mS
em Smmp>g%$:3 Setpghmi , Carduus Mmitey \ Mwhena,
Rocket,' mxxSeaWfovntimdi
cafe®, aridohbkeii i aabffii
ndMm eoiiiS*ioriljP%feddn HydtbpicGafea; knd often 'with
fecGefsj nrirhave I obferv’d it to bk fb rough anHydragogue
j&fome-Boieauifts haVespretendedJ$» Squids that grp wr* here
are not ufed, -hut I feemoreaftnwhy they anaynot ^Afwer
alf-the endsbf the other) JSezpiflum is a-Plantrof^nifil|ee#^
fuMiy mad^ufeof imCatarrhs, and in the BhSx^lbuH^M^h
Samphire makesa mpft delicate Pickle,- and .may be ranged
inJthe firft Clafs amongft Anti-lebrbuticks. Sea-Wbpm-
w » ^ is a)Pla#it of extraordinary ^irtu^ts^ibMiMg MM-W
made vQlatile andhxed Salt, and is
Hyftetio^fifypoCohdTiac, and Carduus.
in>Pleuritic Gafes may be ftyi’d amongft tlfefirft;
add nodoUbt bun th e ju ic e o f i t taken in inflammatory Di-
ftempersmaybe Of -great-^lfell? • '■A4d ffi‘Stiftipbife:
perfectly Saline, makes an agreeable Pickle^ and douHtfefs
helps Digeftiefn. Thefe >i?iants may bte'ebUhted Specifies
forthe Diftempers incident to thofe Coafts,-; which if duly
confider’d, give usyfe^riant reafonct o sadilllfe- the GdOdriefs
o f Him that inade them, ^ e amphihibu#PlantsL are not
of ufe in Phyfick, but their Affie^aWfefvieeablc to^M®-
makers, and fpread upon Ground maknyiry^ood Tillage*.
Some have pretended that in dulcifying Sea-Water thefe
have been made .Ufe o f; and it may be the Mucilage o f
thefe Plants may bridle the Sulphureous part o f the Salt;
which makes the Water unhealthful, but however this riie-
thod can never be ferviceable at Sea, nor is there any ne-
ceflity for mbw
Having now difpatch’d the amphibious and perfect marine
Plants, I fhalTin the next place proceed to the Inland
Plants o f thefe Gountries; but fhall not give an account
o f each particular Plarit; but only Ufthofe that are efteem’d
rare. T h efcaccMct Cloud-berries, 9.te found upon
Ten-
Tendle-HiU in Lancajhire, aF ruitof .-a pleafant Taft, and
It, good Antiscorbutic. The Lilly.ffitheGalley is in many
,of our Woods, and is a noted Sternutatory. HerbaTaris
if 3in. many places, and is ameminent Couriter-poyfoni Jln-
drofamum grows frequently about ouxiMaffed] ^moft e»-
celient Balfamic apd Vulnerary. Kwnrnularia. grows in
many o f ovts Mo/Je^z. Balfamic.. Ros Solis is "very common;
eyries a pellucid Mucilage, in which' Lpmfuine coif.
Jft its gentries in Atrophies g and no doubt were thefe fully
enquired into,they might giveTeafomto enlarge fanher upon
its-dualities, for where,therei is a neceffity to bridle bn. | | | m
;af there <is in ihQft chroniaiandiadute Diftempers;. this m^y
doubtlefs be a proper? Yehiqle>to .entangle thofe Salts* bolides
which it yields^ volatile B y f and • Salt, whichfuffieii
cntly -correft Acids.V ,The \$emic£s wei-have rg r^ in^ in
great q u a n tity Upon the Rocks near • Rougham,’' Which
yield a , delicioUsi Acid. The TXwarf tymrb&don grows in
great plenty, the Conferve o f its;'.Fruit is a good Antk-
fcorbutie,. and of great ufe in Confumptive cafes! / Scoli-
pendrium grows frequently? iupon the Rocks*. Ophiogloffum
or uddders-Tongue grows hear Tome of our.
iinkMeex, , uCalamus xAromaticus grows '.in Teveral places*!
af Ofmund Royal frequently upon the Moraffes,.the Root of
Which is qf great ufe.in the Worms* Rickets,^ndConfump-
l thin k;Jqmyi#srthatJ was theftrft that iri
Jthat Cafe.prefcribed it. -
Goafts in g a m
upon the .Rocks near Caftletm, in Derhyjbire, more acrid
and pungent than any 1 havfembferv’d, and has a fmaft^eaf]
exafltly tiefemblirig that call’d the L}mi/k^S£g&y-gmfg+The
frefh Water Plants/ in thefe^pamacefflmiimQp'.suth'Tiioft
others, therefore I fliallnotMpftfeUpdn'tlfeini. -Lmaria is
in feme places', but ;very xvtes\iQriganumh cammon^MounT
tain Sage and Buthpane are likfewrife fo ;r ;and I thirik m
mongft theiYegetables Iheymay be efteein’dTwa of the heft
Antiscorbutics, either in infufion crdecosStion. | grow