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but alfo for the elﬁcacie tbeteofagainll the bloudy iﬂhes,and fanious vl ers of the womhe and laid‘ ,§_:-,ripz’cxf}ztizr:z 11.54» ft 2 Azm‘pic,~.- {i:zir-4zz;,';:r,;vzi;rc4.r.

neyes, as the Authors of the V1 rlucrfzzrizz afﬁrme. fl: ‘White 0 rach . '13 urple Orach. q we Plzzrezzndfimc.

Thefe pleaiant floures are fowne in gardens, efpecially for their great beautie.

They floure in Augufl',and continue ﬂourifhing till the froﬁ ouertake them, at what time tllﬁl’ perifh. But the Floramor would be fowne in a bed of hot horle-dung, with fome earth ftrewe thereon in the end of March, and ordered as we doe muske Melons, and the like. '

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This plant is called in Greeke Aw-‘wnc, becaufeit doth not wither and wax old : in Latine A777‘: " m;«2:l;;,,; pmparem .- in Dutch, _§amatbluomen : in‘ Italian, Fior «vellum .- in French, ram» colour!- in Engliih, gfloure Gentle,purpl.e Veluet ﬂoure,Florarnor 5 and of fome,ﬂoure Velure. '

qr Y be Tempmztrtre and!/‘ermes.

Moll attribute to Home Gentle a binding fai__3ulty,with acold and dry temperature; ,

It is reported they {lop all kindes of bleeding which is not manifeﬂ by any apparant ql_18l“Y in them, except peraduenture by the colour onely that the red eares haue : for fame are of op1I_11°“{ that all red things flanch bleeding in any part of the body : becaufe fome things,as Bole armoﬂidm’: U ﬁmgmir Dnzcombgterra Szgi//am, and fuch like ofred colour doe flop bloud : But Galen, lid. 2.&‘ 4- ._ " -‘ g ' I-’=" ,- V _‘ .«-;g},'v J: ﬁr/q2.ﬁzm/t. plainly {heweth,that there can be no certainty gathered from the colours, touching ﬁll“ ‘ ' . ' .. V ' yr "’ ‘ vertues ofiimple and compound medicines:wherefore they are ill perfuaded,that thinke the ﬂ0“’e Gentle to Pcanch bleeding, to {top the laske or bloody ﬂix, becaufe of the colour onely, ifthey ha no other reafon to induce them thereto.

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Q] The Defcriptim. He Garden white Orach hath an high and vprig.htf.1’calke, with broad fharpe pointed lcaues like thofe ofBlite,yet finoothcr and fofter. The ﬂoures are frnall and yellow’ growing in clu{lers:the feed round, and likea leafe couercd with a thin skin, or film‘, and groweth in clu{l:ers.The root is wooddy and fibrous : the leaucs and flalkes at the ﬁrlt arc 0 . glittering gray colour,and fprinkled as it were with a meale or Home. 3 Am. I ‘_ T _ _ _ _ 2 This differs from the former,only in that it is of an ouerworne purple colour. V.Vi£,”’§["'“/h‘I4:ﬂ'4'«’ {01)‘{,7>*-’7m0"« " — T 4 4trl]’Z"‘ ””’”””* 3; 3 This might more ﬁtly haue beene placed amongft the Blites ; yet Ending the ﬁgure ll?“ . C “Ch: 0‘ Alkiee - 563 Olaclh (‘though a contrary defcription) l haue let it injoy the place. It hath a white and {lender Wolf and it is fomcwhat like, yet leffe than the Blite,with narrow leaues fomewhat refemblin B8511’ it hath abundance of fmall lloures,which are fucceeded by a numerous fort of feeds,whiCl1‘“e blacke and (hining. zt .

There is a wilde kinde growing neere the fea, which hath pretty broad leaues, cut deep?” about the cdges,fbarpe pointed, and couered ouer withacertaine mealineﬂe, fo that the who plant as well leaues, as llalkes and Homes, Iooke of an hoary or gray colour. The ftalkes lye fpfc on the (hore or Beach,whereas it vfually growes.

» It 5 The common wilde Orach hath leaues vnequally ﬁnuated,or cutin fomewhataftertll‘ manner of an oaken leafe,and commonly of an ouerworne grayifh colour : the ﬂourcs and feedial much like thofe of the garden but much leﬂh. ‘

6 This is like the laft defcribcd,":_but the leaues are leﬂer and not {'0 much diuided the {ﬂeas grow alfo in the fame manner as tholé of the precedent. ’ 7 This alio in the face and manner of growing 18 like thofe already‘ defcribed, but the lcaucs

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g_/{mplex.l'y/zit:/Zmpalygonz,amt Helximsfolia. r . , -., , ‘V 1 « _ ~ " ' ~‘=»_,~.;g vﬁ , T 8 This elegant Orach hath a ﬁngle and {mall root, putting forth a few ﬁbres, the {talkC5 are T ' ‘ ' '

fome foothigh,diuided into many branches,and lying along vpon the ground;and vpon the

grow leaues at certaine fpaees,whitifh and vnequally diuided, fomewhat after the manner of ill: wilde Orachs about the {laike or fettrng on of the leaues grow as it were little berries, fomcwha like a lime mu1bcrry,and when thefe come to ripeneilé,they are of an elegant red colour and make a fine thew. The feed is fmall, round, and afhcoloured. 1 a . q] T /16 Place. d The Garden Oraches grow 11111101} gardens. The Wilde Oraches grow neere parh~wa‘y7C5 an‘ ditch iides 5 but mofi commonly about dung-h~ils and fuch {at places. Sea O-rach l haue foulld 3 Quecneborough, as alfo at Margate in the Ille ofThanet: and in molt place; about the (63 ﬁdﬂ iThe eighth groweth only in fome choile gardens:I haue feen it diners times with M‘ Parkiﬁfwgﬂ