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Olitlieiii-ililtorie ofl3 H i i it 1 LIB: I. Of the Hiltorie of Plants.

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V M“ r" "‘ " ‘~ ‘ M-'(l;€%LOn"§<;thefe may be added another VVelt-lndianPanick, lent to Clafim from M‘I.zmer Gzzrs

, y The eare hereof was thicke clofe com ‘ 5 c. 2 , paéhand made taper-fafhion fmaller at the C H A P. 65; iljdfllfiée’. ixlf-Lthelotlheg the lgngtlrgheriofwas more thana foot and a halfe. Thae lhape of the . ; 11'€t1ea- ecrie uttatman ofrhr 0* 1] -.. -‘ 7 _ 7 r. M . husk . ,§ . i , y en toget er are contained in one hairy I p,,,,,:¢,,,,, ;,,5yg5,,m_ E} 4 /36 I\ma'c.>. . fiUurE;W:1Cr1 15 fallned to a very {hort ltalke , as you may fee reprefcnted apart by the fide of the Ind“ P“”°k" H b r ed 37 r rp ‘ k mm 1 rl D ' _ ere e tr; r‘ ortso. anic e,a igt L T of the Antients there haue been l§t»dov_vr::e 4 PQ.¢:,.~p‘tt>;r; 1;-W:/gdzie, n 5 PM?-mmflyyiflrm but two, that is to fay the Wlld or halt P&I1lCn, mtnon or Germane Patrick. w {d A « dth garden or m it red Panicke l I epamck" an e a L‘. ' .

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He Panick of India gtowes vp like Millet,whofe ftraw is knotty or ful of joints 5 the eares be round and hanging downeward 5 in which is contained a white or yellowifh feed like Canarie feed, or 2 Blew Panick hath a reddilh Pralk like to Sugar cane,as tall as a man, thicker than a fin: get, full of a fungous pith,of a pale colour: the iialks be vpright and knotty : thofe that grow neere the root are of a purple colour. On the t‘ p or fialkc commeth forth a f pike or eare like thewater Cats—taile , but of a blew or purple colour. The feed is like to naked Ores. The roots are very i'inal,in refpeét of the other parts of the plant.

1: 3 Pzmimm A7¢.rericanumj]2ic:t;Ior2gzfiima.’ Wefi-Indian Panick with a very long eare;

§}‘17::'l!)1;I:1etPan1ck hath man)’ hair)’ ‘»u:E7l.t1kc to FIG tawny, ?hO'5f,a jithe Wild Pani * « - Ol Sorg/mria orI

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roots growing thick together like vnto vvheat,as is all the Indiafiali Well leaues or blades,as {haw or fialke. Theeare groweth at the top fingle, not

3mCk,but much leffer. The graines are contained in chaflie skales,red declining ‘3k_§l'°‘V€tl1 Vp with long reeden {talks full ofjointsfet with long leaues like ndian Paniclc : the tuft or feathet—like top is like to the common reed,or eare If?/?:emo;e,or Manna gralle. The root is finall and threddy.

The k. . I _ . 1]’ T/76 Place and Time. ‘ pmfper b1;]{C!:(l:f]OhfPJl]lCl{ are foiyen 111 the pring,and are ripe in the beginningof Au ufi. They and Turk wh or and dry l'?g10I1s,and wither for the molt part with much watering,as doth‘Mill y eat‘ They ‘lmckly C0316 t0 ripenell‘e,and may be kept good along time. Pang k ~ A . 1} Tim Names. lard C is $.15’ d in Cfreakfi '-AW. and msaizl: Diodes the Phyfitian nameth it Me! Frugum : the Spa ~ K’: atrne s,P.mzcz;m,of Pamzimla .- in Engli{h,Indian Paniclgor Otemcaleo panicks n . _ 1} Tbe Temperature. our1{hlittle,and are dri.ers,as Galen faith, panick Q0 _ q] The Vermry. _ drnnke tiviceiitiifiaigtlle 1351833 Millet doth,being boiled (as Pimy reporteth) in Goats milke, and A Bread made ay. Outwardly in pultefles or otherwife,it dries and cooles.

of A ‘ - - . - . . . . c ammmflre no fllzn1cl<enouril’lieth little, and is cold and dry,very brittle, hauing in it neither 3» . V I amell'e,and therefore it drieth a moilt belly. l

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