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Show THE SECOND BOOKE HISTORIE:OF PLANTS. OF THE 3 Polis tontanunpurpurcutn. 4. Poliwmmontanum mi Creeping Poley, PurplePoley. se The kindes. a Of Poley,or Pellamountaine. Chap.r01. ‘i prefe inthis ‘Jar i {hall be declared in this prefent chapter. OfPellamountaine there be diuers forts,as % 2° Polium montanum luteum, Yellowe Poley mountaine, 1 Polinmmontanum album. White Poley mountaine. rs %& Theplace. hefeplants do growe naturally vpon the mountaines ofFraunce,Italie, Spaine,and other hot epions, Theyare ftrangersin England; notwithftanding I haueplants of that Poley with yellowe eispythe gift ofL’Obelius. 5 : ‘ ae se The time. anty Hower fromthe ende ofMaie;to the beginning ofAueutt, Si * Thenames. z yMountaineis called.in Greeke mor, of his hoarineffe , and in Lat ine al{o Polmm. Diuers at Poliwmis Leweas,and that Dioféorides hath twile intreated of that herbe, vnder diuers exindes, the occafion ofthe name vife the faculcies doagree. There be two of ¢¢, which is that with the broader a dts, one qui, thatis, of the mountain feemeth like to fe it ey Leveas of thewhitith colour sand Polioz ofthe hoarinef Pebatic head ; for whatfoeuer waxethhoarie,is faid : ped! ce el : sey: ls of temper. Mpetature drie“sin the thirde degy % The defcription. ; derandine® He firlt kinde ofPoliwm,orin Englith Poley of the mountaine, is a little ten me {melling herb,veric hoarie,w heruponit tooke his name:foritis not onlya hoariemp™ teftel seing no leffe his hoatie flockineffe poffeffeth the whole plant, tufts and all, beit or ne Gnaphaliwm, efpecially where it groweth neere the fea at the bending of hils, or BO (horesof the mediterranean(ea: fromhis wooddie and fomewhat threddie r00te,!NOY "Se {traight from the earth a number offimall roundftalkes nine inches !ong , andby cert sickes. a0 a from the ftalke proceed fomewhatlong leaues like Graphalinm which haueligt os edges, that ftand one againft another,inclofing the {talke: in the toppe of the ftalkes! Divlecrider itl «5: ot eile itis aremedie for themthat haue the dropfie,the yellowe iaunders,'and that are 1 witthe Ipleene, wOketh vrj + : sens ri lone 2nd is put into mithridate,treacle,andall counterpoifons. Nagainft the bitings of venemous beafts , and driueth away all venemous beafts H ay ; Thef, : J ea , i nee is ftrowedor burnt. : n i ‘ ( ; milt and fpleene; it troubleth the he ee liGer} nd prouoketh the loofenes ofthe bellie, tor {auot : tufts of flowers, white of colour like Serpiltum. This plantis ftronger of fe the nofe withhis {we the reft following, which fent is fomewhat fharpe andaffecting the laite® 2 efecond. Of Germander. Thetuftes ofthe fecondkindof Poliam, are longer thenthe tufts or flowers Chap.202. mentioned,andare of a yellowe colour,otherwife they are verylike. > From the we erootes ofthis thirde kinde of Polium, proceede like vnto thelaft rehearfed, lying flat vpright vpon the grounde, whofe fle sue Ri vpon the vpper pattofthe earth wherethey creepe. The flowers are like the other, O°" good {me ee 4 Thelaftkinde of Polim, and ofall the reft tt is ofan indifferent § ; : points like vnto the common Pols, but that it 1s fower times lefler. lewriters ae & The k. ¢bee! fet downenocertainekindes of ; Get 4, vOut caufe,toentreatof mo forts then haue Otablie, 14H ikomChamedries ; although they arc both of one! 1 Chamaarys |