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Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

C H at. 358. Of /gnoébekl Crrznepéillr

Geranium tuéerofum. Knobbie Cranes-bill. {I we Dtfc riptiom 'I"His kinda of Cranes-bilI hath man)’ flcfxfi ble branches,weal<e and tender, 595» and “as of moil.’rure,wheron are placed very gfi_?3‘1‘i“"c_ cut into diuers fmall feéiions or diu1fi0fl5» ‘or fembling the leaues of the tuberous Anemone, F Wind- floure,but fomewhat grea_t€fa0f‘‘“ 0“: worn greenilh colounamong which cqmfil 0;” long foot— flalkes, whereon do grow faire 0 31 ofa bright purple color, and like vnto the {mgr lefibrierRofe in forme:which being P33: ,6 fucceed fuch heads and beaks as the ref! Ofgé: Cranes. bill haue : the root is thick, bumpfi knobbed, which we call tuberous. {f The Place. in This kind: of Cranes-bill is a mange’ - England, notwithfianding I haue it growmg my Garden. Tbe Time. . 3 The time anfwgreth the refi of the Cflncs‘ bills. T be Names‘. . .‘ Cranes-bill iycalled in Greekc,T'9"°',‘ 1" Li, tine, Gminalis, commonly Rojlrum Grrrir,0:)i flrum Cicorziaz, of the likenefle of a C fangs’ or {torkes bill : of rome,t/ma mofmm -‘W name doth rather belong to anothc‘ . ,. kind:itis alfo called Acm P4flari2s‘:ifl_I“ “"3 flro Jigrua .- in French, Bee ele Grue 11“ Span ‘Z

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Pica dz‘ Ciqr_rem2,pico delgrou : in high Dutch, gtngckenfcbuable : in low Dutch, fl)il'¢llD$?5,jbi%1:,: in Eng1i{h,Storks-bill, Cranes-bill, Herons-bill, and Pincke-needle: this is alfo called f0|' . -

etions fake, Geranium mierofum, and Geranium éaléofirm .~ it is likcwife Gmnittmprimum D1¢£f””‘1”’ or Diafeorides his firfi Cranes-bill. t (T T/re T emferamre. The roots of this Cranes-bill haue a little kinde of heat in them. The Vernier. , doth Diafioride: faith that the roots may be eaten,and that a dram weight of them drunk in "me Wafie and confume away the windinefle of the Matrix.

3 Am’ P15”) af’rirmeth.that the root hereof is fingular good for fuch as after weal<enefT€ "Que to be

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the floures fet vpon tender foot-ft_alkes,ofa red colour, compaéi offiue fmall leaues aP“’bC.‘§ ' which appeare {mall heads and pointed bealres, or Lbills like the other lrindes of CFWCS’ 1 xoo=i§9n41!andth_rsd.dy- i .3 W

refiored to their former B.-rength.

The fame Author affirmeth that the weight of a dram of it drunke in wine three time’ in “W, is excellent §°°d againn the Ptificke,or confumption of the lungs. ' ' d

CRAP» 359. Of e9Wm/eea’ Crrmerairi/1.

qt Tfie Defiription.

. 1‘ l I1 ' Vsked Cranes-bill hath manyweake and feeble branches trailing vpon the g_r0Und3Wh:1:f£,c doe grow long leaues,made of many fmaller leaues, fet vpon a middle rib, fmpt or cut ,

_ t the edges,of a pleafant fweet fmell, not vnlrke to that of Muske: among which come 3:3:

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2;. tlh-e Hifiorie of Plants.

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Genmium mofcbrttrmi .

Musked Cranes—bill. ll T”‘1”““?

.. A L I V’ lanted in ardens for the (wee: fmcl ‘L, /7/ / thatttllsigwhole plagt is poffelfed with, 1; but F’ ‘xi //I,*' if you rub theleaues and then fmel to them , \\, Q?” r you {hall find them to haue a feat quite cone i . trary to theformer. I .

q The Time.’ , . . V ,

It floureth and flourifheth al the fuminer long.

qr Tbe Names.

1: is called Myrrbida pzzng, iaafimm ea:

iii.e,Am: mofcbata, in {hops, and Ara; peflorik,

., , 8: likewife Geranium mofc54mm:1_n Engliih,

xx, _ ' . ', ., . I W Musked Storks b,ill,and Cranes brll,Mufe6ag ~ l‘ \r. ,7,/ -- _ s v . »

.330, " ' - ‘2m»,and of the vulgar fort Mufchata, and al-,

fo Picloneedle.

, an 7i.T.m;...ma. . ,

This Cranes bill hath not any of his fa;-j

‘¢u1;ies found out or lcnowne : yet it feemeth

to be cold anda little dry, with {ome 3.fl'.l'1-g Ction or binding.

‘T be Veritiues. «

,. , '1/‘he vettues are referred ,vnto thofeof

Dongs footjand are thought of Diofieride: to be g fa, grceng and bloudy wounds, and hot w¢111ngs‘¢hac are newly begun.

C H A P _- 565 Ct~onv—fE2or Crarieriill, or F353 Deié‘ 1; The Dcfiriptio».

it . - *7 t r -' i L id deibranchesitetiding to rednes, fetwith} t CRr°c“"fl°°‘ ‘s3:,f;°‘,‘y"c1,1,‘,‘f,§h; ;2ag?d,ki:%'o:i1net1ciIl:e thofe of the field Crow--foot, whereof

igt tgfakcghfs name: - the floures are pretty largefimd gmw 3‘ ‘h°.‘°{P Qfthe, 3313*‘ VP°‘1 l d uch heads,beaks,and

geiflldgg foot flalksgofa Page at blgw colour : which being pal’t,there fuceee

I.h3Ueeit(1)i:er Crsnfisazbgheiligrt of this Cranes bill , bflngmg f°Yth. ."”Y f3“"’1 ‘.”h“e fl.°“‘°5s Mud‘ ma1<ethyiegt;::d(iffer from the preéedom ad in °‘h"'*' ‘“fP°&5 ‘hem is ‘l° di‘f°«‘°“°° at 3”‘ ~’ r

This which is the Geranium 2. _. Batracbiaides mimic, of Clufira hath largc_,fia.l,k-9 and 1,¢3“95>} -

an . . . - t t‘ " ' ' ‘s,whi¢hV on ‘°n§i3§iY§:lt““°“ d“;;::?.:::;::: 3;:‘:;:3:3;?::.‘;':f;,:3;‘:::‘£;in, an» “abut ofarfdciftiiy ur le color hauing ten thfeds ahd a pointall commiflg f°“h °‘.‘h? ‘¥““‘”“ :1 Re fl°“Te-the beaks orpbils which ateithe feed fiand vpfight; and hing “°‘ dowmhw Pom“ as O Others do. ‘slat e and liues man cares, ., , ,, _ _ . ' - * The nartihfirrfifii he fiigife, gteene, and hairy, diuided at their tops Into. %‘9,ir;Cb(::%C[§:siv ‘miolongfoot-fla1ks.vpoo which grow floures c°omm°“‘Y by ‘°“P1°s2i§.riy diuided in- : ° 931185 apeece,and thefe of a dark: red colour. The leaues are largc.fo._f€.9“I ,5 Re’ I with in - £2? Or feuen parts.and fnipt about the edges 3 the roots arelarge and lalhfl5- i." P V5 7 ens and floutes in a . l 1 calls it Gerarriiim 1. zrllaflare.’ ' _ r, or L C 4 This allo hath ftglgesitglfjaues much like thQf:0£th¢ 13fi,d«°f°”b¢d’ but lomewhat lqfreci‘ she fl0urs are as lat ed as thofe of the lat} del'cribed,but of a more llghiiedr -and they are contamc _. “‘ thicker and fhoréer cups and fucceeded b)’ {hotter feeds or bills: and 3“: °°mm°“17 of ‘a (Wet . , .

musk°.'1ike flnell : The root is vet)? lor1S;red.anCl13(l*£Sl£ kl‘ flomcs in thé mddefi of M“7'f,fl‘§§‘