narrow like thofe of Oliue tree:the {talks are of a cub 1; hi

full ﬂoures of the bignefle of a {mall lingle Matygo1d)co§E°0n the of a bright {hining red colour tending to. purple;fet a in the middle of the Daiﬁe, in manner ofa pale;w Knapweed or Matfellon. Theroot is llraighgand thr

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C H A P. 13 9. 0fSneeyEnvoort; qr T/2eD¢ﬂriptian.

’ He fmall Snee Fe-woort hath many round andbrittlel5ranches befe i lon 8t nar-

row leaues,hackt about the edges like a faw;at the tops of thellalkstdh glow {grnal ﬁn.

_ glc ﬂoures like the wild ﬁeld Dailie.The root is tender and full of firings creeping 9’

3bf°3d 1“ tht‘-V Cartlhand in (her: time occupieth very much grounduhewhole plant is h1arp.bi5i“g

the tongue and rnouth.like Pellitorie of Spaine, for which caufe fome haue called it wild Pellito-

ne. 1‘ he frneloi this plant procureth fneeling,whereof it tooke the name SIemutammtaria,that is; the herbe which procureth fneeling,or Neefewoort. i

3 D0l1b1€ ﬂoured Sn€Cl'woort,or Ptarmzmis like vnto the former in leaucs {talks and r0055aﬁ’

that vnlelfe you behold the ﬂourcayou cannot difcerne the one from the other,dnd it is exceeding

white,and double like vnto double Fetherfew.This plant is of great beautic, and if it be cut dosytle

in the time of his ﬂouting there will come within a men ' ‘ eth after a f l s {we than the ma. V qupp ie or crop of Home

I Ptarmica.

S nedewoon z Ptarmim d ‘ ha‘ ﬂare.

Doubleﬂoured ticcfwort.

There is alio another kind hereoﬁofexceedjn

3 Ere“? beauty, hauing long leaues fomewbalt

‘OP Whereofgtow very beam” ﬂing Ofﬁfteen or fixteen larve mus?’ _b0uta ball of thrummy fubﬁancc {inch 35 ‘‘ hich ﬂoures lland in fcalie knops like th0 5 1 g uﬁeth deepe into the ground. — ' it Prarmic4_pImperati5zm mmme L/!:rﬁ’~;~;‘,rc.ejjbecies C/:4/fC;}r.pq/i P 32 2 A V i . 5. This rifeth vp with a {mall hard tough cornered wlmifh woolly ﬁallce, diuidedinto man)’ i ’ branc 5

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.branches,8,c thofe againe diuided into other ‘branches , like thofe of Cyan»: , about two foot high,whcron grow long narrow whitifn

3 Ptarmiai L/fttﬂitili/I64. Sneefevvort of Auﬁrich.

cottony leauespwithout order,ofa bitter tail, is

whiter below than aboue , of the colour of the leaues ofWormewood, hauing but one rib or {inew , and that in the middle of the leafe,and commonly turne downewards : on the top of each {lender branch groweth one fmall l'caly head or knap like that ofcyzmur, which bringeth forth a pale purple ﬂoure without fmell,containing ﬁigfeuen, _eight,o‘r more fmall hard dry {harpe pointed leaues; in the middle whereof groweth many rune chiues,their tops being of the colour of the ﬂoures : thefe ﬂoures fall not away till the whole herb perilheth,but change into’ a tit. ﬁie colourramongfi thofe ‘chines grow long ﬂatblackilh feed , with a little beard at the top. The ‘root is fmall, whitilh, hard, and threddy,and perifheth when the feed is ripe, l I and foot) fpringeth vp by the fall of the feed,

and remaineth green all the Winter,and at‘

...,,,W,,,,,." the Spring fendeth forth a {talk as aforefaid. The herb touched or rubbed fendeth forth a" pleafantaromatieall fmell. Iuly 26. 1 620.-

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qf T/It Place. I The ﬁrﬁ kind of Sneefewort growes wild r ’ t in dr and ba ren afiures in many laces ‘- he three great ﬁelds next adioyning to‘ a village neeli LOI1ClOIllcall£d Kentilh to'wne,}:'ind it: elds in Kent about Southﬂeet. L i e YER grow only in gardens; _ S A qr TbeN4me‘.r”.7 1 _ . ,l p A V_‘ p “°?f°W0rt is c‘alled’of fome,Ptarmic‘a,and Pym/1rum]jylueﬁrc,and alfo Draco f7’“¢’ﬁ'I4,0r 747605 an“. -" °fm°R:Stcr'm4tammto'rl4,» taken from his effect, becaufe it p_rocureth neeﬁng: of Tmgw and bzgzacétum a_cumm alburn .~ i3ng_lil‘h,wild _Pellitorie;_tak{)rLg£r:tinan;% from his fllaip - : ut it is altogether vrilike in proportion to the we r e 0 pain. g _ qr. T/Je Temperature.- They are hot and dry in the third degree, . Th ; K _, qr The Vdrmes. e-mice

“(brie ofSpain; and therefore from tithe to time it hath bin taken for a wild kinde thereoﬁ

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I A"°“'l leaued Hares cares is called in Greek, n.'{na}w' ; and it is f€P.l."°_‘l_°f F118 We Wri~

~ MS I0 be suptemm Plirzygfrom which name the ﬁgure'_difagt'c¢th ﬂ0E=1t hath the long

fund “.5 “WOW “.Ud_%T3fTy leaues ofLa'c/zrima I'o5,or Glizdiolusﬁr-eaked'0r balked as it were with» A ‘Y I C ﬁrcaks or ribs running along e”ue'ry leafe,‘ as Pliny‘ l‘p'eaket‘h'of his Hcjataplcuruin.

E; e 3 2. {talks

h mixed with virreger and holder: in the moirth,ea‘feth much the pain of the tooth-aclr. A Pd ‘ e herb chewed and held in the m'outh__,bringeth mightily from the braine ﬂirnie ﬁegrne like 3'