L i b. z, 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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t 2 Kali mains femine cochleare . 
Snaile Glallewoort. 
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f 3 Kdiminu;', 
Small Glallewoort , 1 

The Placid 
Thefe plants are, to be found, in fait 
fnarlhes almpft euery where. 
$ The fecond excepted, which 
gro'wes not here, but vpon the coafts of 
the Mediterranean fea. $ 
*[f The Time. 
They floure and flourifh in the Som- 
mer moneths. 
The Names. 
Saltwoort is called of the Arabians 
Kalt^and t^ilkah. t^Auiccn, chap. 724. 
deferibeth them vnder the name 
of Vfnen^ which differcth from Vfncr.iot 
Vfree is that which the Grecians call 
W" ' and the Latines, OMufcusps Mofle 
offome,as Baptijla Montanas .-it hath bin 
iudgedtobe Empetroit . 
The axen orafhes hereof are named 
of Matthaus Siluaticus, Soda:of mod, Sal 
diuerscall it Alumen catinnm. 
Others make this kind of difference be- 
tweene Sal Kali , and Alumen catinnm 
that Aturnen catinnm is the afhes it felf 5 
and that the fait that is made of thea- 
fhes is Sal Alkali. 
Stones are beaten to pouder, & mix- 
ed with allies, which beeing melted to- 
• gether become the matter wherof glaf- 
fes are made. Which while it is made 
red hot in the furnace, and is melted, 
becomming liquideand ft to work vp- 
®n,doth yeeld as it were a fat floting aloft ; which, when it is cold,waxeth as h ard as a Hone, yet it 
is brittle, and quickely broken. This is commonly called Axitn^iavitri. In Englifh, Sandeuer: 
in French, Sitinde Voirre : in ItaliamF/w d:cri(lalo,( i)Floare oi Chriftall.The Herbe is alfo called 
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