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Show — ; a Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 236 Lis. 2 Lis. 2. q. The Prace, Nauew-gentle requiteth a loofe and yellow mould euenas doth the Turnep,and profpereth in Lyons Turnep. of the is likewife that wild Colewortcalled of the old writers Crambe + forthe plentifull increafe feeds bringeth no {mall gaine to the husbandmen of thatcountrey, becaufe that being preffed | The Temperature, Lyons Turnepis offorce to digeft ; it is hot and dric in the third degree,as Galen teacheth. they yeeldarroile whichis vfed not onely.in lampes, but alfo in themaking of fope ; for of this G The Vertues. The root (faith Diofsorides) taken in wine doth helpe them that are bitten of Serpents, and it A doth moft fpeedily alay the paine, It is put into glifters which are made’ for them that bee tor- oileanda lie made of certaineathes, is boiled fopewhich is vfed.in the Lowe-countries euery where to fcoure and wath linnenclothes. I haue heard it reported that itis at this day fowen in England for the famepurpofe. The wilde Nauew groweth vpon ditch bankes neete vnto villages and good townes, as alfovp- mented with the Sciatica, q The Time. Cuar.s. Of Radifh. The Nauewis fowen, floureth and feedethat the fame time that the Turnep doth. @ The Names. The Nauewis called in Latine Napus, andalfo Bunias : in Greeke swix: the Germainescall it Steckeuben: the Brabanders, Steckropens in Spanifh,Naps: in Italian,Navo: the Frenchmen, Naueau : in Englifh, Naucw-gentle, ot French Naueau.. The other is called Napusfjlvcftris, or wild Nauew. @ The Temperature and Vertues. The Nawiew and the Tumepare al! one in temperature and vertues, yet fome fuppofe. thar the M | “a b ae 4 al : | on ie J | fi | LH} wil ! | |He UT| | } | A 237 : Rape ium, Papauerculum, Semen Leoninum, Pes Leoninus, and Brumaria : in Englifh Lyons leafe, and a fruitfulfoile she is fowen in France, Bauaria, and otherplaces‘inthe fields for thefeeds fakesas on ftefh marfhiebankes inmoft places. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Nauewisa little drier, and not fo foone concoéted, norpafleth downefo eafily,and doth withall ingender leffe winde. In the reft it is anfwerable to the Turnep. v “ | The Kindes. Here be fundrie forts of Radith, whereof fome be long and white; others long and blacke fome round and white , othets round, or of the forme ofa peare,and blacke of colour ; fome wilde, or of the field , and fome tame,or of the garden, whereof wéwill intreat in this pre= fent chapter. +. Thefeeds of thefe taken in drinke or broth are good againft poyfon,andare vfually put into Antidotes forthe fame purpofe. +. T = : 1 Raphanus [atious: Garden Radifh. } fi 2 Radiculafatinaminor. Small garden Radifh< t TheGzure char was in the firft placeis a kinde of the long Turnep defcribed by meinthe fecond placeof the firft chapter of this {eeond bookes And fecond place kinde o! of the fame. fame: Shatintin the rhe fecond pla was aleffer leffer kinde Cuar. 4. Of Lyons Turnep, or Lyo ns leafe. Leoutopetalon. A Lyonsleafe. ; | Sie | The Defcription. Yons Turnep or Lyons Jeafe, hath broad I leaueslike vato Coleworts,or ratherlikethe pionyes cutand diuided into fundry great pate ftalkeis two foot long, thicke, and ullof iuyce, diuidingit felfe into divers branches or wings in the tops whereofftand ted floures: afterward there appeareth Jong cods in which lie the feeds like vnto tares, or wilde chichs. The rootis great,bumped like a Turnep, and blacke without. | The Place. It groweth among corne in diuers places of Italy, in Candiealfo, and in other Prouinces towards the South and Eat. Theright honorable Lord Zouch brought a plant hereof from Italy at his returne into England, the which was plat ted in his garden. Butasfarre as I doe know,tt perifhed, | The Time. It flourethin winter, as witneffeth Petrus Bel lonius. «| The Names, : i The Grecians cal] it smn, that is, Leong folinm, or Lyonsleafe: Plinie doth call it alfo Leontopetalon: Apuleius, Leontopodion : yet there 1s another plant called by- the fame name. There bee many baftard, Names ‘given. vnto it, 3 Rapeint, q The Defcription. TH garden Radithfendeth forth great and large leaues, greene, rougli, cut on both iets asce gathes,not vnlike to - ee Hees but greater. The is bee toa y ranches; out ofwhich {pring {mall floners of a light purple co a, = ©of tourelittle leaues : and whenthey be paft, there doe come in place tharpe pointed cods I os Snir ¥p toward the ftalke, full of fpungious fubftance, wherein iscontainedthe feed, dee wne colour, fomewhat gfeater than the feeds of Turneps or Coleworts. stole, tong,and white both without and within,and of afharpetafte. y 3 The roo 23 2 he |
