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Show anaaa ee er THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE 606 e pleating { in the sniddle of Camomill Aowers, ofareafonabl a elike that toit allin the middl he foftb the 1 UKE C a : ootes arefull of ftrings, efat ftalke,rough,vneuen, and fomewhat crooked, eee ian flower of Valentia hath a thick rs little Ifetherlike leaues ‘? r alongS middle rib, with dive ng of ifti conf ques le long 5 stow x ‘ wl ; apwe e ompofedofa yellow thum. HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 1 Buphthalmumfine Helleborus migerferulacetts. Oxecie, 2 Buphthalnumverum, The right Oxe cie; Q (ATV - We g e atthe top ofthe ftalks,c fetshaoe Without order. " The flowers grow her like the core Mar. ter, {uchas sisis in the middle of the Camomill flowers, and is altogit that do compaffe the mie matter, : little leaues le ofOo . . bed, fauingVv it doth want that. border orpa oldeC lat deferi : felfe farre abroade, difperfethit Pall ot head,the roote is thicke,tough, and 4 chat %& The place. s foundin fomeplaces ng:iti growi beene hath cotne where ,and corne The fir croweth among with leaues more iagged,and in sear Thefecondis‘a ftrangerin England. Thesime. : They’ flowerin Iulieand Augutt. %& Thenames. ae ia hig gold n gliittering colour,xpustyisn the golde i Thefe plants are called by one nameiin GreekF,of in Englifh Corne Marigold,yellow Come aert Dutch ae Fovang blu: in lowe Dutch Gakel re Os ; . flower Corne golden flower,and chiona kindeofyellow Cto Batra s alfo;a mum anthe Chry/ d scalle flower There Bedivers other flowersdiffer from them. foote, Aelichry/os,and Heliochryfon, but thete golden se The temperature. ; rature betweencheat and moifture. tempe meane ofa be to ht thoug are They | ccoieluant Xe The vertues, as ot ae ad eaten are faith, rides Dioféo as olde Matig ne ofCor The ftalks and leaues ; fe, and madevp into The fowers mixed withwaxe, cile , rofin , and frankencen ios wafteth away colde and hardfwellings. hof the bath of themthat haue the yel The feibe it felfe drunke, after the comming foort red. l colou themwel make time fhort fe, dothin iaundi Of Oxe eie. Chap.245. % Thedefcription. i . wingtyfrom es Heplant which we hauecalled Buphthalmum,or Oxe cic jhath ie of tt chetoppes whic about orhigher, high foote i the rootes , three, fower, ormore,a 4 finely iagged like to the leaues of Fenell, but muchleffer: the flowers 10 hreds in theme colour, with yellowet alkes are great,much like to Marigolds, ofa light yellowe efcribedcas c rs firings* ae which commethvp a little head orknaplike tothat ofred paar a Adonis,confifting ofmany feedes fet togither. The rootes are flender,ananot 8 anyleat fpred'? to the rootes ofblacke Ellebor, whereofit hath beene taken to bea kinde. 2 TheOxecie,whichis generally holden to bethe true Buphthalmumpath ntfling ofverien} on the grounde, of a light greene colourlaide farre abroadelike wings » Sa ana brittle fine iags,fet vpon atender middle rib:among which{pring vp diets ftalks, {1 vajemattels fic cei top whereofdoe growefaireyelloweleaues, fet about ahead orball of tOeke with rh comer” > thick® troughand rooteis The pale. borderor a iill,like ofCammom middle the in is Jo orowelong feast ftringsfaftned thereto. 3 Thewhite Oxecie,hathfinall vpright {talkes ofa foote high , whereon scheof a fae. 10t dale pa the compofed ofdiuers fimall leaues, and thofe {nipt aboutthe edges like wers groweonthetopof theftalks,infhapelike thofe of the other Oxecie As lea of is Tikewife made of ayellowe fubftance,, but the pale or border oflittle white, like thofe of great Daifie., called Comfolida media vulnerayiorum. Theroo alongft vnderthe vpper cruft of the earth,whereby-it greatly increafeth. . % Theplace. The twofirft groweofthemfelues in Germany, Bohemia,and in the gardens ofthe low countries; of the firft I haueaplant in gtoweth inbarrenpaftures at rywhere. & Thetime. They flower in Mai¢ and Inne. Thelaft in Aueuft. & The names. Touching the namingofthis plant the lat ters are of divers opinions : fome wouldha be a kinde of Veratrum nigrum, blacke Hellebor : other fome Confiligo , or Bearefoote; and againe, others Sefamotdes , and fome Elleboraftrum, But there be found twokinds ofblacke Ellebor among theold writers , one withaleafe like vnto Laurell, withthe fruite of Se/amwn the otherwith a leafe, like that ofthe Plane tree, with the feed of baftard Saffron Butit is moft evident, thatthis Buphthalsoun,in Englifh Oxe eie, whichin this chapter we haue defcribed, dothagree with neither ofthefe: what forme Confiligo or Bearefooteis of, we finde notamong the oldwriters. P//nie in his 2.6.booke, chapter 7. faith, that in his time itwas four Marfi, and wasa prefent remediefor the infirmici |