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Show elhete ea Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 650 Sea 1 Tanacctim, Tanfie. a Task tue cvitia ad Deakin Ea ; 5 6 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. oo 5 t 4 Tanacetum minus album, The fifth kinde of Tanfic hath broad leaues,much iagged and welcut;like the Ic aucs Small white Tanfie. of Fetherfew, but {maller,and more deeplycut, The ftalke is {mall,a foot long whereupon doe grow little tufts of little white flouires, like the tuft of Milfoile or Yarrow. The herbe isin fmell and fauour like the commonTanfie, but not altogether fo ftrong. g ThePlace. The firft groweth wilde in fields as well as in gardens : the others grow in mygarden. @| The Time. They floure in Iulyand Aug a The Names. The firft is called Tanfie ; the fecond de Tanfie,the third vnfauory Tanfie,thelaftwhite Tanfie: in Latine,Tavacetumand Athanafia,as though it were immortal! :becaufe the floures do notfpeedily wither: of fome, artemifia, but vntruly. @ The Nature, The Tanfies which {mel fiveet are hot in the fecond degree,and dry in the third. That without fmell is hot and drie, and ofa meane teni- perature. . @ The Vertues, In the Spring time are made withthe leaues A hereof newly fprung vp,and with egs, cakes or tanfies, which be pleafantin tafte,andigoodfor the ftomecke. For if any bad humourscleaue thereunto,it doth perfe&tly concoé them, and f{cowre them downewards. The root preferued Tanacetum non odorum, with hony or fugar, is an efpecial thing againft the gout,ifeuery day fora cettaine {pace,a rea- Vnfauorie Tanfie fonable quantitie thereof be eaten fa fting. The feed of Tanfieisa fingularand approoued medicine againft Wormes,for in whatfort fo- B cuerit be taken, it killeth and driteth themrforth. ‘feted pound,and mixed withoile Oliue,is very good againit the paine and fhrinking ofthe C b Alfo being drunke with wine,itis good againft the paine of the blader, and when a man can- D Tr hot piffe but by drops. > oD g F 2 The9tsaver figure thar inthe ieti of the ordinary ordinary Tanfie,haning Tanfie.h 03a whitete Aoure,but flout chee he defer’ ption "2t pag the wis titleformerly of Aches farfourth Blplaeewas.onel: ae en y the varietic tharwhich forecd agreed with the defer Ption ee eeee Cua. 210, Of Fetherfew. "The D cfcription. pesetiens bringeth for th many little round ftalkes, diuided into certaine branches. The The > fe: a = : “ . thermogt a are tender, er torne andiageed,and nickt on the edgeslike the firftand nefons Lbaleof wh of ae butgreater, The floures ftand onthe tops of thebranches,wi th a “1 Dale w 3 legizac Ta : s H I Sz r00t is} eeora about a yellowball or button,like thewilde field Daifie. The bitter tafte Hge: the whole plant is of a light whitith greene colour,ofa ftrong finell and 2 Thefecond kindeof Fey erfew : , Matricaria,or Parthenium t hath double houre s - othe: w if ininne : hsfere : the raed th from {mell, leaues,and branches,,dif itis allone with thepe common Fean er! There isa third $2 third d Mouritaine ; pa ra ah eee fort called Feuerfew,ofCarol us Clufius his defcription,that = ft hath |