Of the Hifiorie ofPlants. L1 3- 3* _i

the flours,growing in tufts, compaét of ii: fmall leaues of a white colounand of a phey fant fweet fmell 5 but in my iudgmfifl‘ ‘ 6 are too fweer , troubling and moleftlfig ged head in very ftrange mannenionce gar eber the floures and layed them in my Chamftér window, which fmelled more I’.-rough’ 3 . they had lien together a few houres , WWa_ fuch an vnacquainted fauor that they 3 C ked me out of fleepe, (0 that I could £10” till I had cafi them out of my chambenhich floures being vaded,the fruit follows,W at of is {mall , curled, and as it were mm?“ at manylittle folds, broad towards the Elfgck part,and narrow toward the flalkéiand en‘ when it is ripe , wherein is containeda ‘hi: der long feed. The root hereof fpread‘? n {elfe abroad in the ground after the I113“ of the roots offuchihrubbytreeS._ 1,6 in 2 The blew Pipe groweth l1l_<€W‘,~ manner of a {mall hedge tree , W151‘ ‘ gr, {hoots rifing from the root like the fqmiis 3 as our common Privet doth, wherC0flt 0 kind. The branches haue afmall qu3“"‘yco,i pith in the middle of the wood , and are tiered with a darke blaclre greenifh 53‘ n rinde. The leaues are exceeding gf€¢"°?Of 3 crumpled or turned vp like the brimmcsf hat, in {hape very like vnto the leaues flows, Poplar tree : among which come the of an exceedino faire blew colour, C°m “ch of many frnal zfioures in the form Of “bub of grapes : each Home is in fhew 1} cf‘ of Valeriana m6ra.Dva’mei,conliflin_g° . Ce; parts like a little liar, of an exceedlflg (0,. fauouror fmell, but not {'0 lirong 35‘ CM. rner. \/Vhen thefe floures he gont 5?‘ be. ceed flat cods,and fomwhat long, Wblcbinnc ing ripe are ofa light colour, wit 3‘ cram membrane or filme in the middefta Wh arefeeds almolt foure fquare , narrow ’ Zilldd . ’ fth it Y 3 This (which Clza/Em; fettethsfgifl. by the name oflafmirmm Aralazwm, 0‘ Zea. gr! ufméica) groweth fomc two or t ‘ebran. bits high , diuided intomany {lend_€1' . c-hes, whereon by couples at each yam‘ but leaues like thofe of the firfi defcribe 2 on thinner, and not fnipt about the edges’ -res,

flat!

the tops of the branches grow th€ He, or wholly white, COllfift_1ngOfD‘ln€: whoures twelue leaites let in two ranks : thcfii mm. A . _ _ are fweet, hauing a Tent as it were C0mPcom. ded of the Spanilh Iafmine afld OTCUEC flours. It isa tender plant,and rm)’ be graffed 00 'hedfu[. rnon Iafmine,whereon it thriues_vve1l,3fld fl0Ur€S molt part of the Summer. It groweth P 6?“ G31, ly in Egypt; and Pro/Zzer Alfzom is thought to mention this by the name of Saméac Arafifimafi feminum Ambicum. _ _ _ — bi nclf 4 Glam rv;agumMrizl,_0l' the oily Ac0rne,ix.s the fruit of a tree like Tarnariske , ofthfli grayed‘ of an Hafell nut -, out of the kernell whereof, no otherwife than out of bitter Almofldss, ‘S. [in out 3“ Oil)’ l“YC°, which is vfed in pretious Oyntmcnts,as Diafcoridcs aliirmeth. Neither 15 1‘ gum?

5lF!">f‘1"_l1.°l1)"‘=J'““-"€_€‘s fat the Qéls. sf 511$. Emits £‘}l?§?Fl in!!! {We Odom few-frh “’ Pegioties

3 Syringe Araéiciii Arabian Pipe.

'4 Balamu My‘relvfi'ca,fi?ue Glam vngucnrarias The oily Acorne.

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iiiirgg; 3] or is Hifioric ofplantsi

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I-qsoi

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i gloues and diners other things,andis vulgarly known by the name of oile of Ben.

Q} T/Ie Placed.

P11 2 Thefe trees grow not wild in England,biit I haue them growing in my garden in very great

ent _ - y ‘ll The Time. p Q They Home in Aprill and May,but as yet they haue not borne any fruit in my garden,though in Italy and Spain their fruit is ripe in September. '

Tlze Ivzzmes. __

The later Phyfitians call the firfl Syrz'nga,or rather are-y£,t1}3E is E9 fayia _P1pB,becaufe the fialkes rand branches chemf when the pith is taken out are hollow like a Pipe: it is alfo many times fyrna-V med C‘.m,g,~5[,l 0, vVhi[e,Q;‘ syrmga Candida flore,or Pipe with a white floure, becaufe it fhould differ’ will Li//at/'1 which is fointimesinamed Syringa caerulezgor blew Pipe : in Englilh,white Pipe.

Blew Piph the later phyfitians, as we haue faid,do name Lillazch or Lilac/a .f of fome,Syrmga awry; —l."‘i0r blew Pipe :moli do expound the word Lilla:/9,and call it Ben .- Serzzpiojand the Arabians gm ls. 014% Vnrraemaria which the Grecians name B‘«'A‘mcMvr=~iW? -' 5031 Which L‘/WI’ doth V°’.V much

‘Rift : amohgfl: othhr dilferences it is very apparant that Lz’/Zziirlj’ bringeth forth no nut, howfoeuer azrbzalm doth falfly pieture it with one 3 for it hath only a little cod,the feed whereof h_-_ath in it “*3 Oile at all. The figure of the Salaam ti:/[yrepficzi we haue thought good to infer: in this Chap-

r=f0'r want of a more conuenient roome.

{I T/ac Temperature and Vertzm‘.

Concerning the vfe and faculties of thefe herbs neither We our {elites haiie found dull any thing; . 0‘ learned ought of others.

Bafazr.-14 1‘l2’y7'c])/?czz taken in the quantity of a dram caufeth vomit-,drunlcwith Hyzlramel it pur- A;

gelh by the {toole,and is hurtfull to the fiomaeke.

The oile prelfed out of this fruit,which is vfually termed oile of Ben,a$ it hath no good 01' P153‘ Bi

ling fmell,fo hath it no ill fent,neither doth it become rancide by age; Which is the ‘Caron that it i is much vfed by Perfumers .

The one fmomhes the sk'n,foftens and diffolues h‘ardnefl'e,and conduces to the cure of all cold Q

afiefis of the {inues : and it is £;00d f9‘ the Pain and “Oil? in ‘he cimibcing’ mix‘ with 50°“ gleafeo and f0 dropped in war me in a fmall (1l.l£1I]E‘i[IC.' I «

C H A P. 621. 0fWz2z’ow»i'mile 0rS12urge Oiiye.

It] The Defcriptiari.

‘ ’ Idow—wai'le is a {mall fhrub about two eubits high . The fiallre is ofa woody fub fiance;

' branched wim mam; {mall twigs full of little leaues like Privet,but fmaller and blacker;

(‘m the cnds whereofgrow fmall pale yellow flonres 3 whith being paft, there fuccedeth 2-

lhree Cornered berry like the Ti'thyma’le's,for which cairfe it was called Tricorcos, that is,~‘three ber-

Ftd Clzwm{m.”fhefe berries are green at the firl«t,red aft_em'&r.d,and brown when they be withered;

d C0ntain in them an oily fame ffe like that of the oeriuabcma 01% hot biting tafisand burning‘ the mouth as do both the leaues and riride.The root is hard and wooddy.

' qt T/2'8 Place.

It is fokmd in mm vmjilled grounds" in Italy and Isaisgziedoc in l§‘rance,‘in roagh and defart pl‘:

3~ [haue it growing in'm’y garden- I~ V. . Q (J?/2e‘1"irr2r.. . t is alwaies green : the feed is ripe in Auturnne,

‘ p Q] ‘I/Jc Names. mahfhe Grecians call it »,«.w»'>w«. as though they {hould fay l _ p . M4, f:i‘i& (.319/‘I5/[u'a",and ll.l(C\‘Vi{:e Citocaciumf it is Zklfo I13TD§d of diuer5,0["”’/1"’aS .

Tl: it is called in Eng]ifh,VVidow-wailaqmdfimf 014"“- , ‘ 16 fruit is named ofdiuers K3): xv an : in Latine ‘ p s .. - . , - — . V "195 ,that nameth ihe fruit ofiSp,i:rge 3’live,C'occm cfiidiwh '~/1'”’“” 3“§d Semi” 1'’ ca_11°5“""9l‘“ °’ "mg? Olive, c.?1/tczcrmn -. vnder which name notwithftandingithffl h‘p‘“°yaIf° _*>°t_h ll“? - ~“‘maeleons or Carlinesiand fo haue they confounded Cfimalea or 5P‘“§e_ OIWC Wild‘ the Cat‘ “Sand I flax. . r *- V. W 2 l1l»£V'Vl1,CT/Zymze ea or Spurge Bbbb b b 3 em T5‘

t/ziolm S yz«m.:m‘

Owor (hon: Oliue tree : the Latines,()I¢;7‘

Comm cnirfiusi .- but he isidééeiuedafaitih D50?‘ 3