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Show Pie aceeal, Seri iciALO I — List Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 44. Las. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. tying vith fome{maller leaues cuenvato the top, where do grow many {mall chaffie tufts or pannicles aeeet thofeofthewilde Oats, of areafonable good fmell and fauour,when they are broken, certaine biting and nipping ofthe tongue. fe witha — a zaeSomattees nea good Phy fitianand skilfull H erbarift, gatheted onthe coaft of the Mediterranean fea,between Aigues Mortes and Pefeaire,this beautifull plant,whofe rootsare ctéeping,andftalkes and leaues refemble Squinanth. Theflowers are foft,pa Leow5 thicke compaé, and fome fiue orfix inches in length,like to Fox-taile; they in colour refemble white filke orfiluer. Thus much Lobel. Our Author defcribed this in thefirft place, Ch.23.vndet Zancua Marinus Gramineus, for fo Lobel alfo calls it. t sg q Theplace. 2. Sparcaniumlatifolium. 1 Sparganium Ramofune. Branched Burre-Reed, Great Water-Burre. This growes in Aftica, Nabathea, and Arabia , and isa ftranger in thefe Northerne Re- 1 are7 The'place ofthefecond is mentionedin the defeription, @ The time, Theirtimeanfwereth the other Reedsand Flags. : @ Thenames, Cartels Hayis called in Greeke 20 <fasmms: in Latine, Iuncws odoratus, and Scananthum:in x fhops Squinavthum, that is, Flos lunci : in French, Pafteur de Chammean ; in Englifh, Camels Hay, , ; and Squinanth, 2. This Lopell calls Iuncus marinus gramineus,and P{endo(thananthum : We call it Baftard S quinanth, and Fox-taile Squinanth. §| The temper. This plantis indifferently hot,and little aftridtiue. G The vertues. Camels Hay prouoketh vrine, moueththe termes, and breaketh winde about the ftomacke. It caufeth aking and heauineffe ofthe head,Galen yeeldeth this reafon thereof, becaufeit hea; teth moderately, and bindeth with tenuitieofparts. According to Diofcorides, iv diffolues, digefts, and opens the paflages ofthe veines. The floures or chaffie tufts are profitable in drinke for them thatpiffe bloud any wayes: Ir is giuen in medicinesthat are miniftred to cure the paines andgriefes of the guts, ftomacke, lungs, ‘iuer, and reines,the fulneffe, loathfomeneffe, and other defeéts. of the Lomacke,the dro fie,con- uulfions, or fhrinking offinews,giuen in the quantitic of a dram,witha like quantitie o Pepper, for fome fewdayes. The fame boyled in winehelpeth the inflammation of the matrix, if the womandofit ouer the fume thereof) and bathe herfelfe often with it alfo. Cuap. 36. OfBurre-Reed. q Thevertues. . Some write, that the knopsor roughburres ofthefe plants boyled in wine, are good againgt A the bitings ofvenomousbeatts, ifeitherit be drunke, or thewound wathed therewith, q The defcription. I : G Thenames Thefe Plants of fomeare called Sparganium : Theophraftus in his fourth Booke and eighteenth Chapter calleth them Butomus : of fome,Platanaria: 1 call them Burre-Reed:in the Arabian tongue they are called Safarbe Bamon : in Italian Sparganio : of Dodoneus, Carex : Some call the firlt Sparganinm ramofam, ot Branched Burre-Reed. The fecond , Sparganiumnon ramofum, Notbranching Burre-Reed. , | Thetemperature, They are cold and dry ofcomplexion. Hefirft of thefe plants hath long leaues, which are double edged, or fharpe on both fides, with a fharpecreft in the middle,in fuch manner wailed vpthat it {eemeth to betriangle or three {quare. The ftalkes grow among the leaues,and are two or three foot long,being diuided into many branches, garnifhed with manyprickly huskesor knops of the bigneffe ofa nut. The rootis full ofhairyfirings. 2 The great Water Burrediffereth not in anything from the firft kindin roots or leaves, faue that thefirft hathhis leaues rifing immediately fromthe tuft or knopof the root ; but this kinnde hath along ftalke comming from theroot, whereupon,a little aboue the 100t, the leaues {hoot outroundabout theftalke fucceffiuely, fomeleaues ftill growing aboue others, euen to the eh of the i a from the top thereof downeward by certaine diftances. It is garnifhed wit 7 2 manyery round wharles, ; orrough ¥ Coronets, hauing here andther e amongt hefaid wharles one fingle fhort leafeofa pale greene colour, 3 ssleeh q The place. oni theie are very Common,andgrowin moift medowe s,and neere vnto water-courfes. Thiey plentifullygrowin the fenny grounds of Lincolnfhire,andfuch like places ; in the ditches about S. George his fields, and inthe dit chrightasain# ace : i end of Southwa tk, called S. Thomas Waterings, ght againft the place ofexecution,at the i : | Thetinze. Theybring forth their burrybullets or feedy knots in Auguf =e t. oe See Cuap, 37. Of (ats Taile. G The defcription. Ats Taile hath long and flageyleaues, fullof a {pongeous matter, or pith, among which leaues growethvp a long {mooth naked ftalke,without knot, fafhionedlike a fpeare, of a firmeor folid fubftance, hauing at the top a browne knoporeare, foft, thicke and fmooth, feeming to be nothing elfe but a dealeof flockes thicke fet and thruft together,which being ripe turneth into a downe, and is carried away withthewinde. TheRoots behard, thicke, and white,full offtrings, and go0dto burne, where there is plenty thereoftobe had. : q Theplace. It growethin pooles andfuchlike ftanding waters, and fometimes in runniig ftreames, Thaue founda fmaller kinde hereofgrowing in theditches and marthie grounds in the [fle of Shepey, going from Sherland houfe to Feuerfham, y © Thetime, Theyfloure andbeage their mace or torch in Iuly and Augutt. D 3 |