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Show E OF THE THE SECOND BO OK 352 fpred-yportthe ground, like vito. the leanesofor Crofféwoart Gentianhathmany ribbedleanes which rife vp weake iointed ftalkes trailing g e colour: amon i i thick thrutt j 4 ,| ike Sopewoort .butofa blacker green togither 4 m bundels5 thicke top in atthe growe rs flowe The de. groun the de leaning towar grounds he thint creepe e,and oteis thick olour. Thero thofe offweete Williams , of alight blewc eafeth. farce abroade,whereby it greatly incr hereceited nicke hiftorie akinide ofGentian, which 4 Carolus Clufins hath fet foorth in his Panno Phificke of famous memorie , and a fecond Dite|r rin docto ch from matter Thomas Pennie ofLondort, anus hathfet foorth inhis Dur ch e in Plants: which Taber Mont falted. witha cortdes for his fingulat knowledg hath and lfe, himfe ued inhe greatly decci booke for the feuenth of Clufius : where fome{cription wron ged others. srath a rounde ftiffeftalke, firme andfolide, The 12:fort ot kinde of Gentianafter Clufi are broa: leaues e an.Th Genti t ewoor Crofl vnto 1 kneed like what reddifh at the bottom, iointed or another, T he talkes by couples, one dppofite againtt {mooth, full ofribs or finewes,{eraboutthef er blewifh leaues, {potted very cut HISTORIE: OF PLANTS. fureatall, asit we oli onewhole and entire leafe without any flat a entohisfulnefle, breaketh in one fide or other, and becommeth of the bofome of comefoorth flowers The Plantaine. or eat Gentian : the {mall Bi ntenderfoote ftalkes, in fhape like thofe of fawhitith colour, wafht about the brims with a little] whichas yet Ihauenot obferued, Gentiain conta. % Theplace. Hollow Felwoort. I foundthis ftrange kinde of Gentia {mall groue of woodcalled the Spinnie, nee vnto a finall village in Northampton fhi called Lichbarrow;elfewhere I hauenot heard es,compact of fue {lend flowers growe vpon {mall tender ftalk chiues. The {ee ce es ; hauing in the middle fiue yellowe oufly with many blacke {pots andlittlelin s ofa yellowith colour. fhed with a feweftring % The place. is fonall like {ande: the rooteis little,garni Gentian groweth in fhadowie woods,and y,Fraunce, the mountains of Italie, Slauonia,German ingeth foorth his flowers and { the endof Auguft, theenLaune alearned phifition , fentme plantsfor and Burgundie; from whence matter J/aac de he welt endeof little Raynein reatt paftu thina growe an Genti t ewoor creafe of mygarden. Croff ay aintrie to much Dunmow;andin the horlew Effex, on the north fide of the waie leading framBr bythe fame clofe. ; % The time. September. They flower and fourifh in Auguft,andthe feede is ripe it in Englith thename Gentian,b akinde thereof, The which hath n se The names. foorth, nor remem es andthe firft that vledicin medicin Gentinsking of Ulyria was thefirft founder of this herbe, ten of plants vntill this time. In Latine we m: callit Gewtiana comczua, ofthe hollow leaues: it maybe called alfo Hollowleafed Felwoort, e name:in Greeke yrnert: which name allot which caufe it was called Gentian atter hisown na : itis named in Englifh Felwoort Gentian; thecaries reraine vnto this daic,and call it Gemtia terwoort; Baldmoyne,and Baldmoney. % The temperature. %& Tle temp erature and vertues. : ; Of the faculties of slant, r Gentians, nothing, referringit vnto theo of {Cotiting; ditiers copies have, ti The roote of Felwoott is hot, as Dio/orides faich, clenfing 2 iris keWilt bindingand ofa biteettafte. %& The vertues. ing,purging, clenfing,ane® Itisexcellent good,as Galen faith,whenthere is neede of attenuat A. vntilltime fhall difclofe that, which yetis fe- crete and vnknowe moouing of obftruétions whichqualitie irtaketh ofhis extreme bitterneffe. with crampes and conuulfionss for fhe Itis reported to be goodfor thofethat are troubled haueeuill liners and bad {tomackes “ {uch as are burft,or hauefallenfromfome high place ; for put into counterpoifons,asinto the compofition named Theriaca diate/farom: which AEHMe Myiterinm, a milteric » prowl : are notonely ‘ : : or hidfecret. er ae: th cattle which Thisisof fachforce and vertue, faith P/inie, thatithelpe C__ B thet with the cough,butare alfo broken winded. D t little peppe a dram, witha nee Theroote of Gentian: giuenin powder the quantitie of 5 : : with,is profitable for themthat arebitten or ftung with any maner ore Grace mixedthere oe beaft or madde Dogge: or for anythat hath takenpoifon. ke,helpeth dig t the ftoppings oftheliuer and ftomac againf good is runke tiond the of decoé es The difeaf E andis good againft all colde ; diffolueth andfeattereth congealed bloud patts. Of Englifh Felwoort. zits, (hap.101. fperied immediately fromwhich earth; the andthither within the vpper cruft of ae 1. . * : ftalke,iointed or kneedby certaine diftances, fet at euery knot with one leafe,an“ Of Baftard Feh % The defcription. atddFelwoort Felwoort hath hath many {j Sea sedeleaues at euery manyfinall tender branches, fet wich manylittle couples like tl ¢ of thefmall Centorie. At the topofthe ftalks do growhollow thior =e ; afhion, of anexcellent faire blewcolour, like vnto thofe ; yo vers which Dodoat pisne. The feedeis blacke, and very{mall. The roote is very little, and fome ned, ? LAF), % Thedeféription. f he feed . [ . i ate ft Peta ribbed ittle leaues, like thofe ‘a s by couples,as tho talkes, compact of fue li Ollowe leafed Felwoortor Englith Gentian,hath many long tough rootessilpe rifeth “ t mo, keeping nocettaine number: whichleaues do at the firft inclofe the ftalkes round abou” Chap.102. ] ' ly 1 ‘ amongg which grow next the ground, slew colour, fe 4aNd tender Gentianella |