Oithie Hifiorie of Plants. Li B. 1.,

of Tire Dcfcrifiioiz.

He firlikind ofwilke Cow-Wheat Clajim in his Pannonick hifiory calls Parietztrid /jig

«veyzra, erwildc Pellitory : which name, according to his owne words,if it do not fltly

anfwer the Plant, he knoweth not what to call it, for that the Latines haue not giuen any name thereunto : yet becaufe fonire haue fo called it, hee retaineth the fame name. Notwith- fianding he referred it vnto the ltindes of Md/t727[2yrzM2,Or Cow-wheat,or vnto Crazxogofiomthe wilde Cow-wheat,which it doth very well anlwer in diuers points. it hath an hairy foure fquare flalke, very tender,weake and eafie to breake, not able to {land vpright without the helpe of his neigh- bours that dwell about him,a foot high or rnoreywzhereupon do grow long thin leaues, fharpe poin. ted,an_d oftentimes lightly fnipt about the edges, of a darke purplifh colour, fornetirnes greenifh, fer. by couples one oppolite againit the other 5 among the which come forth two floures atone joynt, long and hollow fomewhat gaping like the fioures of a dead nettle, at the firl’: of a pale yel. low,and after of a bright golden colour 5 which do fioure by degrees, firlt a few, and then more, b meanes whereofit is long in flouring. Which being pafr, there fucceed fmallcups or feed velfels, wherein is contained browne feed not vnlike to wheat.

2 Red leafed wilde Cow~wheat is like vnto the former, fauing that the leaues be narrower,and the tuft ofleaues more jagged. The ltalkes and leaues are of a reddilh horlh-flefh colour, The floures in forme are like the other,but in colour differing, for that the hollow part of the floure with the heele or fpurre is of a purple colour, the rel’c of the Home yellow. The feed and veffels are like the precedent. ,

2 This kinde ofwilde Cow-wheat ifaécriizmzamamza hath l'et forth vncler the title of Odzmtirc: : others haue taken it to be a kindeof Iizrfhrafia or Eyebrighr,l)ecaufe it doth in fome lort refernbie it, efpecially in his floures. The flalkes of this plant are fmall, woody, rough,and fquare. The leaues are indented about the edges, fharpe pointed, and in molt points refembling the former CO':V—V‘Vl1C€'.t5 fo that of necelfiry it mufi be ol-‘tlie fame kinde,and not a kinde of Eyebrigh t as hath beene fet downe by fome.

., Q} The Place,

Thefe Wilde kindes of Cow-wheat doe grow commonly in fertile paftures,and bulhie Copies, or low woods, and among bufhes vpon barren heaths and luch likeplaces.

The two firfl doe grow vpon Hamplied heath neere Londomarnong the Iuniper bu (hes and bil~ berry bufhes in all parts of the fard heath, and in euery part of England where I haue trauelled.,-

, qf T/re Time.

They {loure from the beginning of May, to the end of Auguflz.

T/Je Names. V

I The firft is called of Loéelim, Cnzneogonon : and of rraéermzmomzmm, tjvlilium S_ylzmt1'l:m72,'0r‘ V\700d Millet, and A/finefyluzztim, or Wood- Chickweed ,

l 2 The fecondhath the fame titles :in Englifh, Wilde Cow-wheat. The laft is called by Taéermrmammm, Odorztites : ofDoc/mmu, Ezlpbrefia aliens, and Ezqzéraa

‘ o “fine. Hippocrates called the wilde Cow-wheat,1’aZyca7pzm2, and Polycrimm.

T63 N5Zftlr€ and Vemzcr.

There is not much fer downe either ofzhe nature or vertues of thefe plants: onely it is reported that the feeds do caufe giddineffe and drunkennefFe,as Darnell doth.

‘The feed of Cnzmogonon made in fine ponder, and giucn in broth or otherwil'e,mightily prom. lketh Venerie. ‘

Some writc,that it will likewife caufe women to bring forth male children.

T .566 the vertues attributed to Crzzmagozzarz by Diofcorides before, Chap, 3 8, B_‘

Calm. 70. Of Ware alzyaoizz//. s q} T-/Ti./3 I<Cim2'€5.

Auing finilhed the krndes ofcorne, it followeth to thew vnto you the fundrv forts of Alpha- dils, whereof fome haue bulbous roots, other tuberous or knobby roots, forne of yellow co- lour, and fome of mixtcoloufsmotwithftanding Diofmm/as maketh invention but of one Afph0— dill, butP!z‘ny fetteth downe two 3 which 1)z'o;<gfiza.< confirrneth, faying, That there is the male and female Alphodill. The later age hath obferued many moe befides the bulbed one, of which Giz-

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Of the Hiflorie of Plants;

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I ltxfilzadelmnon mmofm.

White Afphodiu. 2 LA/[3/304/clzta ramofixat.

Branched Afphodill;

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qr Tée Defiriptio»;

I T He white Afphodill hath many long and narrow leaues like thofe of leeks, fharpé P91“ted.The ltalke is round, fmooth, naked, and without leaues, two cubits high,gar~‘

Ulfbed from the middle vpward with a number of floures P:arre-f_a{hion, made of’ fine Vvuhin [1 Eadie Colour white, with fome darke purple Ptreakes drawne downe the backe-fide.“ . ads wh re _ oures be cert-arne fmall chiues.- The floures being paflc, there fpring rvp littlc IOUM acre _1,.h erernare contained hard,blacke,and 3 fquare feeds like thofe ofBucl<—wheat or Stauefl fun‘ ‘Of mot {5 C0111 par‘): of many knobby roots growing out ofone head, like thofe of the Peome,

2 }BrCC,VlV1tl‘l a fmall_b_itternefl‘e and binding tafie. branches gnc red Afphodrll agreeth wellwith the former defcription, fauing that this hath, many any bmnchr armes growing out of the lialke,whereon the floures doe grow, and the other hath not 3 haV:i1l11,Vrl1ere1n confifieth the difference. _

mm the rpe Edi lwith the reddilh floure groweth vp in roots, flalke, leafe, and manner of growing med] fl:m‘,:~ §UR_l‘aurng that the floures of this be ofa dark red colour,and the other wh1te,which fcrred with 1 t C dlFF°‘°“C€,1f' there be any fuch diPference,or any fuch plant at all : for I haue con. Cg‘-taine kngnalny molt excellent men in the knowledge of plants, but none of them can giue met and fo hau iv ttdge Ofany fi1_Ch, but tell mee they haue heard it reported that fuch a one there 15; certain ' e ‘M0351?! Ceftamely I cannot fet downe any thing of this plant vntill I heare mom

tie. _ _ _ to name. iforas Yet I Cannot credit my Authour, which for reuerence of his perfon Iforbcare

T . . . fathnd dlddliiilolli All3l10_d11l hath many roots growing out of one head, made of firnoifltollgllr groflé, tendin Y: kflw fP“%3s0f grolfe fh'ings,fror_n the which rife vp many graffie leauCS')[h1Fk and like leaues e g 0 ‘l“3T€“€m?;atn0ng the which commeth vp a Ptrong thxckfi Pfalkfi fer with the

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