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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. E THE FIRST BOOKE OF TH 28 nn ane SomeTSSS ATES my purpofed labour, to vnfolde the and diligence of painfull fearchers of nature, and profecute and bicaufe that there is added vnto : Ruthes diuers forts and manifoldkindes ofCyperss,Flags,and that is tofay,gr afle like, or refemne des, Cyperoi e ifferenc d this d, mentione manyofthe graffes before ofgrafles, the difcourfe of Cype. hiftorie the bling Cyperus, Ithoughtit expedientto ioine next vnto h. followet as rus and his kindswhichare Of Englifh Galingale. 29 high, garnifhed at the top with certaine chaffie among the which arife graffie {talks of two cubits fh colour, aglets, refemblingthereede mace,or Cats-taile,ofa darke blacki 23 Cyperusrotundus, Cp RoundGalingale. 4 Cyperus Typhinus, 4 , Galingale, ; Cats-taile i Chap.22. Cc yperi é [c ulenti. 1 Cyperuslongus. Spanifh Galingale. Englith Galingale. ya ; ‘oY = % Theplace and time. 1 Thefirft of thefe groweth naturallyin fennie grounds; yet dothit profper exceedinglyin gardens,as experience hath taught vs. 2 Spanifh Galingale growethin Spaine,Languedoc,and fuch like hot regions, vreree -a ee ee ee et ry re = Sleek ae.UA % Thenames. % The defeription, | Nelith Galingal His ftalke ic 4 ¢ hathleaues like-ynto common Reede, butleffer and fhorters . 2 miches Seis tek {qnare, two cubits high: vpon whofe top ftand {undry bran he is sais pranch bearing many {mall chaffie fpikes, The rooteis blackean' ‘ and thither, occupying much ground by reafonofhis pee DASE an g: amo ree atk Spanith Galingaleor os weeteandpleafant {ell whenitis broken. ee me ae eete Cyperus hath hi i Theftalks do anfweritin fauarenc ticr the tuft,{tat at the a fiue leaues,a Ne oftand es whereofd p e £ fland eno o d alfo which the e aimongft fafhion : among ei tree. The wholeplantis ae sa and fower chaffic leaues, fathioned like the Ieaues h of ane Afh : forit doth myfelfe haue often prooued onnine : oxtperifh with the firft {roft,@8 j gardendclimate € owne eao ; garcen in London, hauing the rootes fent m¢ from Spaine. 53 Round Cyperus growethalmoft toth e of Reede: the tuft or floweris Very like v n tothe former; the leanes are broder as and greatnes ouall in forme,interlaced with man y ftrin : an¢ mote in number,‘The rootes.are many and knobby; 4 Cats-taile graffehath many| ong es ge Mcds,altogither without: {mell, ; a Ccden leay Z a fibrous or threddi¢ root from comming caues, ee among, 1 Cyperus longusis called ofthe Latins as well Cypirusas Cyperus : of fome Juncus quadratus : of Plinie Juncus angulofusand Triangularis: of others C4/palathumand Erifis: in French Souchet : in Dutch Halgan tin Spanith Zuncoodorofa :in Englith Cypreffe,and Galingale, 2 Cyperusefculentwsis called of Guillandinus, Dulcichynum. Theophrastus calleth it Cyperus dulcis, The people of Verona in Italie docall it Traetdulce, and Dolzolinz. Iris fonamed in Spaine, where the poore people criethem aboutthe ftreetes, ‘Tra/i dulce, Trafi dulce, like as out Englifh womenin Londoncrie Orenges, Pomegranates,andfuchlike whereitis eaten for fallads by tich and wealthie > citizens : I thinke rather to procure luftuhan appetite to meate. %& The nature. Dioféovidesfaith, that Cyperushath awheating qualitie. Galen faith, the rootes are moft effe@uall in medicitieyandare ofan heating anddrying qualitie: and fome doreckon it to behot and dite in the feconddegree. % The vertues. A It maketh a moft profitable drinke to breake andexpel grauell andhelpeththe dropfie. Ifit be boiled in wine’ and drunke, ivprouoketh vrine, driueth foorth the ftone, and bringeth B downethe naturall ficknes ofwomen. The fame takenas aforefaid,is a remedie againft the ftinging and poifon offerpents. 2 Ferneliys |