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higheraand longer than either the long or the round : the leaues thereof be greater than thofe Of" ﬁrmé4tm,the ﬂoures hollow,long, and in one lide hanging ouer, of a yellowifh colour: the flultls long and round like a peare,in which the feeds lie feuered, of forme three f quare, of an ilfauoufed

blackifh colour: the root is fomwhat long,oftentimes of a mean thicknelfe, yellow like Box, H0‘

inferior in bitternelfe either to the long or round Birthwort : and fomerimes thgfe are found to_l7€° fmall and ﬂender,and that is when they were but lately digged vp and gathered :for by the little pgrfiels of the roots which are left, the yong plants bring forth at the beginning tender and bran‘ c e roots.

5 Small Birrhwort is like to the long and round Birthwort both in flalltes and leaues, yet is ‘‘ leﬂer and tenderer : the leaues thereof are broad, and like thofe of Iuy ; the ﬂoure is long, h0ll°“’ in the vpper part_.and on the outﬁdeblackifh; the fruit fomething round like the fruit of IO““ Birthwort -. in {lead of roots there grow forth a multitude of ﬂendcr firings.

-4*, 5 Pijlolocl2z'rzCretica,ﬁue Virginiana. Virginian Sn3ke_mog_

:l: 5 Cluﬁm‘ ﬁgures and defcribes another fmal Pzﬂolacbmby the name of Pijlolacéia Cretif/’»'° which I thought good to adde the E pithit Virginiamz alfo, for that the much admired SnakeW‘~’_c of Virginia feems no otherwife to differ from it than an inhabitant of Candy from one of the V1.9 ginians,which none I think wil fay to differ in ﬂecial wil firit aiue Cluﬁm his defcription,and thecfll Cxpreffc the little varietie that I haue obferued in the plaiits tliiit were brought from Virg-iI1l“>“" grew here with vs: lt fends forth many ﬂender {talks a foot long more or jeffe and thefe are €0““e' red or indented,crefled,branched,tough,and bending towardsthd ground or f ’red thereoﬂiimd on darke glee“ Colour -,vpon which without Order grow leaues neruous and likg thofe of th€ laﬂ dc‘ fcribedsbut much fharper pointed,and aftera fort refernbling the {hi e of thofe of Smz‘/ax at W 5 bu,‘ lellﬁsand Of a darke and laﬁing greene colour faflned to longifh ilalks - out ofwhofe b0 “H 9 gm” long and Crooked ﬂoures in fhape like thofe,of the long Birthwort btit of a darker red on Ill“ Outlldeibut fomewhat yellowifh within - and thefe are alfo faﬂned to raett Ion Ptalkes» and aref f“CC’~°"-‘led by {Wit not vnlike yet leffe than that of the long Birthwortp Thyis hagh aboundancc 0 roots like as the former,but rriuch fmaller,and more ﬁbrous,and of a 3,'0,,ger fmcmt ﬂours in In if

and Aug’-‘IL Thus Cl“/5"! defcribes his : To which that Snake-weed that was brought from 7/ﬁg!‘

"Maud grew with M’ 1”b”7"""‘fF4w at South Lambeth, An I 632 was avreeable in all p0l“l5’ but u 3 b 1.

here and there one Oftlle lower leaues were fomewhat broader, and rounder pointed than fh‘3.rC ill‘: 50"‘? was long: red» Crooked, and a little hairy, and it did not open the top or fh€W the in

{ide,which I iudge was by reafon of thecoldneffe and vnfeafonableneffe of the later part OM16 { i

' . ‘ . _ . int?’ merwhen it ﬂoured. the ﬂalks in the ﬁgure ihould haue bin exprefl more crooking or !I'ld€l'l§VC

for they commonly grow fo. How hard it is to iudge of plants by one particle 0, faculty ma‘! (1 well appeare by this herb Inow treat of : for fome by the limilitude the too: had with Alf/ir!!771, and a vomiting quality which they at_trib_uted to it(which certainly is no other than accidental}*‘Y0”;, forthwith pronounce and maintaine it an Aﬁzrum : fome alfo refer it to other thingsias [0 Pnmrgg fes,Vinciroxz'ctm¢,8zc.Others more warily name it S erpentaria Virginiamr 3; Rx ;,»,‘,.{,;‘;2z}z;azt¢ ﬂan)? as it were offering themfelues,and eaﬁly fitted and impofed vpon fundry tliings,btii: yet too geg it rail,and therfore not fit any more to be vfed,fecing the true and fpeciﬁque denomination is {mm ' l

. , A The Place. , P/iv] fllﬁwcth, That the Birthworts groiiiin fat and Champian places; The ﬁelds of 5P3’“€ffﬁ

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Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

fullfif thefe three long and round Birthworts idle)’ are 3.lf0 found ll-'1 Ital)’ alld Nalbone 9' Lan‘ 3"“ 0C a country of France. Perms Be//mm: writeth, That he found branched BirthW0flVP0“ Ida 3 mountairie in Candy. Cllu/iusfaitli he found this about Hifpalis,8t in manypther places of Gra- na 0 in Spain amgngbufheg am bmmb1cs.They grow all in my garden. - ,. .r — . _ The)’ ﬂoure in May,Iune,and Iuly. ‘ i “ V » _ {T The Names. g _ 2 _ _ Births-vort is cgugd in Greeke 'Apic:>«;g!: in Latine likewife Anjlolocbia , becaufe it is ‘-‘run. 7:7: rare»: “W is to fay,go0d for women newly brought to bed or dcliuered with childe : in Engliih, Birth- 3r,rwort and of fame Aryiolotbirt. ‘ e ‘ v 1 . ‘~ V , 1

The fin} is C31 led A,,y;,,[,,;},,',, /any ,or long Birthwort, of theforme of his root, and alfo xrrzﬂo. “"4 "W or male Bifthwort :the fecond is thought to be Fmm'na,or female.Birthwort, and 1S cal-V led R”’W:la Arzﬂalaclzia or round Birthwort 5 of diuers.a’lfo,Temc.dVI»Im, thc.Apple of I116 earth : ye‘ Cﬂlamizazas is alfo chlled Terri; M4/um,—or Earth Apple. v

' 1} The Temperature. y . . 4 4 . y _: ‘ : cl All the fe Birthworts are of ternperatirre hot and dry, cum in the third degree, 11301118 PGWCT *0

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V D_ . Tb: Veriﬁer. : in ‘ . “dry , licd ;s 10' 5 " "B'h“dk ' ' '03P ‘ 00d it: PelfpteeriglhrnIhlad::dl§iIil?ih§h:ta:fd1311;? bdidgvdfdhkhliilith hllyrrhdlitfid peppeglt eXl;°l5 Otuer is left in the matrice altertilie childe is deliuei'ed,the ﬂowrs alfo and dead childe 3 and elf! ’ hthl .' _ _ ll°tIndgBiiilthI»ixrdri)efgixr;: rill tthingsii-lei for the tell of the other po”ifonS=it prevails alfo aga 1"“ the Ptufﬁn of the lungs the hickete the fhakings or lhiuerings of a‘gu¢.S; hardﬁelre 0f the mu‘ Or fpleeu,bur-gliings cramp; convuIﬁ<;ns,and ain of the ﬁdes,.if it be dﬂlﬂk With Water-

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f ‘ ‘hDlucketh out thornes,fp‘lintets,or fhiuers, an being mixed in plaifters or pultelfess it Clfawes C

[C A cales or bone; 1-cmoueth rottenneffe or corruption, mundﬁiéth and f.,¢°.l“€¥l1 5°‘-ll and ﬁlth)’ w°Ys,aridl-ill e l ’ r ' l wﬂefhifitbe mixedwithlreosand bony: i , i" ‘Gdm faith ﬁillrilggghgtlthtlhifthwortis of a more fweetand pleafant fmﬁllﬁlld ‘l‘°F3f°’“‘ Vfed ' ~. -b'tit‘tisweakerino erationthantheformer. V. _ . , _ , ._ . B emS> r P . - - - - l l‘ tndeforcram scon- vpumllth-wort,as Plmy writeth,beingdrunkein wategisamoﬁ excellent :5 c ‘ _ P’

It°.l“>bYuifes,and for fuchlas haue fallen from high places. is

‘ ' " i . . H. 0 . — l ’, , I _ good “g”ﬁﬁalliiﬁféﬁiiiiilliiiliili teee‘th,i{ they be often frcttedlior rub- . _ . a > y

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i1 °_P9’*l»»_, . . » . . V. . .f K ndggomatiekfentisaﬁn ularand 3"‘ h rgrngfher A<“‘°?°‘l.‘."P€lE= W110 9 bite is fety dell ly-and therefore l5Y\thé hfouidence of tl1€ C.l’°“°l' he hath vpon hls Ea’;-1.6 skmny dry “b “an” pdrted inc eels whichicontain fome loofe hard <1‘? b°d.‘°5 that ‘€315 3“ tliém (33 if ‘me. °"lCl put little {loroies or’ ‘cafe into a iiiffe and very dry bladderjthat fo he may by this nczife giue] :?l"l“g Of his approchxhpe better to be auoid cdzbut if any be bitten, they know not (land in heed

g of better antidote than this root,which they chew and 3(PPlY to ‘he W0P“§l5§5 ilk? .fW3ll°W mm".

ow 1, ~ » l K ' kl ouercorne the rnalignitie of thisepgi ongiis b_itc.whichI Oﬁherwifenalizzrrylflgloraﬁrirriidtviredlugidgroiile deadly; Many alfo commiendvthe vfégf tl}‘i§)_§§§‘.1y0l_f

‘3 Plague,frnall pox,meal'els,and fuch like maligne and contagious difeafes. #

A P. 312; Of Vi0l€tJa . OJ The Kinder. ‘ _ TH°'° might be defcribed many kindes of ﬂoures vndet jfhils iiamé 0fVlQl¢5$s if ‘5¢l’..»»ddﬁ|cfCn'»

Ce . _ . . r . y . _ - — _ -' ' h 1-:¢unto'the‘ 3°C ‘I S lll?>?lhcit‘::smV<:l:llulib(i1lih1syIl)9.aoril::3 g1itl(l)CEf}i3:11I:SnlE’::I€Ei‘i;:ii)§::Swgltlllﬁl-lilfilstzllgilsrnccqflthe 19-” l‘ ed °u'.°5ab°¢aufe fome-of therh by‘ Tbedf/Jraflw are iermed Violets.,But this was 90’ 9"’ Charges

- . -. . . . - ' ' hbl I'- hoodlllg it fufﬁcient to difhnguifh and diuide them as near: as may be in kindred 3” “mg “ll

5 add if . . . -; z 1 ,'¢51ets,» or March Violets gfcthe gardhen,:i?§iEhyhgfdfeeavgﬁahtpidilogftliiiﬁaaihedlutdlgdlihﬁfctigﬁogillygsfchu fe the mind conceiueth

f main Plealure and recreation by frnelling and handling thof‘-1 m0.“ °d°"if€r'°i“5 ﬂ°ul"e5ab“‘ alibi

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or that "°"Y many by thefe violets receiue ornament and cot[I?,¢lY g“‘°°’>{°* the” be ‘i‘3d¢ °—f-‘hem l

§arIands for the he3d,D0f€%aies anCl—P0eﬁessWhich are deligh fun to look“ 0” and Pl‘7.3.‘l-.3-I-L‘-‘«i°» hplrmﬁl

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