Pambotanologia. Sive Enchiridion botanicum. Or A compleat herball: containing the summe of what hath hitherto been published either by ancient or moderne authors both Galenicall and chymicall, touching trees, shrubs, plants, fruits, flowers, &c. In an alphabeticall order: wherein all that are not in the physick garden in Oxford are noted with asterisks. Shewing their place, time, names, kindes, temperature, vertues, use, dose, danger and antidotes. Together with an [brace] introduction to herbarisme, &c. appendix of exoticks. Universall index of plants: shewing what grow wild in England. / By Robert Lovell St. C.C. Ox.

Bitter-sweet. Amara dulcis.

• P. Moist, nigh ditches, rivers, hedges &c.
• T. Fl. in Iuly, the berries are ripe in Aug.
• N. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Strychnodendron. Solanum lig∣nosum.

Bitter-sweet. Ger. T. the leaves and fruit are hot and dry, clensing and wasting. V. the de∣coction of the leaves opens the liver and gall d. and h. the yellow jaundise. The juyce h. fallings from high places, and bruises, dissolveth clotted blood and healeth. Trag. the wood sliced and boiled with wine gently purgeth by urine and siege, those that have the dropsie or jaundise. Diosc. so also that with white flowers drach. 1. of the fruit d. with unc. 3. of white wine for 40. dayes h. the spleen, and dyspnoea: and clenseth woomen brought to bed. Park. V. a drink made of the wood h. putrid seavers and agues: the berries ap. h. fellons. Col. it helpeth ruptures and wounds. the leaves ap. with ba∣con h. fellons.