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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 6 Thlafpi album [upinum, ccius varictas, White Treacle Muftard. Lis. 2. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, 269 7 This {mall kinde of Muftard hath a few{mall leaues fpread vpon the ground like thofe of the lefler Dafie, but of a blewither greenecolour ; from which rife vp {mall tendér ftalks fet with three, and fometimesfourefinial fhatpe pointedleaues : the floures growat the top, fmall and white; the cods are flat, pouch-fafhion, like thofe of Shepheards purfe,and in each ofthem there is contained twoorthree yellowith feeds. ¢ 8 Tothefewemay fitlyadde another fmall mountaine Thlafpi, firtt defcribed by that diligent and learned A pothecarie John Pona of Verona, in his defeription of Mount Baldus. This froma threddy root brings forth many fmall whitithleaues lying {pred vppnthe ground,and lir- tle nicked about their edges :among theferifeth vpa ftalke {ometwoor three hand fulls high,diuaricated toward the top intodiuers {mall branches, vpon which growwhite little floures conf. fting of foure leaues apiece : which fading; there followround feed-ve flels, like tothofe of «arya. grum : whence Pona, the firft defcriber thereof, calls it Thla/pi petraum myagrodes. The feed is as fharpe and biting as any of the other Thlafpies. This growes naturally in the chinkes of the rocks, inthat part of Baldusthat is termed/allis frigida, or, The cold Valley. G The Place. + Thefe kindes ofTreacle Muftatd grow vponhills and mountaines incorne fields, in ftony bar. ren and grauelly grounds. © TheTime. Thefe floure in May,Tune,and Luly : the feedis ripe in September, $ x q The Names. ThisisThlapioleraceumof Tabernamontanus : Thlafpi primum, of Dalefchampins : Thlafpi enitins rotundifolinm of Columna, Our Author confounded it with that whofe figure is the fir in the enfuing Chapter, and called it Thla/pi incanum. 2 3 4 Thlafpi montannmpeltatum ofClufiua : and Thlafpi Pannonicum ofLobel and Taber, Thlafpi Narbonenfe centunculi anguftifolio, of Lobel : and Thls|pi maritimum of Dalefchampins, Thlafpi umbellatum Nafturty hortenfis folio Narbonen{e, ofLobel. The figures of this and the pre- cedent were tran{pofedin the formeredition. 5 Thlafpi (upinumluteum ofLobel. Our Authors figurewas varietie ofthe next following, 6 Thlafpi album fipinum ofLobel : Thlapi montanumfecundurm of (lufins. 7% Thlafpi pemilum ofClufius : Thlafpi minimum ofTabernamontutius. 7 Thlalpi minus Clufij. Clufius his fmall Muftard, £8 Thiapipetrenm minus. _ Small Rocke Muftard. : 8.-Thlapi petraum myagrades OfPona : Thlalpi tertinmfaxarile of Camerariw,in his E,pit. OF Matthiolus. + , . |) The Temperature andVertues; _. The feeds ofthefe churlith kindes ofTreacle Muftard hauea fharpe inward apoftumes, bring downethe floures, kill the birth, and helpethor biting qnalitie; breake the Sciatica or painin the hip. They purge choler vpward and downeward,if you take two ounces anda halfe of them,as Dee writeth, They are mixed in counterpoyfons,as Treacle, Mythridate, and fuch like Com: pofitions. Cuap. 22; OfWooddy MM,uftard, @ The Defiription. t Ooddy Muftard hath long narrowleaues decliningtowhit eneffe,like thofe ofthe ftocke Gilloflower, butfinaller, very like the leaues ofRof emary,but fomewhat my broader,with roughftalks very tough and pliant,bei ng ofthe fubitance ofwood: : ie HOUtes Stow at the top, white ofcolour : the feed sdo follow, in tafte fharpe and biting, The cuskes or feed-veffels are round and fomé what longith. a2: Small wooddy Muftard pores tothe heig ‘ ° ht of two cubits, with many ftalkes fer with - : satscie leawes like thofe of Hyffop, but rougher; and at the top grow floures like thofe of €acle Muftard, or Thlafpi. Thewhole plant growethasa fhrub or hedge-bu th. i N‘ ee Muftard growethvptothe heightoffoure cubi ts,ofa wooddy fubftance,like vato ieee oo wilde fhrub, with ftalkes befetwith leaue s,floures, and feedslike the laft before net te 5 pee in all points,fauing vin the cruell pricking fharpe thor nes wherewith this econ med; the othernor. Fhe root is tough, wooddy, and fomefirings orfibres annexed Z 4 There |
