_Hedghog-grass._[106]
_Mattweed._[107]
_Cats-tail._[108]
_Stichwort_, commonly taken here by ignorant People for _Eyebright_;
it blows in _June_.[109]
_Blew Flower-de-luce_; the roots are not knobby, but long and
streight, and very white, with a multitude of strings.[110]
_To provoke Vomit and for Bruises._
It is excellent for to provoke Vomiting, and for Bruises on the Feet
or Face. They Flower in _June_, and grow upon dry sandy Hills as well
as in low wet Grounds.
_Yellow bastard Daffodill_; it flowereth in _May_, the green leaves
are spotted with black spots.[111]
_Dogstones_, a kind of _Satyrion_, whereof there are several kinds
groweth in our Salt Marshes.[112]
{42} _To procure Love._
I once took notice of a wanton Womans compounding the solid Roots of
this Plant with Wine, for an Amorous Cup; which wrought the desired
effect.
_Watercresses._[113]
_Red Lillies_ grow all over the Country innumerably amongst the small
Bushes, and flower in _June_.[114]
_Wild Sorrel._[115]
_Adders Tongue_ comes not up till _June_; I have found it upon dry
hilly grounds, in places where the water hath stood all Winter,
in _August_, and did then make Oyntment of the Herb new gathered;
the fairest Leaves grow amongst short _Hawthorn_ Bushes, that are
plentifully growing in such hollow places.[116]
_One Blade._[117]
_Lilly Convallie_, with the yellow Flowers grows upon rocky banks by
the Sea.[118]
_Water Plantane_, here called _Water suck-leaves_.[119]
_For Burns and Scalds, and to draw Water out of swell’d Legs._
It is much used for Burns and Scalds, and to draw water out of
swell’d Legs. _Bears_ feed much upon this Plant, so do the _Moose
Deer_.
{43} _Sea Plantane_, three kinds.[120]
_Small-water Archer._[121]
_Autumn Bell Flower._[122]
_White Hellibore_, which is the first Plant that springs up in this
Country, and the first that withers; it grows in deep black Mould and
Wet, in such abundance, that you may in a small compass gather whole
Cart-loads of it.[123]
_Wounds and Aches Cured by the_ Indians. _For the Tooth-ach. For
Herpes milliares._
The _Indians_ Cure their Wounds with it, annointing the Wound first
with Raccoons greese, or Wild-Cats greese, and strewing upon it the
powder of the Roots; and for Aches they scarifie the grieved part,
and annoint it with one of the foresaid Oyls, then strew upon it the
powder: The powder of the Root put into a hollow Tooth, is good for
the Tooth-ach: The Root sliced thin and boyled in Vineager, is very
good against _Herpes Milliaris_.
_Arsmart_, both kinds.[124]
_Spurge Time_, it grows upon dry sandy Sea Banks, and is very like to
_Rupter-wort_, it is full of Milk.[125]
_Rupter-wort_, with the white flower.[126]