L i B; 2. Of the Hiflory of Plants; 373 
called Southfleet, my felfe being in his company, of purpofe to difcouer fome ftrange plants not 
hitherto written of. 
£ M r . Robert Larkin and I found both thefe growing in Chelfey fields, as alfo in thole belon- 
ging to Hamerfmith : but the (hotter headed one is a floure of a more elegant colour, and not fo 
plentifull as the other. % 
I Argemone capitulotorulo., 
Baftard wilde Poppy. 
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They floure in the beginning of Auguft,and their feed is ripe at the end thereof. 
The Names. 
The baftard wilde Poppy is called in Grecke A f w»v» ■ in Latine, Argemone, Argernonut, Contordial 
Concorddis, and Herhalihurnica : of fom e,Pcrgalium, Ar/ela, and S acrteo/la Herha : in Englilh,Wind- 
rofe, and baftard wilde poppy . 
The Temperature, 
They are hot and dry in the third degree. 
The Vert lies. 
The leaues ftamped, and the iuyee dropped into the eyes eafeth the inflammation thereof; and ^ 
cureth thedifeafe of the eye called ^r£«w,»,whereofit tooke his name : which difeafe when it hap- ^ 
neth on the blacke of the eye it appeares white ^and contrariwife when it is in the white then it ap-; 
peareth blacke of colour. 
The leaues ftamped and bound vnto the eyes or face that are blacke or blew by meanes of fome Jf 
blow or ftripe,dothperfe£Hy take it away. The dry herbe fteepedin warme water worketh the ' 
likeetfedt. 
The leaues and roots ftamped, and the iuyee giuen in drinke,helpeth the wringings orgripings Q 
of the belly. The dry herbe infufed in warme water doth the fame effectually. r 
Theherbe ftamped, cureth any wound, vlcer, canker, or fiftula, being made vp into an vnguent J} 
or falue, with oile, wax, and a little turpentine. 
The iuyee taken in the weight of two drammes, with wine, mightily expelleth poyfon or ve- g 
nome, 
the; 
