‘_._______,...

Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. LI 3- 2"

C H A 1». 4.1g. Bi/73017: ll/eed, Herbezlf/il/iam, or ex! mew. 11 T12: Defcrqztion.

He common Ameos,e fpecially with vs here in England,hath round greene lla11<5>“"‘h diners boughes and branches, and large long leaues, diuidcd into diners other narrlciw long and fmall leaues, dented or fnipt about the edges, hauing at the top of the 33 6 white ﬂoures in great {poky tufts, which bring forth a little lharpe and bitter feed : the too! there‘ ofiswhitc and threddy. . , J 2 This excellent and aromaticall Ameos of Candy hath tufts and Ieaues like Dam“ C’”’m ' and a root like vnto the garden Carrot, of a yellow colour, and hot feed like origamﬁﬁi lent fpicie fauour or fmell, growing in fpokie tu 6' ts or roundles like Cdmm : it hath beene bl {mm Candi’ and SW3 W0 Veﬁicé, and from Venice into France, Flanders and E931“ ’ W we haue often fowne it ; but without doubt we haue beene beguiled therein by the deceitfull drug- mafiers,wh0 haue ﬁrf’: boyled it,or vfed fome other falfe and deceitfull deuife,to bring greater a _-

iniration vnto the Venice trcacle, for the confeéiion whereof this feed is a chiefe and mdi Pﬁnck pall ingredient.

I Ammi ruu{gare.

_ 1* Ammi Creiicirm. Common Blfh0pS»WE€Ci.

Candy Bi(‘h0_ps~weed.;

. \' , ill n\““‘|II. “" ‘I C rt»/.«,;\:u,, :3ie«Q*‘4i»'a'i;'»3:-ii»:

.«~‘«‘u-

' i - - , . . 3’ e9 5 it mi?.‘l§i’35£§‘E.iiﬁi‘.ir°2§§§’.‘Z‘é;‘}i‘.’f£?i‘lZ;?.Z§i§l.‘?3i" ea‘, ‘§“‘§"-E“:::%%.‘§:‘ what {lender 5 and at the top of the ﬂalkes grow little tufts or { oliih) whiie rifiriydlleivwhich “"([eE"‘ Wards do turne into fmall gray l'eed,hot,arid {harpc in taﬂe. Thgmot is {man and {lender-

QI The P1466. '

Thefe plant .1 11 ' d - . r fﬁciefldy fpoken in the dsefggptigggw in ml’ gar Cﬂaexcept (Amara: Crttzmm, whereof hath beene ti *1 Th,

\

Li-2%. Q Of the Hiiiorie of Plants. in A W rod;-7

1 3 vimmi perpu/Ilium. 1} Tlie Time.

Small Bifhops-weed. ‘I

They ﬂoure in Iune and Iuly , and yeeld their feed in the end of Augult.

1] The Names.

The Graecians call it x,..,.. .- the Latiries alfo t/Immz‘ : diuers call it Camimam uﬁt”/azopitum .- others,Cumz'mim Regium,or Comin Rovall : in (hops, Ammiagor. Ameo: in the Genitiue cafe: the Germanes, $1118? 2 in Englifh, Ameos, or Arnmi : of fome, Herbe-William, Bullwort, 4.: ,3, " and Bi{hops-weed.

1'56 Temperature. ’ V The feed of Ameos is hot and dry in the la.‘ ter end of the third degree. x"-?"',i'si 7 ,5 ‘ Itauaileth agaizéegiigiiiegs of the belly in )« i «W; A making ofvrine,again{t the biting oi‘l'erpen.ts taken in wine, and alfo it bringcth downe the ﬂoures .- beeing applied with honey it taketh away blaclce and blew f pots which come of ﬂripes: the feed of szfon doth alfo the like, for it is hot and dry, and that in the third degree 5 likewife of thin parts; Pfouoking vrine , and bringing downc the deﬁred fickne lie.

The feed ofAmeos is good to bee drunken in wine againft the biting of all manner ofve_ nomous beal{s,and hath power againﬁ all ma- net ofpoyfon 8: peﬂilent feuErs,or the plague, and is vfed in the correéhng of Canthatides,

whereby thofe ﬂies are made medicinable to be applied to the body without danger.

bleﬁmeos brayed and mingled with hony fcattereth congealed bloud,and putteth awav blacke and C;

markes which come by flzripes or falls,if it be applied thereto in manner ofa plaiﬁer.

Th °E5“’§Which mg fomgrryin rhcfecond place was ofthc Hipyomrarhrun albumofrabtmaummmu.

L‘

CHAP. 4.16. Of C/Jami//A.

1]‘ The Defcription.

He leaues of Cheruill are ﬂender,and diuerﬂy Cugfomething haity,ofa whitifh greener‘ the ftalkes be {hort,flender, round, and hollow within, which at the firft together with the leaues are 0.? a whitifh green,but tending to a red when the feeds are ripezthe ﬂoures

u 1(t)%)Ia}nd grow vpon fcattered tufts. The feed is long, narrow,ﬂcnder,{harpe pointed : the root ‘in s. i

There is found in Iune and Iuly, almolt in euery hedge,a certaine plant which Taﬁema-‘ —

us and Bauliine ﬁtly call Clmropbyllum, or Ccrefolium fylmjlre, and the figure was vnﬁtly giqeﬂ Author for T/iyffelimimr It hath a whitiihwooddy root,from which arife round red and half)’

‘"116 two cubits high fometimes more, and oft times fomewhat big and fwolne about ‘be

which, and they are not holldw but full of pith: toward the top it is diuided into fundry b1'aﬂCh_eS ds 0“ ‘hell’ tops carry vmbels offmall pure white little ﬂoures,which are fucceded by longifh and tr; e leﬁlles are vfually parted into three chiefe parts, and thefe againe fubdiuided into fine, ‘Cth {Hey are (“ilk about the edges,foft and hairy, of a darke greene or elfe reddifh colour. It ﬂou- éme and Iuly,and then ripens the feed. 1: . .

ofa V teat Cheruill hath large leaues deepely cut or jagged, in fhew Veil’ like Vﬂ§0 Hemlockes, Caufegry g°°d and pleafant fmell and taﬁe like vnto Cheruill, and fomething hairy, which hath tow '5 30 call it fweet Cheruill. Among thele leaues rifeth vp a [lalke fomewhat cre{’ted..0r WV‘ ‘ ~ -°da°,f the height of two cubic, at the mp whereof grow fpokie tufts or rundles with whim - -~~ - - sfff , s ﬂoures,