Of the Hiflorie of Plants. L I B- 7"’ T "”’Z leaues alfo 5 but the cafes wherein the feed is contained, are like vnto the feed vefl'els of t.M.7”fi’ seorpiaider, or moulleare Scorpion graffe. The floures are fmallaiid_white. be ha; There is another fort Of.VVhl[l0W gralfe or Nailewoort, that is likewife a low or b_al'e heifiuzer C uing a {mall tough root, with fome threddy firings annexed. thereto: from which rife vp kwce ’ {lender tough (talks, let with little narrow leaues confufedly like thofe of the fmallelt Chic hie whereof doubtlelle thefe be kindeszalongll the {talks d_o grow very little white floures, after w dc‘ come the feed sin l‘ iiall buttons, of the bignellc of a pins head. 1 Our Author feemes here E0 A fcribc the Paronycfiia 2.of Taéem. 1: _ » t t

2 Paronycbia Rataceo f5/1'0.

I PMWM wlgmh Rew leafed or jagged Whitlow gralTv:¢L.-dilly

Common \/Vhitlow gralle.

‘ qr '1'l:ePl4eeI ,,* Thefe {mall bafe and low herb‘ 35°‘; vpon briclre and flone walls, vpofl °l ac led houfes , which are growne I0 ha much molfe vpon them, and vpon [0 W, fliadowie and dry muddy wals.It S‘° in cth plentifully vpon the bricke W5“ 15 Chancery Lane, belonging to the E‘; . of Southampton , in the Subtllbs ' I.ondon,and fund ry other places-

q The Time.

There 30"“ mall)’ times in lanuary and February,and when hot weather approachetb, I11‘? #6

-no more to be feene all the yeare after.

qr 75¢ Names. , . _ _ .4

The Graecians haue called thefe plants Iwqufia .- which Cicero calleth Rediwia .- There b6 ‘”“gf

lrindes of p1a!1tS,Ca1lCd by the fame name of Paronyt/Ji4,which1lath caufcd many writers to 50" the true kinde : but you may very boldly take thefe plants for the fame,vnrill time hath reuefi ‘ W raifed vp fome new planuapproching neerer vnto the truthzwhich I rhinlte willneuer be, {o :11“ may call them in Englilh,Nailc‘-woort,and Whitlow gtaffe.

The Temperature and Vertim.

A As touching the quality hereof,we haue nothing to let downe :only it hath beene taken to bed.‘

the difcafe of the nailes called a Whitlow:“’h°'€0f it tooke his name.

. . ad‘? 1;’ _Our Author kore garters mo figurtssand 8’ ‘WY d‘r°"‘P“°"‘ °f b°‘h ‘h‘r° Phml, wherefore I have omitted mo oftlre figurmand the W" "Yuk I mn-

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Olllihe «I-Iilloriile of Plants.

C H A p. 198. ‘ Of the firmer/e F/zzel/en,or Speedwell} qr T/1eDe_{’crz']>t:io:4.

I H? firll kiiide of Eletine, being of Fuehfizeei and wtettbiolw, called feronicefwmiiza, or A lI)l€l€lI1él;CFlUCll€fl, fhooteth from a fmall and fibrous root many flexible and tender malaria but th ranches,di{perled flat vpon the ground, ram ping and creeping with leaues like Nzmlli wlf" »-Iv 3 _ ~ ._ _ , _ Im::i~l1SCon.it. lorth many {mall floures, ofa yellow colour mixed with a little purple5 like vnto t-he

called 3Pdragon,hauing a certaine taile or Spurre faltened vnto euery fuch flonre, like the her-be

Ofqai arkes S purre. The lower jaw or chap of the flourc is ofa purple colour, and the vpper jaw»

A p '9 Yellow ; which being palhthere fucceeds a {mall blacke feed contained in round huslcs. ‘cages ar effecond kinde of.Elem'ne hath ftalkes, branches, floures,‘ and roots, like the firft :but the refiimbmti alhioned like the for mer,buttliat they haue two little ears at the lower end ,‘fornewhac m-me l . 8 an arrow h_ead,broad at the letting on : but the fpur or taile of the floure is longer, and r ' P "ple mixed with the yellow in thefloure. . A

"Z V‘: .« ’ - .‘ _ _ ‘ .. "””“4f&"mzmz Fae/Jfiy,/iue Eleztine. , .— L 2 Elatimaltera.

Th?F§f}13_1le Fluellen. V _ ' ‘ Sharpe pointed Fluellen.

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I re fields abomfirl b‘“‘° follhd‘ in fundry places where come hath growne,el”peci‘all'y b=i'Trl;cy,. a"§‘

Och not grow?! south fleet in Kfint, where within fix mil-es-compalfe there is‘ not a field wherein’

. lfo ‘ ‘ ‘ - . I , . _ _ V _ .» _ mm‘ Slkfggfiggfglaigfla geld next vnto the hOL"1fC.Af0m)'ECim'e belonging tot_hat_ honourable Gem 1e; e' Chute-hyaYd‘at sCl'1§f‘%at Bamelmes, and in fundry places 0 Effexgand in the next field vnto" w» . p 1 wicke neete London,toward the miclflof the fickle‘

’ They fl9“’Ci“‘A‘“3'4fiatnd S‘eptember.'J Tl” Tim» . .« . air; we

at the it-aues of Elatifle are of an hoarie, hairie, and ouerworne greenecolour 5 amoncri