Of the Hifiorie of Plants. L 1 B. 2- . #______, 1] T be T im. _ They are to be gathered in their flouting time, that is in Iuly and Augufl: offome that game’. them fuperltitiotrily they are gathered betweene the two Lady daies. Q‘ The Q\{gme:. . The Grcekes can this, xam,mu.,.,r.: in Latine it is called Cenmurium mimu 5 yet Pliny nameth 1‘ Liéaa/zon,and by reafon ofhis great bitternell"e,Felteme. The Italians in I-Ietruria call it,Biom{t‘ 4;‘ in Spanil‘h,Cemorz‘zz : in low Dutch, Qljemggpe gin Englifh, fmall, little, or common Centorie : 1“ Frenclr,Cmroirc. Q} ‘Me Temperature. The frnall Centorie is ofabitter quality,and of temperature hot and dry in the fecond deg and the yellow Centorie is hot and dry in the third degree. ‘Ila: Vernier. . Being hoyled in water and drunke it openeth the {toppings of the liner, gall, and fpIeene,1th peth the yellow jaundife, and likewife long and lingering agues : it killeth the wormes in the beI= ly; to be briefe,it clenfeth,f'coureth.and maketh thinne humours that are thicke, and doth efi:€5*“‘3 ally performe whatfoeuer biting things can. _ - Dzlrfcorides, and Gzz/£72 after him report, that the decoétion draweth downe by liege cholcf afld thiclte humors,and helpeth the Sciatica gbut though we hauevfed this often and luckily,yet CO“ d we not pereeiue euidently that it purges by the Ptoole any thing at all, and yet it hath perform‘ the effeéts aforefaid. This Centorie being (laamped and laid on whileflz it is fre (h and greene, doth heal: and clofe "9 greene woundgcleanfeth old vlcers,and perfeétly cureth them. . The juyce is good in medicines for the eies grnixed with hony it eleanfeth away fuch thm hinder the fight 5 and being drunke it hath a peculiar vertue againft the infirmities ofthe finu€5a 3 Diafeoridcs teacheth. « , The Italian Phyfitians do giue the ponder of the leaues of yellow Centorie once in three dflles in the quantity of a dram, with annife or caraway feeds, in wine or other liquor, which preual againfi the drop lie and greene fickenelfe. Of the red fl0ured,Ioamm‘ Pnjiim hath thus written 3

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‘Chap. Of Caluerfizout, or SnapdI'agen.

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_g He plI_$—p;l’e Snapdragon hath great and brittle ftalks, which diuideth it felfe into ma“ ~ fragile~=bran.ch‘cs whereupon do grow long leaues {harpe pointed very greene,lik€ ‘"7 0 iithofef qfwilde.figx,but much greaterfet by couples one oppolitdagainft another-The fioures grow at the oftfiye fialkes, of a purple colour, fafhioned like a frogs mouth, or rath“ 3 dragons mouth,‘fr"omiw’hence the women haue taken the name Snapdragon, The feed is bl8€1“’ contained. in round huskes fafhioned like a calues (trout, (whereupon fome haue called it C31“? fEout)t<e>r opgniongt is rcpolre like vnto the bones of a fheeps head that hath bcene long t ewa fa ; T 5-1, 90:1 ume c eaneawa . » v ‘ r 2 Tbs? f€_C0Dfd a’ teeth with the precedeht in euery part, except in the colour of the HOLIIC52 for this plan,‘ b“”§’i.°'th' i°""h.“l§§f° floures, and the other purple, wherein confifts the dil?erenC€- Ii — I The yellqw Snapdra‘g_on hath along thickc woodd y root,with certain. firings faflned thew‘ tO5f1'OlIl which tbfeth vp a brittle {lalke of two cubits and a halfe high,diuided ‘-from the bottom “: the top intodruers branches; Wh¢""“P°" do glow long greene leaues like thofe of the former: but greater and longer. The floures grow at the top of the maine branehespf a pleafant yellow €010“ ’ in fhape like vnto the preccd,ent- _ i The {mall or Wilde Snapdragon differeth not from the others but in flature :the lean“

are lefler and narrower: the Homes purplfi, but altogether {mallet : the heads or feed-veffels are “H0

like thofe of the former.

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the ground : the leaues are much fmaller than thefe of the lali defcribed : the flouresg and 1:53? ‘ . fels are alfo like,but lelfer,and herein confifls the onely difference, '1 4' r ’ ‘ ' ‘“ ‘[~ 15;

(if the Hiftorie ‘of Plants.

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4- Afitirrbinum minus. Small Snapdragon.

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3 Arztirr/yinum lutezmz. Yellow Snapdragon.