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- L r ' ‘ ' m <ei:mrium; fe6tions or cuts : among which come forth floures compofed of line leaues apiece, of a blewrih of §":t““g’ ”14W14Wf”sfWf“r“‘”’t 2 3:, Cfmgcs b1_ watcher colour, in the middle part whereof come forth a few chines, and a {mall pointcll of a put!’ P re CY3fl¢3 b1”- i ._,_..,... '

plilh colour : the head and beake is like to the tell: of the Cranes bill$,but greater : the I00‘ 1‘ when it hath perfected his feed. .

2 This Cranes» bill, being a ballard kinde of the former, hath long {lender branches grOW‘“f5 to the height of two or three cubits, fet about with very great lcaues,,’not vnlike to thofe 0 ks hocks,but lomewhat le{l'er, of an ouerworne greene colour : among which rife vp little foot-R81 on the ends whereof do grow fmall floures, lefier than thofe of the precedent, and ofa murrey C0 lour : the head and feeds are like alfo, but much lefler : the roots likewife die at the firfi 3PP‘°3c of VV interr .

M 1] The Placei _ Tlreie are (hangers in England,except_ in the gardens of fame Herbariils tthey gr0W 19 my den very plentifully.

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1]' The Time. on Thctimc anfivereth the rel’: of the Cranes.bils, yet doth tharof Candy Route for the "1 part withme in May. .

, 1] T/ze Names. . I 5. There 15 not more to be faid of the names than hath beene remembred in their feueralltlf 3 ' they may be called in Englifh, Cranes-bils, or Storkes-bils.

1} The Nature." ' ll‘ " . ‘ , .y vi]; 7“ [ Their temperature anfwereth that of Doues-foot, r r

1]’ Tire Vertuerj fes‘ _ Their faculties in working are equall to thole of Doues-foot, and vied for the fame P“’P° 1,; (and rightly) efpecially bceing vfed in wound drinkes, for the which it doth far excell 39)’ of I Cranes-bils, and is equall with any other herbe whatfoeuer for the fame purpofe.

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2 ~ M — F’ ’ ' [/16 3 Ger . _ r , . . 5 Gicranzum V10 eum. anmm Czcuta falzo znoahmmt V101 Ct Storks bi“;

Vflfauorie field Cranes-bill.

C H A p. 362.. Of diner: nzilde Crdhepéiflr.‘

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T11 ere be d iuers forts or kindes of Cranes-bils which haue not been remembred Oftlle antic“, ' "0! much fpoken of by the later writers all which I meane to comprehend vnder this Cbapw-',‘, makmg asit were of them a Chapter ofwiide Cranes-bills,although fome of them 113"‘ Plfifiirr

our London gardens, and that worthily,cfpccially for the beautie of the floures ; their namegtpi S. V ‘S’ \ g I = _ 0) g _ ..

be .°f"Pl’€m‘=d in their feuerall titles,their natures and faculties are referred to the other Clan‘ s ., l ’ or I - . .. .:c-rs T u .-‘.~..i5‘ rd - ” \ Y°“ Pleafe to a further confideratron. 7l,r§‘~,§F 2 44,. E Ijr \

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i ‘i ' t o 0 u i " V Potted C““‘°5‘b111s 01' Storlcs-bill, the which Label dcfcrtbeth in the title thus: 63:0".

1”” Fufiwmflare l£”id”P”’P“'4”t€. é'medi9 C4”4i€4”h’, whofe lcaues are like “"0

foot (being a kind doubtleffe o . ' - ~ ome dull)’ co‘ Iou r, and of a flrong iauor,yet not altogetirgirrjrliliielziiirii 1:1ilieailzlhisjfiiéjchfaglngulfiiitle, at the tog: whereof doe grow pleafant flames of a darke purple C0l°“"' the middleyart of them tendlngas whitenefle : from the {tile or pointell thereoficommeth forth a tuft of {man urplc hair)’ ‘me 1,; The root is thicke and very brittle, lifting it felfe forth of the ground infomiich that many of‘ {aid roots lieaboue the ground naked without earth, euen as the roois of Floure-de-luceS do‘ _' 2 Ofthefe wilde ones I haue another fortin my garden which Clzrfiw in his Pannomc ‘.5 W,’ feruations hath called Geranium H.emaroirle:,or fianguine C raries—bill . and “M, Geranium Gruziiltikc or Gruimle .- it hath many flexible branches creeping vpon the roimd - the leaues are much all vnro Doues foot in forme, but cut euen to the middle rib : the homes are like thofe of thgrfeffil to wrlde mellow, and of the fame brgneil'e,ofa perfeél: bright red coIour,which ifthey be '3 grow