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Show THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF PL ANT s; 4 TraewscMathiol, Baftard fea Grape, Small ihtubbic fea Grape. 1 Rubia tinftorem, Red Madder, %& The place. in Languedoc deland Itloueth to grow vpon dry banks and fandie places neere to t he fea zit is foun { % The defeription, He garden or manured Madder , hath long. ftalkes ortrasling branches difper- not far from Montpelier,and in otherplaces by the {ea fide,and is a ftrangerin England, % The time. ’ sneth longgrtet, Whenit growethof it felfethe fruiteis ripe in Autumne,the plantit felfe remaineth long gi» forall the colde in winter, fed farre abro % The names. te Ttiscalledofthe later Herbarifts ”ua marina: in Frerich Rai/in de Mer, of the pried andthelikenes thatit hath with Rafpis berrie, whichis as it were a Raifon or et oe Gott manylittle ones: itis named in Greeke zed, butitis not called Tragus, or Freroringeth ot toutide with greene rough leaues, in maner of a ftarre, or as thofe of Woodroofe: the flowers growe at the top ofthebranches , ofa faint yel- (forfo fignifieth the Greeke word)or ofhisranke and rammith fmell,but ee pion, bicaule fruite fit to be eaten ,ofthe verbe zp4y whichfignifieth to eate: it may becalled Scorp the fprigs thereofare {harpe pointed ike to the Scorpions taile, % The temperature. es litie, 354 ¢ The berries or taifons , and efpecially the feeds thatis inthem haue a binding qu" haue faide,and theyaredrie in thelater end ofthe fecond degree. % The vertues. hites in A Diofeorides writeth, that the Raifonsof fea Grape do ftaie the flixe , and alfo the m men,wheathey much abound, Of Madder. Chap.444. ead nd mans & The kindes. : vntoit inleauesfofeanon Cit Hereis but onc kinde of Madder onely: but ifall thofe that are like s 5, 208 ofgrowing were referred thereto,there fhoulde be many forts :‘ as Goo fe grauc adder in, leaue®* out Ladies Bedftraw,Woodroofe,and Croffewoort, all whicharelike to Ma therefore they be thought to be wilde kindstheteof. :a vppon the grounde, {quare, rough,and full ofioiars, at everyjoint fet lowe colour:after which come the {éede, roun de, gteencat the firlt, afterwardered, and laftly of a blacke colour : the roote long, fat, full offub- ftance, creepeth farré abroade withinthe vpper cruft of the carth,andis ofa reddifh colour,when lt is greerie and frefh, 2 Wilde Madderis like in forme ynto that of the garden, but altogither {maller , and not fo rough: the flowers are white: the roote is verie finalf and ténder,and oftentimes of 4 reddifh co. lour. 3 Sea Madder hath a roote two with ntanydrythreds hangin; difh colourlike Alkaner, or fame forme andbignes, lour of the ferapings of lt fending foorth di: “Ppp t Se 3 Paamarinaminor. See 956 |