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Show THE.THIRD HISTORIE OF PLANTS . BOOKE. OF THE Pliniewriterh that che berries and flowers do prouoke vrine, and that the déco@tionof themin wine,is aprefent remedie againft the ftone. The leaues ofthe Bramble boiledinsvater with honie,allum, andalittle white wine addedther. to,maketh a moft excellent lotion or wathing water,to heale the fores in themouth;the ptiny parts of man or woman; andfaftiieth the teeth, The Rafpis is thought to be like the Bramble,in temperature and vettues, but nor fomuch bin. ding nor drying. The fame faith Déofcorides performeth thofe things that the Bramble doth, 1 Cistus mas ancuftifolius, The male Holly Rofe 1093 2 Ciftus mas cum Hypociftide, The male Holly Rofe withhis excréfcence, ALSiOae 1092 i Po ee Of HollieRofes, or Ciftus. Chap.3. Te & The kindes. Iftushath been etaken of diuers to bea kinde of Rofes: the olde writers haue made twoforts thereof, Male and Femiales and likewife a thirde fort, whichis cal led Ledum; the later Herbarifts haue difcouered diuers mo,as fhall be declared, %.A ceneralldefcription, wherein alltheforts of CiStus are comprifed. or three cutus andhiskindsare woody fhrubs, full of branches ',of the heightoftwo downie , and fomewhat , wrinckled vneeuen, rough, others leaues; broad haue bits:fome of Ro moft like the leaues of Sage,although fome hauethe leaues rie;others thief branches, like vntothewildeRo ofthofe ofthe Poplar tree :the flowers growe onthe tops ofthe , are moft ofareddith yet fuchas very quickly fad@s perith,jand fall away : thofe ofthe Male headsorknop: s fo ot purplecolour;and ofthe Female white:in their places come vplittle or taine excrefcenc There groweth vp fomtimes vnder the fhrubharde to the roots,acer litle ofmante confifting oly leanes,wh without iuice, of cifte,whichis thicke,fat, groffe, full ed colour,tt tree, o fayellowifliced or boxes , asdothofeof Henbane, or of the Pomegranate es faith, kinde,and in another white}andimcertaine other greene o r graflie,as Dio/corid % The defeription. buth or fhrub,ofa woodie fubftance,th He firft kinde of ¢/#us groweth vp likea {mall branches,ferfullot a 4 ot fowercubits high; garnifhed with many{mall and brittle rop of the branches come LE or ruggedleaues,very like vnto Sageleaues: atthe likeaet purple colour, in thapelike vnto a fingle Brier Rofe,hauing leaues fomwhat wrinckled, yellow chiues or thrums: the newdried beforeit be fmoothed, andin the midft a fewe neuer ceafe flowring,1n fiych rn noone,and before away andfall perifh do patt the moft the moneth of Maie vnto the beginning ofSeptember, at which time the feede ee baits huske,not much vnlike rhe huske ot ao id . reddi(h colour,and is contained in an hardhairie Penacalle another kinde of the Male cifus,which Thefecond fort of cistwsbeing 2 caer butthat fromthe roote of thiskinde there cum hypociftide, is like vntothe former; greene,Sciomuns nes g i ce or growing out,which is fomtimes yellow,fometim aine excrefcen edin fhops Ey “affet from whichis drawne by an artificiall extraction a certaine juice,call = ee? nto diners br ite! braches,o! 3 Thiskind of C#/#ws hath many woody ftalks,diuidedi whereondo grow rough leaves fomwhat cut or toothed on the edges,and ea os ieee the the flowers grow on the tops of the branches in form ofthe Musk Rofe,but d fmallreddith purple colour: after which come round knops,whereinis containe is tough and woodie, Cor chicke thrult t02 branches, whereon arefettHich’ the 4. This fourth fort of c#/#us hath divers woodie ffer 010! orne! ,but of anouerw divers {mall leanes natrow,like thofe of winter Sauoric tt and flowers are like the precedent. bos 3 Te Pa dentatus, oothedor {nipt male Ciftus, tftus mits tenufolius, hin Jeafed Ciftus, — eee alae woodie. round, in whichis conteined{mall feede: therootes of themall are aSSEeee - The fruit is good to be giuen to thofe that haue weake andqueatie ftomackes. |