 
of Pliny Iuncm ^Angulofus, and T n angular is : of others A- 
fiaUthum and Eryfjccptron : in French Souchct : in Dutch 
dnUlgiltl * in Spanilh Iunco edorofa: By vs Cyperus and En- 
glish Galangall. 
t «[J The names in particular. 
1 This is called Cyperus longus, and Cyperus lingua 0 - 
deratior: inEnglilh,CommonC^fr/«,andEnglifh Gal- 
lingall. 2 This is ca\\e.&Cypcriis rotundus vulgaris. Round 
Englifh Galangall. 3 Cyperus rotundusl&yr incus, or 
gyptiacus, Syrian or .Egyptian round Cyperus. 4 Cyperus 
minor Creticus, Candy round Cyperus. 5 Cyperus rotundus 
inodor us Littoreus, Round Salt-marfh Cyperus, or Galin- 
gale. t 
The nature. 
Dicfcorides faith, That Cyperus hath an heating quali- 
tie. Galen faith, The roots are moll effe&ual in medicine, 
and are of an heating and drying qualitie: and fome doe 
reckon it to be hot and dry in the fecond degree. 
Thevertues. 
It maketh a mod profitable drinke to breake and ex- 
pell grauell,and helpeth the dropfie. 
If it be boyled in wine, and drunkc, itprouoketh vrine, driueth forth the done , and bringeth r 
downe the naturall ficknefle of women. 
The fame taken as aforefaid,is a remedie againd the dinging and poyfonof Serpents. 
Ternehus faith, The root of Cyperus vfed in Baths helpeth the coldnefle and flopping of the 
matrix,andprouoketh thetermes. 
He writeth al fo, that it increafeth bloud by warming the body, and maketh good digedion ; R 
wonderfully refrefhing the fpirits, and exhilarating the minde, comforting the fenfes , and en- 
creafing their luielinefTe,redoring the colour decayed, and making a fweet breath. 
The powder of Cyperus doth not onely dry vp all moid vlcers either of the mouth, priuy mem- p 
and fundament, but llayeth the humor and healeth them, though they be maligne and vi- 
rulent, according to the iudgement of Eernelius, 
5 Cyperus rotundus littoreus. 
Round Salt-marfh Cyperus. 
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