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1] T66 Time. They fpring and wax green in Aprill,and floure in Iuly. , The water—Crefl‘e to be eaten in fallads fheweth it felf in March when it is beft, and floureth 111 Summer with the reft. Q1“ The f1\(_4mc’:.

it I The firfl of thefe is Siam majm latifiolium of '1" aéermtmomamzs. _

2 This is Sion adaramm Trzzgi ; Siam of M zzttbiolm,Daa’amm4,and others : it is taken to be Sun” or Lane?‘ of Diafcorides . Loéel calls it alfo Pafiinaca Aqmzticzgor water Parfenep.

This may be called Siam rumée/imam repcm,Creeping water Parfenep. Of this there is 8 W3‘ fonable good figure in the Hzjhbugdmvzenfir, pz1g.I o 9 2 . vnder the title of Siam werum Mzzttlvioli; but the defcription is of that we here giue you in the fixt place.

This is S mm /z/tcmm of Dodamexa : and Siam altemm oluflztrifizcie of Loéel.

5 Many iudge this to be the Szfymbrium zzlremmpr Cardamine of Diofcoride: : as alfo the Sim Of Cratemu .- and therefore Loéel termes it Sim Cfatime erumfalium; It is called by Dadomem, and V“ " garly in {hops known by the name of 2‘Ql_flm’tzum aqaAticrtm,,o1‘ water C reffes. ‘

6 This is called Siam "UM/gare by Mattbiolm : Loéel alfo termes it S izmz tfillatthiolz‘ é“ Italartmfl This was thought by our countryman D’ Turner to be no other than the fecond here defcribed: 0 which opinion I mufi confeffe I alfo was ; but vpon better confidetation of that which Label and B414/rifle haue written,I haue changed my mind.

* (J ‘I/ac Temperature. VVater-Creffe is euidently hot and dry.

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VVater~CreflE being boiled in wine or milke,and drunke for certain daies together,is very g0°d ‘

againfi the Scuruy or Scorbute. .

Being chopped or boiled in the broth of flefh, and eaten for thirty daies together at morning? noone,and night,it prouoketh vrine,wafl:s the ftonqand driueth it forth. Taken in the fame man‘ net it cureth yong maidens of the green ficknelTe,bringeth downthe termes, arid fendeth into the face their accullomed liuely colour lot} by the flopping of their M mflrmz.

CH Al’. 18. * Of wilt/e waterfrefler or Cuckpnvflaurer.

q] The Defcription.

He firfl: of the C uckow flours hath leaues at his f pringing vp fomwhat round,8c th0‘:°

that fpring afterward grow jagged like the leaues of Greek Valerian;among which “‘

feth vp a {talk a foot Iong,fet with the like leaues,but fmaller and more jagged,refC‘“‘

bling thofe of Rocket.The fioures grow at the top in {mall bundles,white ofcolour, hollow in the middlqrefembling the white fweet-lohn :after which come fmallchaflie huskes or feed-vefle 5’ whereitlrgheffeed Ieontaiined. The root is fmalfl ans thredd y. I i 2 e econ orto Cucko flo h th ma ‘a o dleaues l'k th I‘ F h f . llV3 3' gglrlaagtfiggltsi zit: it(l)1re former in fihlkslhriid rcilots : the fioiiris be white‘, dtterglaiihii ctr dccitlljiéining ‘O’ 1 3 The leaues and fialks of this are like thofe of the laft dcfcribed,nor are thefloures which firfl {hew themfelues much vnlike them; but when as they begin to faile, in their middle rife "9 headS'Oflt])1'eftty double floures made of many leaues,like in colour to thefe of the fingie. 1: ddy

T e ourth fort of Cuckow floures groweth creeping vpon the ma d ' h f 11 thre Ralks,whereupon grow leaues like thofe of the field Clauer or th1'ec—le§.t1ednG’i:ii'e : eirriiong whic_ docome vp fmall and tender flalks two handfuls high,hauing Homes at the top in greater quail” tie than any of the refhof colour white ;and after them follow cods containing a {mall feed. Th root IS nOfi]ll'l_% f2ifCLblSt a; It alblilsliiie ofrthrums or threds. I .65 Mi k.w rte a y-’ moc at 1 a ks ri mg immediatly from the root d‘ ’d' 1 rule 0 into fimdry finall twiggy and hard branches, fet with leaues like thofe of S;r;iiul;z¢7:2rig'lL’lif: HOW? row at the top,made offoure leaues of a yellowlfh colour : the root is tough and wooddy , ‘W

ome fibres anexed thereto. ;t_ This is no other than the firfi defcribed,difl-eringonly therefrom in that the floures are milke white, 33 0111' Authm truly in the title of his figure made them- 6': forgetting himfelfe in his defcripti0'n_, he maketh them vellowifh, COHITETY 3° himfelfe and thc truth. 4‘. ’

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