V and feafon.The root is {mall and.ﬁngle,wi:h 1‘-_w

930 A ll Hiftorie of Plants. LIB; 2..

certaine fpaces grow by couples,leaues fome halfe foot lon and th ’ d darlte reene ‘"1 their VPPCT ‘Ides; Il10_re whitifh below, and full of largegand emii:rii1\cit}:]ii=isels)r:oaat the top gof the italkeand branches it carries moi’: commonly an hundred or more ﬂoures growing vpon footﬁalks fome inch long,a_ll clofe thruft together after the manner of the Hyacinth of Peru at the ﬁrft ﬂou- ring:each Home is thus compofed 5 ﬁrlt it hath litre fmall greene leaues bending backe that ferue for the cupzthen hath it other ﬁue leaues foure times larger than the former which bend back an C10 um the}? 5 and 'h.°fe are green 0“ the Vnde‘ ﬁdei and of a pale colour withlome redncffe aboue: glen are t ere ﬂue little graines(as I may fo termc them) of a pleafant red colour and on their out‘ 1 e like corns ofMillet3but hollow on their inlides, with a little thred or ch iuc cigmming forth 0 gahcﬁlugig tiil1J<;fr1]1=t(l)1lt;Tt€hliLI1ie lnglrtfa. (‘mall head likea button, greenifh vnderneath and whitifh ab°""' e u re 0 on i ’ i s of this Plamire Very ﬁﬁl Ofa mﬂ°ky°j:E::Y ihe tide of our Authors ﬁgure. The leaues and lialke

«if The Place.

Itgroweth,asb'for ‘ h fa ‘ 11’ ‘ . . . 1, honourable KnighteSireV;ffzifere1::il:i,’ m t 6 countries °f‘N°’°mb€ga. DOW Cﬂllcd Vlrglmaaby I -C

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thereof; Where are dwelling at thisgpraevzenti léitéllzﬁhﬁxgvgsfi great form of money in the difcouerie It fP‘i“g€‘h VP» ﬂoureth, and ﬂouriﬂiethrbhili \r€:77izr:ier and Summer a d or molt Of the

plants of that countrey. 1: It dies down with vs euery winter and comes *vpsin.:I;;aSI1Y!ing,and Hours

in Auguﬁ’ but ”°"°‘ b’i“8¢'h f°"h ‘hﬁ ¢°d$ With vs,by teafon of the coldnes ofour Climate-

. V be Names The {ilke is vfed of the people of Pomeqirocqand otherlofth ’ ' °f . r . . . - e d. ‘ 5 arts ;;'I1]l;%ellil(1.£l,C;OC(f).l.l€l' the fectet parts of maidens that neuer ta&Cldlr::alt?::: in :,ot¥,:npg1’,cc;5n tghgy vfe a and min e o moffe Wifanck :_ we haue_ thought Aft/efzm Virginiana, or Vinggggxjcum 1;m’z‘amI7” p per names for it:in Englifh,Virg_inia Swallow-wort,or the Silke-wort of Norembcgav A V\/e ﬁnde nothing by report orﬁrothbre 7:l'mPefmmn Mdymm" but 2 c W1 eo our owne knowled e of his h {’ ll we! a onl F . 8 P Y "53 V“ Y report 0 the abundance °fm°ﬂ7 PW‘? 51136. Wherewith the wholh plant is poﬂéﬂed.

B 1 Theleau sb 'th ,3 - - . ' (1 fwcmngs and P:ineiagigfﬁledfg§%!f:::lEl?ﬁ:t:etn water, and applied as a Pulteﬂ'e,are good again

C . The milkie juice, which is very hot, purges violently ; and outward]

. . ' li tetrars, to fetch haire off skins,if they be lleeped ini Y applied is good again

t,and the like. Alfima. :1:

C H A r.-. 335'. Oftbe fBom5iz/Ze or Cotton—Tl4nt.

VI 7'56 Dqfcriprion.

He Cotton bulb is a low and bafe Plant hauin A ' "5

- _ . . . g fmall {talk f b’ h‘ d 1' mctlm

?e1tghe"{;_‘}lu1dCd from the loweft part to the top into fundre; Finglilhrhhchgtrid, Svnhergupon a d 1- C9" " “HY or without order a few broad leaues, cut for the molt art into three feé’ti°“5 ’ lenaf Cgilfiiuxiii more“ Na.t“’e H“ ‘° bcﬂowsfomwhat indented about thfd ed es not vnlike 30 ‘be e e ine.or rather thﬂ Vcruaine Mallow,but leﬂer,fofter, and of a gtagyi{,h colour: amon%

which come forth th 11 - _ a yellow colomathe n‘:id‘:!il1;'cps; (landing vpon {lender foot-ﬂall<S,the brims or edges where0€ are {(1)2

. . _ rt purple :afte h‘ h - b ne ,-;;::g;;;;g y;;;;g,; ,2; ;*;:::::;‘:,2*;::'::;:::"3i;::: 32:3: 3 zine o - . . o-

ny. Th6 fruit being Come :9 mamﬁt e bigne e of peafen,in {hape like the trettles or dung 0“ G

ty or ripeneﬂ'c,the husk or cod opens it felfe into foure par“ of me

diuilions, and caﬂeth forth his wooll and feed vpon the ground,if it bee not athcred in his ti threds anexed therto,and of E wooddy fubﬂaﬂcet ' {I The Place; I

Itgroweth in India,in Arabia Egypt and in ce t ‘ In . as Cy? ;_}rus,G_andy, Malta, S'icilia,.and,in othear ptouincdsligfhe dgdtsirhfdifdhf::(hht:rniI:v,i[dv€:ih about ﬂ ripolis and Aleppo in Syria, from whence the faﬂor ofa worfhi fun mercb;m; in London, Ma-

er mcéala Late before remembred,d1d fend vmo his [31 P ' hr oftlli‘-1

feed , whﬂcoffome were comm. d mailer diuers pounds W¢‘a‘~5 to t - t ave > 1 red to the earth at the impreﬂion hereof,the fucccife we le the

as is all the ref} of the plant.

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the Lord . Notwithftanding my felf three yeares

alt did {ow of the feed , which did grow verie franl<ely,but perifhed before it came to perfe&.i- on,by reafon of the cold froﬁs that ouertookeic in the time of ﬂouting;

qr Tlze Time.

Cotton feed is {owne in plowed fields in the fpring of the yeare, and reaped and cut downe in harueit, euen as come with vs 5 and the ground tnuft be tilled and fown new again the next yere, and vfed in fuch fort as we do the tillage for corn and grain ; for it is a plant of one yeare, and peri- fheth when it hath perfected his fruit, as many other plants do. A ‘

£3 The N amts.

Cotton is called in Greeke Em. and Fvufnm .— in Latine,Xylum,and Goﬁipium, after the Greeke ; in fh0ps,Lanuga,Bambax,and Comm : in Ital1an,Bom- éagia .- in S panifh,Algo:lon:in high Dutch,$aum5 moo! : in Englifh and French,Cotton, Bombaih and Bombace.

'Tbeop6m_/i‘m,1z'6.4. cap. 9. hath made mention hereof,but without a name ;and hee faith it is a tree in Tylus which beares wooll. Neither is it any maruell if he took an vnknown ihrub or plant growing in countries far off,for a tree ; feeing al-'‘ to in this age (in which very _many things come so be better knowne than in times palbthe Cot. ton or wooll hereof is called of thff .G,_¢|'m3D€S(as‘

We I o, ,_ A we haue (aid) 25311311 man}, that 15, Woollof 3‘ dwhereas indeed it is rather arhctb or fmall fhrub,and not to be numnred amoﬂg "€§S- V man “his irlaeoplimjhu writeth this It is reported that the fame Illaﬂd (‘W5-TYl“5) brings f0|'.th IYWES that beare wooll,whi¢h haue leaues like thofe of the Vine,8£C-' , _ brim my= "5 19. 64;». I . writing ofthe fame, faith thus : The vppet part 05 —_’E%YP‘ ‘°W‘“_d$_ Arabia: Xy 11- ES f°Y§h a {limb called Gojizjion or Xylon,and therefore the lrtmeﬂ that“ made ‘he‘€_9f1S Called the :51‘ 1S(faith he) the plant;hat beareth that wooll wherewith the garments are made which

P ‘CR3 Of Egypt do weare.

Th -- Q; '1‘ he Temperature. _ __ _ v_ _ 2 _ n _ p hot ancditcled °f Cottonaiceording to the opinion of Serapio) IS hot and l1'!01ﬁ,the wooll It felfe is‘ ry. ._

‘V_G_fﬂ?'/vizirrr, ﬁne lfyloﬂ. t Xlc Cottonbuih.

Th ‘Tbe Venues. i 1 the be feed of Cotton is good againlt the cough and {hort windednelfe : it alfo llitreth vp lu'l‘t of is Y_by increaﬁng naturall feed ;Wh€l‘ein it furpaffeth. V he °‘1€ ptelfed our of the feed takes away freel<les,fp0ts,and other blemiihes of the skin. 1301 e e ilfhes of the wooll burned Ranch the bleeding of wounds, vfed in re ﬂritkiue tu_edicines,as rmonicl<e,and is more reﬁtiétiue than Bole it felfe. ' and ‘E Peake of the commodities of the wooll of this plant were f u perﬂuou‘s,cornrnon experience - 3 daily vfg and beneﬁtwe receiue by it (hew them; So that it were impertinent’ to our billo-

rxfgfggeak ofthemakingofFuﬁian,Botnbaﬁes,and many other things that are made of the wool:

. CH A P‘. 335.“ 0f7)0~gs»hme.t ‘M l 1] The Kinder.

Here be two kindesVhofDogs-bane : the one a clymbing or clamberi'ngj~- plant ‘the other an "811! fhrub. ‘ i

ii] in