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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. Piper PaO Rey OF THE . ryhe/: ; L Ovelte Capitation 1 Rha a clam: SeeNh Turkie Rubarbe. ° : Thy} - confutedly placed vponthefinall braunches without order, which turne fromwhite toyellowe, in , vied in thoppesofthe uching: the Rubarbe Neh ft » f 317 - leanes confiftingz of fine little flowers, vpa flenderftalk bearing ofthe leaues there groweth middle , : z Oo” 0 fha elike the gardenviolet, but greater,& of a fttong vnpleafant fauour, The root groweth two or three handfulsdeepe in the grounde,wrapped ina barke, of adarke browne colour; fometimes as leffer of a mans legge biggeasthecalfe gg 88° ,> fometimes , foorth manie from the maine roote j fhoote 7) itincreafeth, threddes and {mall fhootes,which f{preadfarre abroad in the earth,whereby yet but of that e places that are bey hich y 4 Rha Ponticum Siccatum. hin 1 Pont , aiid: e white Luibarbe(andasit greatnes he whole plant it felfealfo)dothnot is verylik fer ‘ alittle varie accc 1 , NIN A EDM h il\ aia | Sy Ra the top like'a peare , bowing backwardestowatte the ground,couered ouetwith acertaine downe t woollines when they be yoong & greene,put wiea rN I they be olde of'a pale yellowith colour: outorts habarbarumfucatum. he dryrootes of Rubarbe, EAT Ri MA WAV HMI ine } S Mh x Theplace. Itis brought out of the countrie of Sina (com- \ t\ the vpperpart ofIndia , and that India whichis withouttheriuer Ganges: and notat all Ex Scenz- \\ AN WN? tarum prowincia, (as many do vnaduifedly thinke} which is in Arabia the happie , & far front China: it groweth onthe fides of the river Rhaas Uamsa- WHT Hal A AWAY | AIM NA } > monly called China) which is towarde theeaftin Ai HAS pall garnifhed with manyleaue fomtimes longer orfhorter,according to theit natrowe towardthe ftemme, broad androun hath blacke rootes like to the great Centorie, but lefler and redder,dosues , thatis to fay,withoutfinel (as the copies haue ) loofe or {pt , and fomeand of the kindes ofRubarbe ofleaft thinglight, gus wootrth, \\Wy Mh | is defcriptionlikewil Rhabarbarumflore Flowring Rubarbe. MCI NN} I INN Ht ti}\\\ TBA ' ANIWN\\ t \\ \ icke ftalke a footeh The Ponticke Rubarbe is lef{cr and flenderer 4 then that of Batbarie. Touching Ponticke Rubarbe Djo/coyides writeth thus, Rha that divers call Rheon, which groweth in thofe places:that are beyond Bofphorus, ftom whence itis brought, * [LEST |\ N j |") \ 2 gions,groundand weather, which(as we mutteuet nowe and thenrepeat) be oftentimes greatcatiles ofalteration and ence in plants. a picture of thegtecie ; Butfeein § Rubarbe is how ilkeandrootes,it hal > % The defcription. Rubarbeof Pontus dried. : nus Marcellusfaith, which river fpringeth out of the Hyperboreimountaines in the highnorthern parts,andrunning through Mufcouie,tt fallech in- to the Cafpiarror Hircam fea‘: as.alfo vpon the banckes of the rier Rha,nowcalled Volga. x The choice. The beft Rubarbe is that which is brought from China ftefh and newe, of a light purplith red, with certaine vaines and bamichenaliags n<taihite certa ine vatietie ofcolour ill fanored bytiiming yellowh - Steed al 2 w nitifh : but whenit is old the colour becommerh what gluieand Sit .s : more; if it be worme eaten : being chewedin the mouth itisfomett Eiherechiictele ) : faftron colour , which being rubbed wen paperor fome white nor yetheanie ; Sea the fubftance therofis neither harde orclofely compacted, and loofe and fome Bfpungie: ic hath alftvafh ight pandas it were ina middle betweene harde meth fiom Barta a{weetc and pleafantfinell. ‘The fecond: in goodnesis:that w hich comarte. The jaftand woorft from Bofphorus arid Pontus. f Itis common] % The names: diners Rhen Barbarum : d a calledin Latine Rhe Barbarum, or Rha Barbavicum,of broup}ites ao truely name It Rawed Seni,aSinenfiprouncias from whence it , *00Fes an eof Cataia inn, = ‘ ae niogemads into Europe sand likewife from Tanguth, through Byptandafterwaras. ande of theE eifians whereof the Sophie is the ruler, and from and the people of G t s adiacent hea into Eufope. It is called of the Arabians tbe,andRewbarbe Cini, Raued Seni, and RauedSceni, infhops Rhabarbarum: eeine Peer ee ee ub; beis of amixt {abt binding and drying ee %& Thetemperature. F ‘2 tance, temperature and facultie: fome ofthe parts thereof are earthie, ying: others thinue,aéreous hot, andpurging. R : % The vertues. tbarbe is commended of Dioftorides againit windinefle, weaknefle of the ftomacke and i grici” vg |