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Limrm marimim lutcaml ‘ Yellow floured wilde Flax.

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1 4. Limmzjjyl. lutifolz'am_3-Cl”/: . The third broad leaned wild Flax-

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I came to know this herbe by the flag’; ofMill-mountaine,and his vertue, by ‘

meanes : On the fecond of 0 &ober,I5 17’

going to vﬂiopdan Aplophﬂgis of Wine pep er in amp Ire, AW herb lying on his fiall , which 1 had_fe€§§ growing long before 5 I deli red of him it know the name of it 5 he told mee th“ “-0 was called Mill.mountaine ; and lice “his told me,That beeing at Dodtour L4/" in_ houfe at Saint Croffe a mile from _v herb chefter, feeing a man of his haue this

in his hand, he deﬁred the name : he-6 “lick him as before; and alfo the vfe of it,Wh _ is this : _ ' whole plant, leaues, feeds, ﬂoures 39 a- ’ bruife it and put it in a ﬁnal tunne 01'P1p‘ kin of a pinte ﬁlled with white VVi”?’a;, Yet it in on the embers to infufe a1l’_“’g fa: ﬂing, and hee faid it would giue eight 9 ten ilooles. This D’ Lake was aft‘-’TWai 1. made Biihop of Bathe and VVCIS» Whore, waies vfed this herbe for his purgfi 2 3 ‘W the fiid manner, as his man aﬂirmed» 1“ 20,1 lb: :1 9e.n0;I¢:r1bnyCe-101762;‘. ma‘ bereoﬁbllt . . 5 “P C . In iince in Gefzm/e Ltmarggpi 54.l haue foitlhq

Take a hand full of Mil-mount31”’tbl: V

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Oiheﬁ a mlpre purging iqizgiilcie atrriihiited to this herb,_as I thinke (for_I cannotrefer it to any OM16 !‘:_:ere 5 would haue it to be {icrie/50:-zize of the Antients. Ithinke it not amiffe here to Fe: mm; 1 iii) in or s,hecaufe the boolce is not commonly to be had,being l.Ct.f0l'[l'l‘(ﬂ:Z’-fé’0 i 3 55 {Ame in re W; am czrc,ta_z, cunt Aizgircris rx_ I talzzi zrrzdzenr, mt’ falutaret (Turnerus psfue.r_zt,rvz.r excelzz:/fairs tam mm»ﬂ=jr- :_czz,tzrm .419:-» plerzfqzre ciafkipiznzs doc?-rzne, mt zilmr qm_/jmzm, rvzx me»-mzz ) mter altar r.4::zo— ﬂzm H ["[::_:m zcgner qI4.’IJ‘d€PZﬂg-£T?M>12¢.I conrmao1{a64t3E[le5arzne27s quaqrre oﬂemzeeat paﬁamﬁéerhulqmﬁﬁrrzgg- jgsmesrélé [iii a: rumi radzoe cazrézculu quznqae fere dzgztmm2_ procerrratc er€é7t5,f0/20114125?-ex;gup;,émluper Mmmw \ ..mj/;2oa_’z or ex aﬁeeiuigearrs q_uadalam exggzzam wzderetar ) *vzifml_i:_ mfiimmo exzgum, ; £.- tzzmyzmm lam. Ham ¢r;eé:zt crefcexe M pram ﬁcm, -vcl clzws Montmm : mzmlz razlzce,/hbrzrmzrzz, I”"g:fdr€:~'rrrr2qrre K} in Anglia wziigq *1/frl'?’}Ma‘i2z rujliczér. Thus much for Gefner. WI ;>the(l:l[1rJ/21:5 amongli otherwilde Lines {pr Flaggeslhatlh fft forth this, which from _a lining thicke awe andropt fends vp many ﬂ‘all<e—s aCl!mo_ a Eu {it rig 1, ‘omewhat red and ﬁilfe, {etwith prettle eeto tf 1lCl({: leaues not rough an hairy, ut mooth and hard: the lloures grow plentifirlly on re SP? 0 the ftallres, beinglarge, and compofed of Hue leaues‘ of a-faire yellow colour,wit_h ﬂue mm dgpmming forth of their m1dCll€$,W1tl1aS many fmaller and {hotter haires. The feed is con~_ 3 hi ﬂatter heads than thofe of the ﬁrli defcribed, containing apblacke but not fhining feed.‘ egtlgg; in lune and Iuly,and tipens the feed in Augull. It growes naturally vpon diuershills in Jam tmartlaiolar and Dodon.2m.hat1e vnder the name of Linum fjlueﬂ_re5 and Loéel hy the namepof ende mélriﬁumluteum iyazéonenf}, Te}: f0f.T«.h another yellow ﬂoured wilde flax. This growes with nu b r a ks fomeycubit higli,1et with leaues like thofe offlaxe, but fomewhat.leﬂ‘er, and fewer in ’ m- “-5 3'5 ihetops of the lialks growﬁoures fmaller than thofe of the common Lyne,and yellow

0 . . . f °°l°uf~ It growes naturally vpon the cealis of France that lie towards the Mediterranean ﬂea,"

“i not in England that I haue heard of. 1:

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and fey grow naturally in grauelly grounds: the ﬁrﬂ growes in wel manured places, as in gardens

U911 like foiles. The fecond.gro,weth,by the feat ﬁde. The third and fourth grow vpon rockes

n cliffes neere the fea ﬁde : I haue feen them grow vpon the {ca banks by Lee in EfI'ex,&c in mag y Flam‘-S of the Ifle of Shepey. They grow alfo between Quinborow and Shetland houfe,

haue not feen any of thefe growing wilde,but only the lift of my defcription. 1:

Th ‘I ' I The)’ ﬂoure from May to the end ofiﬁugi-iii, e ‘med’

r names are fuﬁiciently expreft in their feuerall titles}

Th f. T _ ‘ A r _q The Natareandrfartueri _g _ M M _ _ V I‘ dom e aculties of thefe kirides of wilde flax are referred gnt0' §hC Inanured ﬂax, but they are felg e V Cd either‘ in phy licke or furgerie, ‘ " ‘ »

C H A in} 168; Oflzlac/Q Saltnvort’. 1;’ Tbe Dieféription.

Itheoéd l:‘m_°>fa“l1 the Authors of the‘ Aaherfirria, this plant was tfed for meat,& recelued 3m°P€' ,3 egi"””’.“- It Was Called Glaux by reafon of the colour of the leaues which are of a blewlfh axlgo,yG°,°‘°“?r°a11ed in Latine Glam»: colar,ﬁich as is in the Sallow leaf : if others it is callfd G4’? “-5 and E“£4l4‘70”,qssaﬁ lac>”r'ca,or Lafiiﬁca becaufe it is good to encreafe milk in the W635’ other plants fob: much "f°d- Rue/liar and others haue fet downe G4lt’g45Securib{i643 1_’0[J'$' "l“a.& many Ily fmall btancli the true Gl4ux,which hath bred a confu{ion.The true Glaux‘ ofD10f‘“”‘d“ hm‘ ma". with man 1‘ lesifome creeping on the grou‘nd,a’nd fome iianding vprig11':‘“3“der and fmlabe (35 ' “Ween vzhitthe fat lea“?-5'like '1'ri5ulu:_[ylue_/fris,or Herm}z‘ri4,gro‘vvingal0ﬂ'§=‘; the ﬂan“ by c°“P1e5r’ 1° g_1'_0w fmall purple ﬂoures : which beeing paﬂ:,there fucceed little bullets or feed-

abmad b . L is very fmall and threddy and taking hold of the vpper face of the earthjit runnes ‘ ’ Y V7.h‘,‘?ll mt‘-ans mightily encreafeth. .— T}; A‘ a a 3% ‘ii W