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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. L I is; 2-

land, I haue feene onely fomebranehes of itbrought from Leiden by my friend M_‘' William Parker- T he other ofmy deicription I hauediuers times found growing among the come in Chelfey 53 ’ and alfo haue had it brought me from other places by M“ George Bowler and M“Leenard Buckner. T /Je Time. It floureth in lime and Iuly,and the feedqis ripe in the end ofAuguf’c. {I T/re Names. ’ 1 It is called Campaaala /1raenfi:,and of fome oaoéryebzégbutvnproperly :ofother, Caryop/Jy/[I55 5"‘ getz.«m,or Com Gillofloure,or Corn Pink, and Speealam Veaeria, or Ladies Glafle : the Brabandfls in their tongue call it mtnmm _®piegeI. . he :1: Tabemamoatana: hath two figures thereof, the one vnder the name of Viola aruenfisa and 3 other by the title off/iela Pemagomabecaufe the flame hath fiue folds or corners. 2 This of Eng defcrip/tion is not mentioned by any Author,wherefore I am content to follow that name whlc he giuen to the former , and terme it in Latina speealam I/mm’: mma: sand from the colour of ‘ flonre and codded feed-veffell to call it Codded Corn Violet. 1:

V Tbe Temperature analVertae:. later We haue not found any thing written either of his vertue or temperature,of the ancient 0! Writers. ' '

Cir A110. 0ff7\Ceefing root or .7\{e.«jéwort.

ii Hefieéaras pretax.

2 H ellebora: albmpraeox. White»Hellebor. '

Timely white Hellebor.

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9i 75¢ Defcriptiea.

He are kinde of white Hellebor hath leaues like vnto great Gentian, but much br:>3;

dei-,and not vnlike the leaues of the great Plantaine, folded into pleits like a 9.3”” R:

plaited to be laid vp in a chell gamollgfi thefe leaucs rifeth vp a fialke a cubit 101?; 3‘ d 7 , _ . o o I

L I is. 2.. the Hiltorieof Plants.

towards

U _ top ftrllofilittle {tar-like flouresio-E an herb 5; green colour tending to whitenes:which

exec ' ' ' . - ~

fW:?gafi,tl1ere come tmall husks containing the feed. The root is great and thicke, with many e all t sreds hanging rhereat. ' r

V.‘ $1 ,>, , I_" 1 . . q - n . F The ftcond area is very like the firlhand differeth in that, that this hath blacke and reddifh -,.iL.-1.

I w . ' _ . . nu tomes to ;ioi.ii'iiig be fore the other kind,and feldom in my garden commeth to feed.

T2“! Fl P H . . ‘GJ The Place.‘ . .

-J Cilcllfnf grow=etl_i on the; Alps and liich lil<e_mountains where Gentian gtowes. it

mm? ‘fig;-:v:’[OV1l1FO of tire Billirip op. Norwic§i,kI‘h;1_t{yvlli)ite .Hellebor groweth in awood of his

,\V,&Em «Ts .. iisnotile at l‘VOI‘WlCll. some {ay 1 ewi e t at it doth grow vpon the mountaines of ca. . .peal<e this vpon rcpurtfiyctl thinke it may be true. Howbeit I dare affure you that they

'n'’'v'‘':'i ‘ . at my in my garden at Londornwhere the firll ltinde flonreth and feedeth very well.

T lfi '1‘ M T me. he firli flonreth in Iune,and the lecond in May.

1',’ The Names. IIAé}3$a: mum = in Latine, Veratram ai/3:e.m,He/leizerm ;z.2'.4.w,and San; Germans celfit naeifg niefmuctz the low-Dutch, itfieifmngtfil: the Italians, Spaniards,Vera’egamére élamo : the French,E/leéore beam/ae : and we of England bor,Neel'ewort,Lingwort,and the root Neefing ponder.

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_N‘~°CxLWOrt is called in Greelce 011/;_r [1 . I - x ’ <27, 576% em. Ihe

.1 - - ,. "',{070 /Manta .- the

call it white Heme

Th . q[ '1‘ 6e Temperature. 6 root of white Hellehor is hot and dry in the third degree.

_ The mot of 1 . Hal Tl T/ye I/‘ertaer. ‘ i A _ A . by that means W pitch .l'lebor procureth vomit mightily.,wherein conpfifleth his chiefe vertuej-and ficknefle hmypmcft _a ifuperfluous {lime and naughty humors. ' it is good againll the falling and Wm *9 195: ClaI1ca,dropfies,poiion,and againit all cold dileafes that be of hard curation; _ 110: yeeld to any gentle medicine. b . 13 {bong medicine made ofwhite Hellebor, ought not to bee giuen inwardly vnto delicate

“ ‘Es without great correction-b ' ’ - o ‘ " 2 r , « ~ « , ut it may be more fafely giuenvnto countrey people which feed g Dal find haue hard tough and {trong bodies. A

to fl éflggoé OgHellebor cut in {mall pieces, fuch as may aptly and conueniently be conueyed in- ten 6 5, or mundifie them,and take away the callous matter which hinders curation : and at‘. _ y may be healed vp with fome incarnatiue vnguent fit for the purpofe. J: This facultie by

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T g’ cttsattributecl to theblacke Hellebor,and notto this. i - Pouderclrawnev mlehllmors

U llti root giuen to d .1 mtssbemg madev

mic ymv, fie cu H p with hony and flotire of wheat. Pliny addeth,that it is a medicine againl’: . = «I 1 a

C H A in III. Of M/a’e white He//eéori

qf The Deferiptiea.

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H H1-Ielbgriiic is lllxCVl’lt0 white Hellebor, and for that caufewee haue giuen it the name

1 0 C ‘re orine. It bath a firaight Pcallee of a foot high,{et from the bottome to the tuft

‘nothing neere fo\l;L;1:esw1{thdf311:C leaues, ribbed andchamferedlikc thofe ofwhire Hx Ilebor, but

5 erg €920‘?! 9.t'e0r . pof th . . . :> , .

Plerin (‘mpg C’E3°“°“’ ‘vithlfifind white O’fC0lOlIl‘,&1'&l{Cd here and there with a dafh or Iii‘-

13 fmallyftlll of inidfi i«]»O§re.S 0*-3_&tyrion. The feed is fmall like dull or motes in the fun. fhe root

fem’) d 5f 3-«1_1 bitter in tafie.

U Whemf} 1S1l(£{£'e%VntO rh

. nu ‘lIlCOl.‘l‘ ~ . 3 The third irrnaeoris em I,“

<3 firfhbtlt altogether greater : the floures white without any I1‘..§'.:§— oirierence.

lelle'oorine,being the lixt of Clafia:,ha'th leaues like the firli defcrihe.d,hut 0 0 3 {mailer

p into the nofe caufeth fneefing,and purgeth the brain from grolle and HL D

een colour.The floures be orderly placed from the middle to ~

rinke in the weight of two pence,taketh away the fits ofagues, killerh mice E