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Show 406 Of the Hittorie of Plants, , = 0 - Lis. Lis. 2. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, — ee + InEngland(faith Camerarius ) there growes acertaine kinde of Lunaria,which hath man leaues,and fometimes alfo fundrybranches ; whichtherefore I hauecaufed tobe delineated, thi other Herbarifts might alfotake notice hereof. Thus much Camerarius, Epit.Mat.p.64a..wherehe gives an elegantfigure ofa varictic hauing more leaues and branches than the ordinary, othenyif aot differing from ir. 3 Befides this varietie there is another kinde fet forth byClufius s whofe figure and deferipti. on I thinke good here to fet downe, This hath a root confi {ting of manyfibres fomewhat thicker than thofe of the commonkinde : from which arife oneor wow ingedleaues, thatis, many leaues fet to one ftalke, and thefe are like the leaues of the other Lamaria, but that theyare longer, thie. ker, and more diuided, and ofa yellowith greenecolour. Amongft thefeleaues there comesyp a Ralke fatandjuycie, bearing a greatertuft offloures or feeds(for knownot whether to cal them) than the ordinaric, but otherwifeverylike thereto. It groweth in the mountaines ofSilefiaand in fomeplaces of Auftria. + $ 3 Lunaria minor ramofa, | The Place, Small branched Moon-wort, Herba Paris growethplentifully inal! thefe places following ; thatis to fy, in Chaikney wood neere towakes Coulte, feuen miles from Colchefter in Effexnd in the woodby Robinhoodswell,neereto Nottingham ; in the parfonage orchardat Radwinter in Eflex, neere to Safion Walden, in Blackburneata place called Mertonin Lancafhire ; in the Moore by Canturburycalled the Clapper;in Disgley wood, fix miles from Prefton in Aur derneffe; in Bocking parke by Braintiee in Effex ; at Heffer in Lancafhire, andi Cotting woodin the North of England; as that excellent painefull and diligent Phyfition M*. Doétor Turneroflate me: morie doth recordin his Herbal. Lunaria or {mall Moone-wortgroweth a The Vertues. The berries of Herbe Paris giuen by the {pace of twentie daies , areexcellent good again A poifon,or the pouderof the herbe drunke in like manner halfe a fpoonfull ata time in the morning fafting. ; , = The fameis miniftred with great fuccefle vnto fuch as are becomie peeuith, or without vnder- ZB ftanding,being miniftredas is aforefaid,eucry morning by the fpace of twentie daies, as Bapti Sardus, and Matthiolus haue recorded. Since which time there hath been further experience mad thereofagainft poifon,andputin practice in the citie of Paris,in Louaine,andat the baths in Helwetia,by the right excellent Herbarifts Matthias de L’obel,and Petrus Pena, who hau ig Often read, that itwas one ofthe Aconites,called Pardalianches,and foby confequence ofa poifoning ; they gaue it vnto dogs and lambes, who receiued nd hurtbythe fame : whereforethey firr fecutedthe experience thereof,and gaue vntotwo dogs faft boundor coupled together,adram of Arfenicke,and one dram ofMercurie fublimate mixed with fleth (+ inthe Aduerfiria it is but of each halfe a dram, andtheré pag. 105. you mayfinde this Hiftorie more largely ferdowne. +) which the dogs would not willingly eat, and therefore they hadit crammed downe their throats vnto one of thefe dogs they gaue'this Antidotefollowing ina little red wine, wherebyhe'recouered his former health againewithina few houres: but the other dog which had none ofthe medi- cine,died incontinently, . This is the receit; R. vtrin{que Angelica (innuit) domefficam,[ylucfiremy icetoxiciyaleriane domeftice, Polipody querniradicum AltheaVrticaana 3.114, Corticis MeXeret Germanitl, 3.4. granorum herba Paridis, N24. foliorum cinfdem cumtoto, Num. 36.E%x maceratisin aceto radicibps, G ficcatisfit omninm pulves. 2 The people in Germany do vfe the leaues of Hetbe Paris in greene wounds, for the which it is C vety good,as Ioachimus Camerarius reporteth,who likewife faith, that the pouderoft he roots giuen to drink,doth{pecdily ceafe the gtipings andpaine ofthe Collicke. Small Moonewoortis fingular to heale greene and freth wounds:it ftaieth the bloudy flix. Ir p hath beene vfed among the Alchymiftes and witches to doe wonders withallwho fay,thar it will loofe lockes,and make themtofall fromthe feet ofhorfes that grafe where it doth grow,and hath beene called ofthem Martagon,whereas in truth they are all but drowfie dreames and ilufions;bur it is fingular for woundsasaforefaid. vpon dry andbarren mountaines and heaths. J haue foundit growing in thele places following , that is to fay, about Rp Bathein. Somerfetfhire in many placts Cuar. 90. efpecially ata place called Carey, 1? Of Winter-Greene. miles from Bruton,in the next Clofevto the Church-yard ; on Cockes Heath betweene Lowfe and Linton, three mils from Maidftonein Kent: it groweth allo in the ruines of an old bricke-kilae by Colchefter, in the ground of M*. Git! : Sayer, called Miles end: it groweth likt wife vponthefide ofBlacke-heath,neere yntotheftile fae leadeth ae Eltham ae about a0 hundred pacesfrom theftile :alfo in Lanca fhire neere vntoa Wood called Fairef t, by Latha moreouer,in Nottinghamfhire by the Weft woodat Gring ley, and at Weft the Ley feld by the Wet fide ofthe town e ; andin the Bifhopsfield at Yorke neere vntoonin Wakefield, in th Clofe where Sir George Sauilt his houfe ftandeth, called the Heat Hal] h by the relation ofa leatt® Doo rin Phyficke called M®, Zohn Merfhe of Cambridgeand many other places. | The Time, Herba Paris floureth in April, and the berry is ripe in the end Lunariaor {mall M ofMay, Cone-wort is to be feene : © The Names, . oy 4e P solanwe tetraphylum by Gefner an Me True-loue, and Herbe Paris : in Latine, Herba Pariz,and Lunaria minoris called in Engl ifh Small Lunarie,an d Moon-wort. | The Nature, Herbe Paris is exceeding cold ; whetebyit repreffes the tageand force ofpoifon. Lunaria minor is cold and dry of temperature, 4 ptrala hath manytender and verie Steene leaues,almoft like the leaues ofBeete, ther in my opinionlike to the leaties ofa Peare-tree, whereofit tooke his name bur ta. Pyrola, for that itis Pyrifermis. Amongthefe leaues commeth \ pa ftalke garnifhed :withprettie whitefloures , ofa verie pleafant fiveet {inell, like Lillinm Conuallium, Valley. Therootis {mall andthreddie, creeping, farre abroad vnderthe ox the Lillie of the ground, £ 2 This differs fromthe laft defcribed inthe flenderneffe the leaues and floures : for the leaues ofthis are not {0 thicke of the ftdlkes, and fmalnefle of and fubftantiall, but very thinne, tharpe pointed,and veryfinely fhipt about the edges, blacker;and refembling a Peare-tree leafe. Thefloures arelike thofe ofthe former,yet fmaller and morein number:to which fucceedfiue cor= neredfeedveffels with a long pointell as in the precedent : the root alfo creepes noJeffe thanthat of the former,andhere and there puts vp newftalkes vnder the mofle.It growes vpon the Auftrian and Styrian Alpes,and floures in Iuneand luly. 3 This is anelegant plant,and fometimes becomes fhrubbie, for the in the monethof May. One-berry isalfocalled q| The Defiription. r fhort branches Browne. vpeachyeare,docremaine firmeand greenefor fome yearesyand newand grow ftraight vp, vatill at length borne downe bytheir owne weight they fall downe andhide themfelues in the mofle. Ithath commonlyat each placewhere newbranches growe forth, two, three, or foure thickeverie greene and thining leaues,almoft in formeand magnitud e like to the leaites of Laureola,yet fnipt ab nut the edges.ofa very drying tafte,and thenbitterith.From among thefe leaues the Spring or the yeate newbranches fhootvp,hauing finall leaues like feailes vpon them,and atat their toppes q” grow |