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Show De I ae eecaeora 88 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. G The place. 1 Lape i. Lisi Of'the Hiftory of Plants, , Thiskinde of Fox-taile Graffe groweth in England, onelyin gardens. @ The time. en 1 This fpringeth vp in May, of the feed that was feattered the yere before,and beareth his taile withhis feed in lune. 2 t Car. 67. Thisbeares his head in Iuly. q Thenames. There hath not beene more faid of the antientor later writers, as touching the name, than is fet downe, by which they called itin Greeke Alopecuros , that isin Latine, Candavalpés : in En- Tragopyron. Buekwheat,or Bucke. the kinds ofgraine or core, for that often. timesin time of neceffitie bread is made thereof, mixed among other graine, It hath @| Thetemperature and vertues. I finde notany thing extant worthy the memorie,cither of his nature orvertues, lobs Teaies. a roundfat ftalkes fomewhatctefted, fmooth and reddifh,whichis diuided in many armes or branches,whereupon do growfmooth andfoft leaues in fhape like thofe of Iuie or one of the Binde- weeds,not much valike Bafil,wherofTabernamon- tanus called it OcymumCercale: The floures be {mall, white,andcluftred together in one or moe Offobs Teares. tufts or vmbels,flightly dafht oer here & there with a flourith oflight Carnation colour. The q| The defcription. Lachrime lob. | The defcription. Vck-wheat may verywell be placed atnong gos‘ "Thisbycobell iscalled CAlopecuros altera maxima Anglicapaludofa; thatis,The large Englith Marth Fox-taile. Cuar. 66. OfBuck-wheat: : feeds are of a darke blackith colour, triangle, obs Teares hath many knotty ftalks,proceeding froma tuft ofthreddy roots, two foot high, orthree fquare like the feed of blacke Bindeweed,The rootis fmall and threddys fet with great broadleaues like vnto thofe of reed ; amongft which leaues come forth many {mall branches like ftraw of corne:on the end @ The place. whereofdoth growa gray fhining feedorgraine hard to breake, and like in thape tothe feeds of It profpereth very wel in anyground, be it newer fo dry or barren,whereit is commonlyfowen Gromell, but greater, and ofthe fame colour, whereof I hold ita kinde: every ofwhichgrains to ferueasit were in ftead ofa dunging. It quick~ ly commethvp,andis very foone ripe : it is verie commonin and about the Namprenichtin Che- are bored through the middeft likea bead , and out ofthe hole commetha fmall idle or barren chaffie eare like vnto that ofDarnell. fhire, where they fow.itas wellfor fodd fortheir cattell, pullen, and fuchlike,as to the vfe aforefaid. It growethlikewifein Lancafhire, andin q| Theplace. It is broughtfromItaly and the countries adjoyning,into thefe countries,where it doth grow verywell,but feldome commethtoripenefle; yet my felfe had ripe feed thereofin my garden, the Sommer being very hot. G Thetime, It is fowen earlyin the Spring,orelfe thewitterwill ouertake it before itcome to tipeneffe. © The names. Diuers hauethought it to be Lithofermi fpeees, or a kinde of Gromell, which the feed doth very notablyrefemble, and doth not muchdiffer fromDiofterides his Gromell. Some thinke it Plinies Lithofpermum , and therefore it may veri¢ fomeparts ofour South country, about London in Middlefex,as alfo in Kent and Effex, | Thetine, This bafe kinde ofgraincis fowenin Aprill and the beginning of May, and istipe in the be. ginning ofAuguft. @| The names, Buck-wheatis called of the high Almaines, PHepdencogws ofthe bafe Almaines, %Buckershoeidt; thatis to fay, Hirci triticum, or Goats wheat :of fome, Fagi triticum, Beech Wheat : In Greeke, isiewer, by Theophraftus sand by late Writers, sswen: in Latine, Fagotriticum, taken from the fafhionof the feed orfruit ofthe Beechtree, It is called alfo Fegopyrum , and Tragopyron : In Englifh, French wheat, Bullimong, and Buck-wheat ; In French, Dragee aux cheyeans aptly be called in Latine, Arundo Litho[permos, that is in Englith, Gromell reed, as Gefner faith. Itis generally called Lachrima lob, and Lachrima Tobi : of fomeit is ealled Dioppiras : in Englithit is called obs Teares, or Jobs Drops,for thateuery graine refembleth the dropot teare thatfallethfromthe eye. The nature and vertues. ~ There is nomention thade of this herbe for the vieof phyficke: onely in France and thofe pla- ces (whereit is plentifully growing) they do make beads,bracelets, and chaines thereof, as we do with pomanderandfuchlike. |] The temper. Buck-wheat nourifheth Jeff than Wheat,Rie, Barley, or Otes ; yet more than cither Mill or Panicke. v r q.Thevertues, " ofBuck4vheatisO a Ve Bread made oftlie méalé fealic digeftion, andfjpeedily paffeth through rhe belly, but yeeldéth litelcnourifhimett ; , 1 H Cuary |
