Of the Hiftorie of Plants; L I B. 2- ‘L __ U‘ h .05 the Hiltorie of Plants.

1. 5 Blzzltaria flare J60." _ -"ii 6 Blmariaflore ample. . l o 7 e ‘White floured Mth Mullein. Moth Mulleinwith the great floure. . . C H A P. 272’ V Of of-E-t/giopm. L

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' “}’0pian Mullein . V t J Vlleia of Ethiopia hath many very broad

hoary leaujes fpred vpon the ground, verie

loft and ddwny,or.rather woolly like thole

of Hygtaper,but farre whiter,fofter,thi'cl<er, and fuller of woollinelfe-,which wooll is fo long,that one may with his fingers pull the farne from the leaues,euen as wool is pulled from aiheeps skin: amongfl which leauesb rifeth vp a foure fquare downy Ptalk fet with the like leaues,but fmaller; which {talk is diuided at the top into other bran- ches,l”et about and orderly placed by certain di- -';;.»-..,u s, , -_ fl:ances,hauing many floureslike thofe of Arch _ ,,,I¢ \\_ i angell,of a white colour tending to blewnefle; 7. in/I -,:$‘>T which being pail, there fuccedeth a three fquare {/0 e "i - brown feed : the root is black,hard,and ofa woo-

d fubfianee. . '

y qr The Place. . _ Itgroweth naturally in Ethyopifa,and in Ida a hill by T roy,and in Melfenia a ptouince of Mo-

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\§§\ \€9 §”,,‘\_ / I , * _ _ V \ We //7/////////// * » « K’ « . .. - x. ~ . - §:'~‘l__,f4’,’.‘-Mr”: , ‘ya ': ,-_ . Itfloureth and flourrflreth in lune, and perfe-a $:j1fi//.”C\/cifl A V E. ,1: //5’ ,‘_\ L/Z,’ . - . ; ' " ' ' ’_\.j~‘ -

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:1: 7 Blattarizz flare ltlt£”0i!;' 7‘-5*‘v’llPl/I166. _ . ‘* _ , Z .__' -. .. . -_ . . : d ' . - ~_ Yellow Moth Mullein. 1‘ The firfi and fift ofthefegr-owwilC1_ 1Il§"“i r .. " r‘- y thigggsgi-1fi]i12:1:te,:$ 3:73‘ c??th!aInt¥:‘:1:l'hlei;Ais dry Places-find the ’€§b°“‘Y in ga’de"5w“h* 1 igkfiwife Called Meraider of Merck’, as Pliny writeth-of fome becaufe the éreeke Word 815.: fignrfies . . 5 . . , - I . . They flourc in'lTuly ::n7cl”;\er'1gtrfl. ' r “E?1;§p€:’:il:v:§:hz;’§{Lfi§Z§;e “fl""'f“:°Y ¢0u¢red with afhes :10 Eflghfl‘ W,“ may call 1‘ Mflllfilfl 1|’ The Nameri —_‘ 1) - . - t- e

The laterherbarilis cal M th Mullein3l”’” ~42 If " - - . . . . . . . ‘ll 7 .‘ T‘”’1”'“ W ' ,.,'4j and do Rudy take it to bgthat defcrjbed 3% t ztlfw is dry ,without any manifefl heaqtz; Wmm 1. . . _ . I5‘ . . I V V t . o I . p _ I . 1 :- £5? ’I if e2N2mc1“11;'i5[’;;‘: gfrrziiwordst crsvhicli . gn;fé5’"P“ 19 good againfi the PleuriGe,and for there that haue their brelis charged with corrupt; A

oftentimes dcceiueth he. fittmkfl/Kfor the fame, 0%. d Fm“ Ipartcr, and lorthe afperitie and roughnefl-‘e of the throat,» and againft the Sciatica, if with leaues not fowhite rililhetfgallcz 85 Wm’ ye Fortltrh e the decoaion of the roottheteqfh ' " ' i - " ~‘ low Homes (as We hauearitten) wfiich do agrc e drfeafes of the breflz and lungs it is good to lieke ortentirnes of a confeétrorr made with 3'

. . ~ 00th » i ~ ' -. - mt}, black Munch]; but we ham not as yet lear the go ts effieslfand lionyhnd {o are the roots contlited with fuganrn fuch manner as they condite

o . -- ned by Obferuation, that they gather Moths 3;,” ° Efiflgos . flies vnto them,as we haue faid_] Valeria! Cwfed names it Veréafmm Lgpmpby/lon,or narrow 5“

-. N . , -Eng, W it, ~, m;i‘lIl;inr;.et:e.rieuerall trtlesiet forth their y > (‘J H A F!’ 27;‘ of Cow/Z1“ 5.

q; The ‘fem mzture zZ}¢£[VC’rfm’.$‘. , . = r. . . Concerning the giants intituled Blattmzt. 0: . {f The Defmptzam

Moth Muueinsil find nothing written, jbatfi 32:5 {Hofe herbs which at this day are called Priimro f'es,Co'vrrflips,and OiliP§"f° f°°k°‘75‘f

Moths and Butter-flies and all other fn amon h ~ - - ~ r - - - - I haue , b5 : V gt ekxndes of Mulleins 5 not thflandin for d1flZ1n5’_hOfl$ fake . mfmhalf and b‘"5:d0 refort to the place where thefe her that’ the A ?d ‘hern in a chaFler.eomm‘ing in the rerew’a‘rd§’s next neighb°*5 ‘,9 ‘., ‘7M“l1°‘“5: {Or 3“? layd Or flrewed, Ofthc e in up 'l‘F1Cfl_ts haue named them Ver£4fmli,that is to fay,fm’aIl M‘trll_eihs.'Tl1€ fiTfi,WlllCh is cal,- i The decoéhon of the floures or leaues ho‘ time ab 3 lfh the field Cowflip,is as common as the 1-efi,:he;'efol-e I {hal not need to f pend much firfl defctibed opens the obflrufliom Ofthe ; ' out the d°f°"iP‘i°"- V I '

' wels and mcremgck Vegnems c4;mmr.alfirmeS- 2 Thefecond is likcwife well knowne by the name of Oxlipgand dtiffereth not from the ogre? ~ iaue (3 H AP: