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Show Lis, 2 Of the Hiftory of Plants. 276 Lisz2. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 2 Burfa Paftoria minima, 1 BurfaPafforis. Shepheards purfe, Small Shepheardspurfe} Cur. 26. Ofkalian Rocket. g The Defcription. Talian Rocket hath long leauescut into many parts or tree,refembling Rwellins his Bucks-horne; among,whichrdiuifions like thofe of the Aft ife vp ftalks weake andtender, but thicke and groffe, two foot high, garnifhed with many fmall yellowith floures like the middle part ofTanfie floures, of a naughty fauoror {mell. feed is {mall like fand-or duft, intafte like Rocket feed, whereof in ‘truth wee fuGpect it to The bea kinde, ‘The-toorislong and wooddy, - X Rhefeda Pliny. 2. Rhefedamaxima, Crambling Rocker, Italian Rocket. ‘ TheTime: Theyfloute,flourifh, and feed all the Sommer long. G TheNames. aa. : Shepheardspurfe is called in Latine, Paftoris burfa, ox Perapaftoris: in high Dutch, foes low-Dutch, Bozfekens erupt sin French, Bexr/é depafteur on Curé :in Englifh > Shephear : a or {crip : offome, Shepheards pouch,and poore mans Parmacetie : and inthe North part of Eng; land, Toy-wort, Pick-purfe, and Cafe-weed. q The Temperature. : a x ot They are oftemperature cold and dry,and very much binding,after the opinion fee thiolus,and Dodoneus ; but Lobel and Pena hold them tobe hot and dry, iudgang the {ame 2 iP fharpetafte : which hath caufed meto infert themhere among the kindes of Thlafpi, conli : , the fafhion ofthe leaues,cods,feed,and tafte thereof: which do fo wel agree together, that I ne very well haue placed them as kindes thereof. But rather willing to contentothers that ha ten before, than to pleafe my felfe, I haue followed their order in marfhalling them in this piace where they may ftand for coufine germanes, G The Vertues. i Shepheards purfe ftayeth bleeding in any part ofthe body, whether the iuyce or the dec find thereofbe drunke, or whetherit be vfed pulteffe-wife,or in bath,or any other way elfe. Hows Ina Clyftet it cureth the blondy flix: it healeth greene and bleeding wounds: it is me a goodforinflammations new begun, andforall difeafes which muft be checked backean The decoGion doth {topthe laske, the {pitting and piffing of bloud, andall other fluxes © bloud. 2 flethy ftalkes two'cubits high,lying flaty pon the ground by reafon ofhis weake and feeble branches. Thefloures growatthe top, clutteri ng thicke threds inthem ,.. ‘Thefeed is like the former, i together, white of colour, with brownith £ Lobel affirmes it growes in the Low-country garAswith writhen ftalkes, fometimes ten or twelue cubits high, with feaues mich dinided, $ 4) ThePlace, Thefe Plantsgrowin fandy,ftony,grauelly, and chalky fund ty Cuate Crambling Rocket hath manylarge leaues cut into fundryfe ions, deeply diuided to the mudd {fe rib, branched like the hornes of afta! g or hart : among whichthere do rifévp long fat and places ofKentas dt South-fleet, vpon Long-field barren grounds, I haue found'them in downes, which is'a chalkie and hilly epi very: barren. They grow at Green hithe vpon the hills, and inothet pl aces of Kent. £° The tf growesalfo ypon the Wolds Bardens in Yorke-thire. The fecond »and much doubt whether it Stowwildewithvsorno, Thauenor ene stewing exceptin + Thefé Plants do flourith in G The Time, Tune, Tuly,and Augu. |