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1169 0 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. V L1 B. Z-

_ i = 1}‘ The Time, They ﬂoure and ﬂouriﬂr in Iune and Iuly. ' _ ‘~ 7 i t q]TlreName:; ' , in It is commonly called in Latine,and that not vnﬁtly,Carlimzﬁl»ueﬂris,for it is like to Carhne Y ﬂoures,and is not very vnlike in leaues. And that this is A'uomp it is [0 much the harder to 3iﬁ“;‘=on how much the briefer Tbeeplentﬂm hath written herof ; for he /faith that this is like baﬁfifd ff‘; .’ ofa yellowcolour and fat juice :and «drama diifers from Aearmz: for Aearmz, as H6065!“ fa“ ’ the Bay tree,but Aroma is a prickly plant, - » The Nature zmdVert:ee:L ‘ V _ _ . {no It is hot,e{'pecial1y in the root, the twinging tafie thereof doth declare 5 but feemg 11? 15 ° vfe,the other faculties be vnfearched out. ‘ '

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i :1‘!-Iereebe two Cha,n1aet1eons,and both black, the yertue of their roots do differ, and t_l1€ ‘Om’

Io differ in l<inde,as «T/vcofbraﬂue declareth:

2 Chameleon niger S/ll77"1.m: NI’:/my A The S panifh blacke Chaﬂw

Jr 1 Chameleon niger.

The blael:e_Chatrrae_leon Thiﬁle.

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. . “C Ieaues of bihcke Chameleon 316 Ieffer and ilenderer than thofe of th€_P”Cl:z,leyf3m'

tichoke,and‘fpr1nkled with red 1' pots‘ : the fialke is a cubit high,a Huge’ ‘hicks’ v color

. what red :, it beareth atufted rundle, in which are ﬂender prickly flours of a ct way; like the Hyacinth. _'Théroot is thiclregblack without,ofa clofe fubfiancefometimes eaten 3

,f%”h‘°h W8 W is of a yellowﬂlr S91°“EWl§1?i“:%F3d Psing chewesliébisst she!9“5“°' 2 Th?‘

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es-=§_:__¥ ‘ V g 2 . _This blacke Chatnceleon hath many leaues long and narrow,_very full of prickles, of a light W en tnpa manner white : the (tall; is chamfered,a_foot hrgltand druided into branche$,at the tops e«re.°f ftand purple ﬂoures growing forth ofptielcly heads: the rootis blacke,and fweet in raft. oft: is defcribed by C/ttﬁ/es inhis Spanifh Obfematrons by the narne of qbamaleon rsvzlraezmtieenﬁs, ame;P1aCc0wl1erein he found_’:t_5 for he faith that this growes plentlfull)’ 10 th-‘3 F€ﬂ'1tQr_1e Of Sale Clnﬁ ‘C3 a_ cttyof Spain :but it is very rnanifeﬁt that this 15 not blacke Cham:-eleon, neither doth

‘“ aﬁirme it.

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sent)“ "Cry com.mon,faith Bellenimjn Lemnogwhere it beareth a Home offo gallant ablew , as it

feems I9 contend with the sky in beauty 3 and that the ﬂonre of .Blew—bottle being of this colour,

ml“ in cornparrfon of it to behut pale. It groweth 3110 in the ﬁelds Mere Abydum, and hard 9 fiuers of Hellefpongand in Heracles in Thracra.

Céamalean 54/zmzntieerzﬁs growes plentifully in the territorie of Salmanrica a eityin Spain;

T V at 77:: Time. he? ﬂonre and ﬂouriih when the other Thiﬂtles do.

T , {J TlJeName5. — A « ~ -A H me, he blacke Chamzeleon is called in Greeke’)¢1H¥4t1"l“”’Mi7\‘4 .~ in Latine,Cb4m4zleon tiger : Ofthe R0-“. sq. >C4rdzm m'aer,and Vermﬁzgw .- of fome,Creeoa'z'lz‘on : in Englilh,the Chapnxleon Thi{’tle,or the

' ‘I’ 1° that chahgeth it felfe into many fhapes and colours;

{I T/3e Temperature and Vertteess

amThe root hereof,as Galen faitl1,cont’aineth in it a deadly quality : it is alfo by Nmmler numbred

\,>v:“§ the poifonous herbs,in his booke of Treacles ; by Diefearz‘a’es,li5. and bi’ f’““[”4 ¢5;Z‘7’‘’’4~

; - efefore it is vfed only outwardly,as for fcabs, morphews,tetptars,.-and 50 be.b“_Cf°s f0!‘ 3” fl1Ch_

Reg‘ 38 fiand in need ofclenﬁng : moreouer,it is mixed with fuch things as do drﬂblue and mol- Ias Galen faith. . ° . A

&*v 3 t;}3‘.ﬁgurc which ms to-_..,,c,xy in the ﬁrﬂ: plicedid not ggrecwizh the hiftorie (which was taken out of 'D04°'W") th°“§h W"V’7= 55”‘ it for flmmetlean ni- “ ‘5=he':(>icuom; ('r£M,(¢p. of Label. Youyﬂrall findeit hereafter with the deem Velemdi.

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hi”/”‘”’ide: malteth mention only of one {ea Holly. ?!z'ny,lz‘é.2 2. 6412.7. feemes to aclrnowledgeh

r:"§s0ne growing in rough pla_c‘es,tanotherby the feet ﬁde. The Phyﬁtions after them haue

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* Ea Holly hath broad le\au‘:es_a’lm'o'ﬁ: like to Mallow leaues,but cornered in the e'dges,and7

e fet round about with hard prickles,f‘at,o’f'a blewifh white,and of an arotnaticalor fpicy ireth (0 hthfie: the ﬂalkc is thick,ab0ut acubit high,now and then fonnwhat red below : it brea- E rt

:1}? molt part with {ix richly leaues compalﬁng the top of the [ialke round about gwhich leaues whmeell ‘*3 the heads angst; glifiering blew : the ﬂoures forth of the heads are l ikcwife blewi VYM.‘ net threds in the midﬁ : the root is of the bignefie of a mans ﬁnger, fo very long, as that IN-‘aﬂr

fa,,t_ E 311 plucked vp but very feldomc ; fet here and therewith lCIl0tSA,ai'Jd oftaﬁe Meet and plea» In 2 bfﬁilgngﬁ the edges : the ﬂalke is diuided into many branches, and brings forth prick‘?-li’ hﬁads, there er than thofe of the other : from which there alfo grow forth blew ﬂ0_llf€5:rdd9m5 3791-10W 3 butt {Fahd likewife vnder euerie one of thel'e,ﬁx rough and prickly 1‘33"e5 like more of the Others 0 l . , . 0: f ‘ E and {men like that ofthe other,as be alfo the leaues, which are lrkewrfe of an aromarieali P1_cY tafie,an‘d being new fprung vp and as yet tender,be alfo good to be eatent

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in the tops into prickly round heads or knops,ofthe bigneife ofa Wall-nut,held in for

The lean-es of the fecond fea Hollv are diuerﬂy Cut into fundr)’ Pareel$,b5ihS all M1 of P“?-'9

In“?! and (‘mallet :the root hereof is alfo long,blacke withwta White ‘Within: 3 finger thick :1