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This inroots, leaues, bieex and manner ofgrowing is very likethe firft deferibed » but lefler by muchin all thefe parts : the foures alfo are of awhitifh,and fometimes ofa purplith coloursit srowes in barren grauelly and wet places. ; 4 Ihauethoughtgood co: omit the impertinent defcription of our Author ‘fitted tothis plant, and to giue one fomewhat more tothe purpofe:theftalkes of this are {ome twofoot high, tender, greene, and fometimes purplith, hollow, fmooth,fucculent and tran{parent,with large and eminent ioynts, from whence proceedleaues like thofe of French Mercurie, alittle bigger, and broader toward their ftalkes, and thereabout alfo cut in with deeper notches : from the bofomes ofeach ofthefe leaues comeforth long ftalkes hanging downewards , and diuided into thtee of foure branches , vponwhich hang floures yellow, and much gaping, with crooked f{purs orheeles, and {potted alfowithred orfanguine {pots : after thefe are paft fucceed the cods, which containe the feed, and they are commonlytwoinches long, flender,knotted,and of a whitith greene colour, crefted with greenifhlines ; and as foone as the feed begins to be ripe, they are fo impatient that theywill by no meanes be touched, but prefentlythefeed will fly out of them into yourface,And this is the caufe that Zobel and others haue called this Plant Noli me tangere. As forthe like reafen fome oflate haue impofedthe fame name vpon the Siamminimum ofAlpinus, formerly defcribed by mein the feuenthplace of the eighteenthchapter ofthis booke,pag.26 0. $ £ 3 Perficariapufilla 1 repens. 4. Perficariafiliquofa. Codded Arfmart. Small creeping Arfmart. Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Gurage, ot Culrage : in Spanith, Pémenta aquatica : in Englith, Water-Pepper, Culrage,and Ariefinart, according to the operationand effe4 whenitis vfed in the abfterfion of thatpart. 2 Dead Artinartis called Perjicaria, or Peach-wort,ofthe likenefle that the leaues haue with thofe ofthe Peachtree. It hath beene called P/umbazo of the leaden coloured markes whichare feene vponit: but Pliny would haue Plumbago not to be focalled ofthe colour, but rather ofthe ef. fect, bygeafon thatit helpeth the infirmitie ofthe eyes called Plumbum.Yet there is another Plymbago whichis rather thought to be that of Plinées defcription,as fhalbe thewedin his proper place, In Englifh we may call it Peach-wost,and dead Arfmart,becaufit doth not bite thofe places as the other doth. $ 3 Thisisby Zobel fet forth, andcalled Perficariapufilla repens: offTabernamontanus,Perficaria pumila. 4-Noplant I thinke hath found morevarietie ofnames than this : for Trazus calls it Mercurialisfylueftrés altera, and he alfocallsit Ef#la : Leonicerus calls it Tithymalus ylueftris : Gefner, Camera. . ins, and others, Noli me tangere » Dodonaus, Impaticns herba: Cafalpivus,Catanance altera : in the Hift. Lugd. (whereit is fome three times ouer)it is called befides the names giuen it by others,chry/ea: Lobel,Thalius,and others call it Perficariafiliquofa: yet none ofthefe well pleafing Colwmna, he hath accurately defcribedand figured it by the nameof Balfamuita altera : and {ince him Bawhine hath named it Bal/amina lutea: yethoth thefe and moft ofthe other keepethe title ofNoli me tangere. $ @| The Temperature. Arfmart is hot anddry, yet not fo hot as Pepper, according to Galen. Dead Arfmart is oftemperature cold, and {omething dry. @ TheVertues. The leaues and feed ofArfmart dowafte and confumeall cold fwellings , diflolueand {catter A congealed bloud that commethofbruifings or ftripes. The famebruifed and bound vpon an impoftumein the ioyntsof the fingers (called among the B vulgar forta fellon or vncome) for the fpace ofan houre,taketh away the paine : but (faith the Au- thor) it muft befirft buried ynder a ftone beforeit be applied ; which doth fomewhatdifcredit the medicine, ‘The leaues rubbed vpona tyred jades backe, anda good handfull or two laid vnderthe faddle, C and the famefet on againe, wonderfully feftefheth the, wearied horfe, and caufeth himto trauell muchthebetter. tis reported that Dead Arfmart is good againft inflammations and horfiellings, being ap- D pliedin the beginning: and for greene wounds,ifit be ftamped and boyled with oyle Oliuewaxe, and Turpentine. $ Thefaculties of the fourth are not yetknowne. Lobel faith it hath avenenate qualitie: and & Tragus {aith a vomitorie : yet neither ofthem feemesto affirme any thing ofcertaintie, but rather by heare-fay. + Cuar.i115. Of BellFloures. | The Defcription. I @ The Place andTime, ie ‘aeee almoft euery where in moiftand branches, whereupon grow many faire and pleafant bel!-floures, long, hollow, and cut on the brim ¢ wateri(h plathes, and neere vato e Speodd ae and running brookes. They floure from Iune to Augutt. he ind ftrie of ofthe hick sae found are was firtt growin kingd nthe omebyt aide ee Race s my good r GeorgArfon found eBowles,who itattothefe placesthis : firft in Shrop thite, ‘a called 'M", LLoyd but ef or Maringtonin the parith of Cherberry » vadera Gentlemans Ouentry-Bells haue broad leaues rough and hairy, not vnlike to thofeof the Garden Bugloffe,ofa fwart greene colour: amongwhichdorifevp ftiffe hairie ftalks the {econdyeare after the fowingofthefeed : which ftalkes diuide themfeluesinto fundry the forefaid River,2 amonngeR great pesially at trees Guerndeein the parith of Cherftocke, halfe amilefrom ™ Alder in thehighway, + t. Arfinartis call % ; ed'in.G tecke wdgparcts |: The Names, ti tile, Orwater Pepper in high-Dut Hydvopipi er, or Pipér aquce: cumor Age ch, wa ofthe> LatiLanes, enc, Maller welfer s in low-Durch, uoater ever +9 oh e with flue fleight gathes,endinginfine comers toward night, when the floure fhuttethit felfe vp, as do moft ofthe Bell-floures :in the middle of thefloures be three orfoure whitith chiues,as alfo much downyhaire, fuch as is in the eares ofa Dogorfuch like beaft. The whole floure is of a blew purple colour : whichbeing paft,there fucceed great {quare or corneredfeed-veffels,diuided ©n the infide into diners cels or chambers , wherein doelie featteringly many {mall browne flat feeds. The root is long andgreat like a Parfenep, garnifhed with many threddy ftrings,which pes rifhethwhenithath perfected his feed, whichis in the fecondyeate after his fowing, and recoue~ rethit felfeazainebythe falling ofthe feed. : . 2. Thefecond agreethwiththe firft in each refpeét,as well in leaues,ftalkes,or roots, and differeth in thar, that this plant bringeth forth milke-white floures, and the other notfo, ; mt The |