Hifiorie of Plants. V LIB.

N #fl,,,_,.,. 5 oxalis minor. leaues, fmall,weake,and tenderiof the fame fonre tag‘? small sorrel}, that the leaues are of. The floure,l‘eed, and root is 11 5

the other Sorrels,but altogetherlefler.

7 The fmallefl fort of Sorrel is like vnto the PW‘ cedent,fauing that the lowefl leaues that lie vpofl thc ground be fomewhat round,and without the little ear? that the other hath,whieh fetteth forth the difl'erenC¢_?-

1: 8 There is alfo kept in fome gardens a V6115 large Sorrel,hauing.leaues thicke,whitifh,and as larfi? as an ordinarie Docke, vet fhaped like Sorrell, and

the fame acide tafle.'I'he fialks and feed are like tho 3 T

of the ordinarie,yet whiter coloured. 1:

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'1‘ he common Sorrel groweth for the molt P3“ in moifi medowes and gardens. The fecond by wife“ {ides , but not in this kingdome that I know of. The fourth and fift alfo are garden plants with vs ; but the third and fixth grow vpon grauelly and fandy barre“ ground and ditch banks.

qt Tb: Time.

They floutifh at that time when as the other kind”

of Docks do floure.

qr Tie Names.

Garden Sorrel is called in Greeke,'-Em, and u’-Eva: = ofG4lm, Sm.‘-an : that is to fay, Acidum 5”’

pat/mm,or Acidm mmex, foure Docke -, and in {hops commonly Acerojéz .- in the Germane Tongue’

gem; 8|l!DR2t 2 in l0W-Dutch, §tlttktl¢,and fiutiuck : the Spaniards,Azeder.ar,Agrellu,alld Azedaa .- in French,0z,:z'/1:,and Sure//c,t/Iigrctte : in Engli{h,garden Sorrell. _

The fecond is called of the later Hetbatiflsfluberofi 4mof4,and Tuécrofiun lapatkum : in Englllb’ Bunehed or knobbed Sorrel.

The third is called in Englif'h,Shee s Sorrell: in Dutch, Sam) fiutkcl.

The fourth, Roman Sorrell,or roun leaued Sorrell.

The fift,Curled Sorrell.

The fixt and feuenth,Barren Sorrell,and dwarfe Sheeps Sorrell.

1 The eighth is called Oxalix, or Atctofi maxim lm'_folz'.s,_great broad leaued Sorrell. J7;

, qt 75: Temperature. The SOIIEIS are moderatly cold and dry.

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Sorrell doth vndoubtedly coole and mightily dry 5 but becaufe it is {cure it likewife curfew tough humors. ’

The juice hereof in Sommer time is a profitable fauce in many meats,and pleafant to the £83‘ : t

it cooleth_ an hot fiomackeamoueth appetite to meat, tempereth the heat of the liner and opened! the floppmgs thereof. . ’

C The leaues are with good fucceflé added to decoétions which are vfed in agues.

The lcaues of Sorrel taken in good qu antitie, {lampcd and {trained into fome ale and a polm made thereol,coole the ficke body,quench rhirihand allay the beam offuch as am “ambled with‘ eihlent feuer,hot ague,or any great inflammation within. The leaues {odden,and eaten in manner ofa Spinach tart,or as meagfofcen and bofen the belly and attemper and coole the blond exceedingly.

The feed of Sorrell drunke in grofle red wine floppeth the laske and bloudy flix.

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L} 5.” of the Hifcorie of 1>lancl.~.i

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C H A 8 5. Offlzflart or Sharfierweed.

qr Tbe Defcriptién.

He great Biitort hath long leaues much like Patience,but fmaller,and more wrinkled or Crumpledlon the vpper lide of a darke green,and vnderneath of a_blewi1h greene co. k lour much like \/Voad. The {lalke is long, fmooth, and tender, haurng at the top a f pi- €_d knap or care fet lull offrnal whitifh floures declining to carnation.The root is all in a lumpe, Vmhouf fafhion ;Wlthil'l of a reddifh colour like vnto flefh, in tafte like the kernell of an acorne. V 3 The frriall Biftort hath leaues about three inches long,and of the bredth of a mans nail5the _PPer fide is ofa green colour, and vnderneath of an ouerworne greenilh colour zamongit which alfeth VP =1 ltalke of the height of a (pan, full of joints or knees , bearing at the top fuch floutes, as 6 gm.‘ Bmmt beareth;which being fallen.the feeds appeare of the bigneifc of a tare,reddi(h of colomretlcry feed hauing one fmall green leafe faflned thereto, with many fuch leaues thtufi in a-_

m°“g the Whole bunch offloures and feed. The root is tuberous like the other,but fmallenand not

0 much crooked.

K Bi/form major. » ‘2 Biflorta minor; 5D-ike-weed. Small S'nal:e-weed.

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TB _ . . ,. 4 , ._ . . - which _Y0=ld leaned Snake-weed hath many large vneuen leau_es,—fmooth and very greene s.3m°“8.

‘1 fivpd fmall brittle ilalk f h d ‘h” h b " h t ’f ' { ike of figures like sfatlre white Bifiort. The root ii iinhiihy :)‘l'lb:1ni?%eii cer'aci'tl>rl’<§c‘llltytt(:tt1o'ePd:)rtv‘1iiethE3d t13~i'5_Wa'Y 3X that nggiiigherde-9f ‘t ‘°0l<e his name Bzjlorm 12 It differs fiom the firfi only in that thf Wot ‘simbm ‘WE’:

>3“ thc leaues broader and more crumpled. 1: in 6 gm‘ Elam growes in’ moifl: and warerie piacesfind in‘ the dark: thadowrc woodssbflr ‘ 3 "TY Common in moi’: gardens. S ‘

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